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If you picked up this magazine because you recently bought or were given a camera drone, you’re in luck: our “Eye in the Sky” has everything you need to know to create stunning aerial images. From scouting locations to choosing the right height and a

Flying from sunrise to sunset, a Skyfront Perimeter 8 gasoline/electric hybrid drone flew 205 miles, setting the record for longest drone multirotor flight ever recorded. The world record-breaking flight was achieved by the lightweight, powerful, and

Martin UAV’s V-BAT 128 is intended for defense and commercial use, including search and rescue, firefighting, logistic resupply, and energy and oil and gas operations. The V-BAT is designed to make transportation and rapid tactical deployment easier

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Switzerland’s largest public transport and mobility company, has established a Center of Competence for Drones to oversee a wide range of drone applications across the organization. Over 100 trained pilots operate a flee

DJI’s new cinematic first-person view drone, aptly named “FPV,” comes bundled with DJI’s goggles and a controller for the price of $1,299. The DJI press release notes that it’s suitable for FPV professionals and newcomers to FPV. With 20-minute fligh

Remote GeoSystems, Inc., a global provider of immersive geospatial full motion video and survey data mapping software and recorder solutions, has been awarded a U.S. patent for essential elements of “video geo-editing” technology capabilities. The pa

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is partnering with the Choctaw Nation to study how Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can best transport cargo, including parcels, at lower altitudes. The FAA’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) signed a

If you live in the Midwest or on the East Coast, I suspect that you will get a good chuckle from this story. The backdrop is how Portland, Oregon—home to 2.6 million people and the 25th largest metropolitan area in the United States—was crippled by l

The debacle that followed the 2019 roll out of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) original Remote Identification (RID) plan seems to have prompted some reflection within the agency. Not only was the revised RID rule released in late 2020 m

In addition to flights over unprotected people, Part 107 also prohibited uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations over moving vehicles. The justification for this rule was that while a car or truck could likely shrug off an impact from a two-pound d

If you are thinking about taking your drone with you when you travel, there is a lot to consider. Factors range from the obvious, such as deciding which type of carrying case you should use, to the more complex, such as knowing the rules for carrying

Blockchain technology: hyped by many, understood by few. But the truth is, this technology will have a real impact across all commercial industries, from financial services and insurance to manufacturing and construction. The technology is already be

In this article, I’ll share with you some of my experiences doing drone photography with my new flying camera. I learned on a DJI Mavic Pro, but the principles here apply to any newer camera drone as well. You’ll see how learning to use and fly a dro

Incident Type: Mid-Air Collision Incident Location: Punta de Tralca, Chile Aircraft Type: DJI Mavic 2 Pro Incident Resolution: Crew injured but safely landed aircraft, drone seized No one is more forceful than me in advocating for the safe use of dro

Location: Warsaw, Poland Pilot: Grzegorz Marcinek (@gmarcinek) Drone: DJI Mavic Air SEND US YOUR PHOTOS If you have an image that you’ve taken with a multirotor that you’d like to see show cased in “Over the Horizon,” please send your high-resolution

Thank you so much for a great summary of how the requirement of Remote Identification (RID) will affect both commercial and hobby drone flying. My compliments to Patrick Sherman. I particularly liked the clarification of RID applying to fixed wing ai

A2Z made news with their patented tethered freefall drone delivery mechanism and has recently completed the first commercial deployment of its RDS1 (Rapid Delivery System) with drone services provider DroneUp. The RDS1 was chosen for its rapid delive

Before 2015, passing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) written tests was a simple task. Back then, the FAA published all their questions and answers, leaving no surprises to an astute user who spent a few hours with prep materials. Some folks eve