Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Are we working to ensure that regulations are balanced to ensure that innovation and growth continues, but public safety is at the forefront? At one point, many thought of drones as either a hobbyist’s tool for capturing images or as a sophisticated military technology. We know that drone technologies are improving at a rapid pace. Today, we have big tech companies investigating and investing in future drone-delivery services, drones are putting on light shows at events, precision agriculture is aided by drone use, and drones are putting eyes in places difficult for people to get to so safety checks can occur more frequently."

Source: Opening statement of Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security, for a hearing titled “Keeping Pace with Innovation – Update on the Safe Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the Airspace”.

FMI: www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=3299A3D7-F376-4102-A763-504FDE64ED14