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Hotspot Testing and What You Should Do to Make Your Video Upload Speeds Fly
This article is the result of my frustration trying to get good upload speeds for video from the UAS to transmit back to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or Command Post (CP). I talked about dealing with video transmission in my article for AOPA. Let me say I am not ... Read More » -
How Software Complexity Impacts sUAV Pilots and What Can be Done About It
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North Carolina SHP Crash Reconstruction & Drones: The Gateway Drug
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DJI Flight Test Results for TB Battery Issues
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What You Need to Know About Getting Your Handheld Aviation Radio License
Drone pilots should have an aviation handheld radio to communicate with nearby aircraft, transmit blind announcements about operations near an uncontrolled airport, and most importantly, to communicate with helicopters flying above incident scenes. I regularly communicate with news helicopters when they are on the scene to coordinate the airspace and ... Read More » -
Pilot Incident Reports – It Happens to All of Us
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Upcoming Class on Using Thermal Cameras on Public Safety Drones
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Free Webinar – UAS Visual Observer – Train the Trainer
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Matrice 210s Falling Out of Sky Warns UK Aviation Authority
The UK Civil Aviation Authority, think FAA, just sent out a warning regarding the Matrice 210 falling out of the sky. In the U.S. we don’t have any similar mandatory reporting requirement so there is no way to know if others have been experiencing similar issues here. But in the ... Read More » -
Much Easier Night Flight Approvals Coming Sooner Than You Think
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Slow the Bus Down When it Comes to BVLOS Public Safety Flight
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Expanded UAS Oversight for 2019-2010