Without a doubt, it's the world’s largest airshow -- and for several years now, the drones that you and i fly have been welcomed among the many different types of airplanes, jets, rotorcraft, biplanes and an impressive variety of flying machines that descend on Wittman Field every July.
Some 10,000 aircraft, 550,000 people and all manner of excitement crowds into a single airport in central Wisconsin... and this year, dozens of UAVs... ranging from government surveillance vehicles to the DJI Spark were there to be seen, appreciated, and discussed. Where have we heard this kind of thing before??? When a student pilot and instructor approaching Parafield airport near Adelaide, South Australia felt something hit the wing of the SOCATA Tobago aircraft they were flying one night, they initially thought they'd hit a bird ... But when the instructor examined the damaged right wing of the airplane after landing, and did not discover any overt biological evidence, he called the tower and reported that he might have hit a drone. That got the attention of a lot of people, and initiated an ATSB investigation -- and oh yeah, started another ignorant media frenzy. But, it turned out to be something natural after all. Not a bird, but a bat. Greatly anticipated, it appears that this fall, some 50
airports will begin providing Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), which will give UAS operators the ability to “apply for instant, digital approval to fly in U.S. controlled airspace using the same applications they use for flight planning and in-flight situational awareness.” All this -- and MORE in today's episode of the AMA Drone Report!!!
AMA Drone Report 05.11.17 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Thursday, May 11th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- Drones At Oshkosh 2017!
- Suspected Drone Strike In Australia Turns Out To Be A Bat
- Automated Airspace Authorizations Coming
- Deadwood SD Considers Drone 'No-Fly' Zone Over Historic Downtown
- Eagle Attacks Drone In Alaska
- Drone Pilot Ticketed For Operating In Wilderness Area
- AMA Drone Report -- Help Wanted
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