Also: Ingenuity's Fourth Flight, Online Recurrent Testing, Fire Scout UAV, MissionGO

This week should be chock full of unmanned aviation goodness. AUVSI's annual conference and trade show, AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021, starts off as an expanded hybrid event series.

After the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a virtual staging of XPONENTIAL 2020 last October, the Association decided on a full virtual program this spring followed by an in-person event late in the summer. The series will support its mission to convene the unmanned and automated systems community to accelerate innovation and market adoption of the related technologies. The Consumer Technology Association and AUVSI have expressed concern regarding legislation introduced in several states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and West Virginia, that are considering ‘avigation easements’ – new restrictions on drone operations that would divide airspace, impose leasing and, in some cases, fee collection. Wingcopter has introduced its new Wingcopter 198. The Wingcopter 198 is an eVTOL, fixed-wing drone that has been designed to meet aviation safety and reliability requirements. The Wingcopter 198 takes off and lands vertically anywhere without the need for additional infrastructure and smoothly transitions into forward flight. It can carry payloads of 13 pounds on one battery charge over 47 miles, or up to 68 miles with less payload. The aircraft's top speed of 93 mph enables on-demand express deliveries. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unmanned!!!

Airborne-Unmanned 05.04.21 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, May 4th, 2021... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Kimberly Kay, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:

• AUVSI's 'Hybrid' XPONENTIAL Convention Starts Today
• CTA and AUVSI Speak Out Against Avigation Easements
• Wingcopter Unveils First Triple-Drop Delivery Drone
• Around The Patch (3 SHORT News Stories/Snippets)... 40-60 words, each, MAX
• Ingenuity Completes Its Fourth Flight
• Online Recurrent Testing for Drone Pilots Available From FAA
• Fire Scout UAV Lost After Impacting USS Charleston
• MissionGO Claims Critical FAA UAS Milestone

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