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


VOL 3, ISSUE 5	March 5, 2019

Top Stories

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 >