An international soccer match between Serbia and Albania has been abandoned after banned fans flew a drone carrying an Albanian flag over the pitch – and sparked a riot among players and the crowd. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Central Hudson Utility Company Tests UAS
Central Hudson Gas and Electric is exploring the use of UAS to help in the company’s operations.”It will not completely replace the use of human eyes on a trouble spot, but it will help us locate these trouble spots more quickly,” said spokesperson John Maserjian.
Goose Attacks DJI Phantom on Golf Course
Golf-course aerial photography by QuadCopter (at least in the areas where they’re legally allowed to fly) is all the rage at the moment. These small, pilotless, radio-controlled devices can capture golf-course views you used to need a chopper to get — or couldn’t get at all. Continue reading
India Bans Civilian UAS Until Regulation Exists
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India has started formulating rules and regulations for the operation of UAS. However, the aviation regulator has declared that till the policies are announced, their use is prohibited.
UAS Give Perfect Vision of Polo
The use of UAS mounted cameras will play significant part in enhancing polo’s coverage, according to the sport’s leading live streaming service.The size of the field, lack of video replays and watching from pitch level – largely from afar – has often given newcomers to the sport a hard task in understanding polo’s dynamics. Continue reading
Hawk Attacks QuadCopter in Cambridge Park
On Oct 8th, Christopher Schmidt was flying his quadcopter at Magazine Beach Park in Cambridge, when a hawk decided he wasn’t too happy with his invasion of his airspace… Continue reading
Unmanned Aerial Spy Photography from 1907
In 1914, early on in the new Great War, one German inventor thought his way of taking photographs from the sky would be able to help the small number of airplanes available for the job. Back in 1907 Julius Neubronner had invented a small, automatic camera that could be strapped to a homing pigeon (these birds were already widely used by armies for carrying messages).
Drone Racing Through French Woods
A group of French multi-copter racing fans took to the woods in Airgonay, France for a trial run of ‘Drone Racing’. The goal is to organize a larger drone racing event in the future. Continue reading