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US announces six drone test sites
BBC ^
| December 30, 2013
Posted on 12/30/2013 2:20:03 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The US aviation regulator has announced the six states that will host sites for testing commercial use of drones.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) picked Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia.
The sites are part of a programme to develop safety and operational rules for drones by the end of 2015.
Hitherto mainly used by the military, the potential of drones is now being explored by everyone from real estate agents to farmers or delivery services.
The head of the FAA, Michael Huerta, said safety would be the priority as it considers approval for unleashing the unmanned aircraft into US skies.
The FAA said in a statement that its decision followed a 10-month process involving proposals from 24 states.
The agency said it had considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, aviation experience and risk. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: drones; dronetestsites; usdrones
A company where I live that runs a school for drone pilots and has 64,000 acres that could serve as a test range lost the bid on this test bed.
To: Brad from Tennessee
Hitherto mainly used by the military, the potential of drones is now being explored by everyone from real estate agents to farmers or delivery services. ...and police departments, private investigators, paparazzi, snoopy neighbors.......
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:24:14 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Great. Alaska already has GA aircraft hitting each other at a rate far higher than anywhere else in the US.
Now, you’re gonna have to dodge drones.... Wonderful.
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:25:59 PM PST
by
ASOC
(What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Deer Trail, CO
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:26:48 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Brad from Tennessee
I suspect drone testing over Ted Cruz’s house.
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:27:04 PM PST
by
Ironfocus
To: Brad from Tennessee
Deer Trail, CO
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:27:30 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Brad from Tennessee
Within ten years, we’re all going to be inmates.
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:36:21 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:37:59 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: null and void
nut-job conspiracy worthy?
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:41:55 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: ASOC
Great. Alaska already has GA aircraft hitting each other at a rate far higher than anywhere else in the US.How dare you have freedom, ask for a 337 modification on your Super-Cub, and live the Liberty our Founders intended, and be the commander of your own fate and control the destiny of your soul. You must add an electrical system and Transponder and we must know where you are so our dronebots don't hit you....
Yes I am that cynical...
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posted on
12/30/2013 2:46:49 PM PST
by
taildragger
(The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks....)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Well, I hope Keller-Williams’ drone doesn’t shoot down Weichert’s drone. There’s gonna’ be some old time dog fights goin’ on.
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posted on
12/30/2013 3:18:45 PM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: Brad from Tennessee
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posted on
12/30/2013 3:43:59 PM PST
by
Seizethecarp
(Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
To: Brad from Tennessee
"...the potential of drones is now being explored by everyone from real estate agents to farmers or delivery services."
Real estate agents? Big developers, maybe. Farmers? Big corporate farmers. Delivery services? A joke. Drones would run out of battery, ice up or be dashed to the ground by wind gusts before getting to certain rural areas.
The most influential few constituents in politics (the richest) would direct uses of drones.
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posted on
12/30/2013 5:06:23 PM PST
by
familyop
To: Brad from Tennessee
” - - - develop safety and operational rules for drones by the end of 2015. - - - “
Just in time to be the “Eyes in the Skies” during the historic Presidential Campaign of Mrs. Bill Clinton, the most admired woman in America.
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posted on
12/30/2013 6:58:28 PM PST
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
12/31/2013 5:21:38 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: familyop
"...the potential of drones is now being explored by everyone from real estate agents to farmers or delivery services."
I heard (somewhere) that a lot of private drones were going to be flying in the Rose Parade this year...
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posted on
12/31/2013 5:26:00 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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