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

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VOL 3, ISSUE 19 September 17, 2019
Top Stories
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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
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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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