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April 26, 2017

National Park Service Uses Drones To Search For Missing Grand Canyon Hikers

Only Park With Its Own Fleet Of UAVs For SAR Operations

An effort to locate two hikers who went missing in the Grand Canyon on April 15 involved the extensive use of drones owned by the National Park Service. But the aircraft were unable to locate the pair after several days of searching.

But FAA Says It Can Find No Evidence Of Impact

A pilot flying near Sedona, AZ reported that a drone collided with his airplane in mid-air, but the FAA says that it can't find any evidence of the incident.

Allows Users to Autonomously Capture and Stitch 360 Photos With A DJI Drone

Hangar has introduced a new app it is calling a "piece of Hangar’s vision for the future, a proof-of-concept for end-to-end autonomous data capture, processing, and delivery."

Two Scheduled In The Next Two Weeks

St. Petersburg College in Florida is offering two classes to prepare potential drone operators for careers in the burgeoning industry.

Pilots Said They Did Not Know Airport Was Closed When The Accident Occurred

The NTSB has released a factual report from an accident that occurred December 23, 2015 at Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX) in Colorado in which a Hawker 400 XP jet of Mexican registration collided with a snowplow on the runway. All eight people involved, including the snowplow driver, survived the accident.

Focus Is On Reducing The Accident Rates Across The Industry…

FX LLC was established by the helicopter industry to look into the root causes of helicopter accidents, and they found that it often comes down to the fundamentals.

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Uber Announces Multiple Partnerships At Uber Elevate Summit

Multiple Aircraft Manufacturers Will Work On Developing Electric VTOL Aircraft Concept

Uber has a vision that in the not-too-distant future, a network of electric-powered VTOL flying people movers will be ferrying passengers at speeds up to 175 miles per hour to urban destinations.