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UAS 2011 Conference – Final Day

Topics covered on Day 3 were UAS Pilot Training, Aerial Flight Services, UAS Programme Updates and UAS Related Research and Development. A wide range of presenters came from the big manufacturers, small companies, service providers and research institutions in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Israel, Norway, Spain Sweden and Latvia – a truly international and representative selection.

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UAS 2011 Conference – “A Historic Moment”

The first session of the conference was dedicated to International Regulatory Activities, with presentations from ICAO, JARUS, Eurocontrol, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Civil Aviation Authority, UK, and Federal Aviation Administration USA. To the surprise of some and to the delight of many, they all sounded as if they were either saying the same thing in slightly different words, or at very least had been carefully orchestrated to dovetail into on another.

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