September 17, 2019, issue of 'AOPA Drone Pilot'


VOL 3, ISSUE 19	September 17, 2019

Top Stories

Drone industry struggles to scale up

The fifth iteration of InterDrone reflected an adjustment of expectations, with more modest assessments of progress made. Read more >

Training and Safety

Training before buying

Before you give in to the impulse to buy the latest, greatest unmanned aircraft, make sure you're getting the most you can from what you've got. Read more >

Gear

Parachute meets ASTM standards

A drone parachute made by an Austrian firm has been pronounced fit for flight. Read more >

Smartphone FPV

Parrot's newest Anafi incorporates first-person view via smartphone. Read more >

Universal tether

A British company unveiled a tether that can keep a wide range of drones in the air for hours. Read more >

Lifestyle

Drones light up AOPA Fly-In

Drones lit the night sky over Tullahoma, Tennessee, on Sept. 13, celebrating AOPA's eightieth anniversary with a custom show. Read more >

Pest patrol

Drones proved useful in eliminating insects that destroy crops at scale. Read more >

Enabling autonomy

The high bandwidth of 5G mobile networks may be the key to drone autonomy. Read more >

Public Safety

Hurricane highlights limitations of drones

Flying a Cessna over the coastline helped illustrate why many unmanned aircraft stayed on the ground following Hurricane Dorian's brush with the East Coast. Read more >

LAPD makes drone program permanent

Los Angeles police will build a drone program around a popular consumer drone, moving forward despite privacy concerns. Read more >

Border agents will launch on the fly

U.S. Customs and Border Protection picked Planck Aerosystems to supply an autonomous drone that can be deployed from a moving patrol vehicle. Read more >

Regulation and Policy

Illegal procedure

Two people were arrested after a drone flew illegally over a University of Michigan football game. Read more >

News

Lighting the way

Audi engineers revealed a futuristic concept vehicle with drones handling the function of headlights. Read more >

Jammed protest

Signal jammers prevented climate protesters from shutting down Britain's largest airport with drones. Read more >

Tariffs hit drones

DJI hiked U.S. prices 15 percent following imposition of tariffs. Read more >

Aerial aircraft inspections

Austrian Airlines is deploying drones to complete aircraft structural inspections. Read more >

Featured Video

A search for the divine

Film producers used aerial footage to shape this look at Japan's landscape in the context of the Shinto belief that divine beings surround us. (Photo courtesy of Kouichi Toya via Vimeo.) Watch the video >

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