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April 14, 2023

Airborne 04.14.23: DJI Inspire 3, Volcano Hazard, AEA New Products-LIVE!

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DJI has debuted its Inspire 3 model, a full-frame 8K cinema drone. The Inspire 3 features a sleek, integrated design, a 160° Field Of View (FOV) night-vision First Person View (FPV), and DJI’s O3 Pro transmission and control system—that supports a dual-control mode in which one operator can manage the drone’s camera exclusively while a second operator pilots the contraption via a front-facing FPV camera. The Eruption of Russia’s Mt. Shiveluch—one of the vast nation’s most active volcanoes—has prompted the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team to issue a Code Red warning to flight

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In 2016, Bombardier commenced progressively selling off the entirety of its commercial aviation assets, culminating in the 2020 sale of the company’s stake in Airbus’s A220 program. The sale of its transportation division left Bombardier—a once widely-diversified concern with stakes in the snowmobile, real-estate, and finance sectors—with only its business jet unit. Comes now 2023 and Bombardier has transformed itself from a multinational conglomerate with a crushing $9-billion debt load to a svelte and efficient operation enjoying 23-percent year-over-year growth and quadrupled post-COVID profitability.