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October 13, 2016

Airborne 10.13.16: Flying Car School, UAV Data Plans, True Blue Power R44 STC

Also: Wingwalkers Rule, AMA, Super Puma, Hawaiian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Careers In BizAv, Daher Congrat's TBMOPA

We have reported before on the PAL-V proposed combination of an automobile and gyrocopter, and it’s a unique concept. Now, the company has moved ahead to form the first ever Flying Car school in North America. It’s In a daylong event designed to introduce prospective customers to flying in a vehicle similar to the PAL-V Liberty Flying Car. The school is to be located in Roosevelt, Utah. For small UAV operators who wish to connect their aircraft directly to the Internet so they can live stream video and other data from their aircraft, Verizon will soon begin offering data plans specifically for drones. The Wall Street Journal reports the prices for the s

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