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March 5, 2019, issue of 'AOPA Drone Pilot'

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VOL 3, ISSUE 5 March 5, 2019
Top Stories
AOPA
Unfriendly skies: 10 things you should know about guns
Shooting unmanned aircraft is unlikely to lead to federal prosecution, but that doesn't mean it's open season on quadcopters. Read more >
Training and Safety
Sit back and make some money
Make money selling your aerial photos and videos online with these tips. Read more >
GPS jamming increases
AOPA is asking the FAA to recognize the problems that military GPS-jamming exercises cause for those who rely on satellite navigation. Read more >
FAA hands off drone app
The FAA created B4UFLY to help educate novices about drones, but the app fell a bit flat. Kittyhawk has volunteered to give it a makeover. Read more >
Commonsense tips from Tom
Tom's Tech Time offers good advice to rookie drone pilots. Watch the video >
Gear
Sony camera mount for DJI drones
DJI stopped making the X4S camera, but Klau Geomatics now offers a compatible gimbal for Sony cameras. Read more >
M200, FlightHub updated
An updated Matrice 200 and FlightHub Enterprise software rolled out recently. Read more >
CAMCOPTER demos oil and gas inspection
Schiebel put the CAMCOPTER S–100 to the test inspecting petroleum production facilities in Nigeria. Read more >
Lifestyle
New tech will protect AOPA drone shows
A high-tech system will monitor the airspace when show drones take flight at AOPA's 2019 Fly-Ins. Read more >
Drones aren't trendy anymore
Sad news: WeTalkUAV has concluded the drone in your backpack no longer makes you "cool." Sorry. Watch the video >
Public Safety
California police find missing teen
Police in Fremont, California, credited a quadcopter with speeding up a successful search for a missing teenager. Read more and watch a video >
Former Tesla engineer's drone makes SWAT debut
The US–1 drone from Impossible Aerospace was credited with its first SWAT assist. Read more >
Free webinars for public safety pros
North Carolina public safety drone pilot and AOPA Drone Pilot contributor Steve Rhode has several free drone webinars coming up for public safety professionals. Read more and register >
FAA webinar for law enforcement
A March 6 webinar will be the first produced by the FAA with law enforcement users in mind. Read more and register >
Drone disrupts SAR
A Black Hawk helicopter crew reported a close call with a drone during a search for missing girls. Read more >
Regulation and Policy
FAA reschedules symposium
The annual FAA drone symposium, postponed by the recent government shutdown, will now be held June 3 through 5 in Baltimore. Read more and register >
NASA UTM tests lined up
NASA is poised to begin the final phase of testing for its unmanned aircraft traffic management system in Texas and Nevada. Read more >
Myanmar jails drone pilot
A French tourist found out the hard way that Myanmar takes drone restrictions very seriously. Read more >
News
FlightSafety names training sites
FlightSafety International will establish unmanned aircraft training centers in Las Vegas and Wichita, Kansas. Read more >
The AK–47 of drones
Kalashnikov rifles made firepower cheap and accessible around the world, and now the famous Russian gun maker has produced a drone designed to make aerial destruction affordable. Read more and start to worry >
Featured Video
AOPA
Bird deterrent
Drones can cause a lot of trouble at an airport, but they can also do some good, as this video demonstrates. (Photo courtesy of XJet via YouTube.) Watch the video >
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