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Episodes

Dec. 5, 2014

71 Are Strict sUAS Regulations Better Than No Regulations?

Should we be satisfied with strict regulations if that will allow commercial operation of UAVs to begin? Also: The FAA looks to focus on drone certification and pilot standards, Canada makes it easier to fly small UAVs, UAS p...
Nov. 28, 2014

70 Preview of the FAA sUAS NPRM

Sneak peak at the FAA sUAS regulations, NZ drone regs, bioengineered drones, busting poachers, the threat to airliners, first amendment issues, and GoPro to enter the UAV market. News Drone Flights Face FAA Hit The Wall Stree...
Nov. 21, 2014

69 NTSB on FAA v. Pirker: Remanded

The NTSB issued its Opinion and Order in the FAA v. Raphael Pirker matter, reversing the Administrative Law Judge’s decisional order and remanding the matter for further proceedings. Guest Justine Harrison is an attorney whos...
Nov. 14, 2014

68 A UAV Entrepreneur

Opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs looking to develop a commercial UAV business. This Episode The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle industry is in its infancy and presents many business opportunities to entrepreneurs. Some ...
Nov. 7, 2014

67 ScanEagle 2 Launched

A new ScanEagle from Insitu, an Ohio UAS test site is up and running, students learning about UAVs in a precision agriculture program, ABC creating drone journalism policies, and a drone on an urban rescue mission. News Insit...
Oct. 31, 2014

66 Drones with Brooms

Drones assist with solar energy production, the satellite industry sees UAS opportunities, a quadcopter approaches a commercial flight, NYPD is developing a plan to counter weaponized drones, and more from the NBAA panel disc...
Oct. 24, 2014

65 UAS Regulatory and Legal Developments

We review the Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Regulatory and Legal Developments panel discussion at the NBAA 2014 conference. NBAA2014 – BUSINESS AVIATION CONVENTION & EXHIBITION At the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibiti...
Oct. 17, 2014

64 Drones In the Water and Out of the Air

An amphibian RPA, India bans drones, open source code for drones, area terrain mapping, DARPA’s ship-based MALE UAV concept, a new UAV market study, and more on logbooks for drone pilots. News The Flyox Amphib UAV enters mark...
Oct. 10, 2014

63 A New UAV Coalition is Launched

The Small UAV Coalition launches, law enforcement using drones, UAVs showcased, a spat over the MQ-9 Reaper, GNSS developments, and logbooks for UAV pilots. News Small UAV Coalition formed to promote civil and commercial use ...
Oct. 3, 2014

62 UAVs for Agriculture

Agriculture wants UAVs, the White House seeks drone data transparency, a wearable quadcopter, UAVs fight poachers, and Facebook plans to offer Internet access via drone. News FAA’s Sluggish UAV Ruling Slows Ag Research, Group...
Sept. 26, 2014

61 Regs, Regs, and More FAA Regs

Production companies get sUAS exemptions, FAA wants N-numbers for drones, new chip offers possibility of smarter UAS controllers, Google wants to test Internet service, and DHL will provide package delivery. Guest Guest Tim T...
Sept. 19, 2014

60 Searching for the Missing

FAA grants an emergency COA, Reno is not just for manned aircraft anymore, Chinese inflatable UAVs, more UAS regulations, and more bad behavior with drones. News Drones Get Waiver to Search for Missing Texas Woman Christina M...
Sept. 12, 2014

59 Sense and Avoid

Sense and Avoid by NASA and General Atomics, South African rules by 2015, Amazon’s drone page, package delivery by Flirtey and Google, and cease and desist letters from the FAA. Guest Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., (USM...
Sept. 5, 2014

58 Making and Breaking UAV Laws

FAA sued over drone restrictions, UAV arrests and confiscations, privacy legislation in California, UCLASS delay, NASA developing ATC for drones, Disney seeks UAS patents. News Lawsuits Assert Broad Economic and Scientific Im...
Aug. 29, 2014

57 PrecisionHawk

Guest Dr. Ernest Earon is President and Co-founder of PrecisionHawk . Their Lancaster Platform is designed around the goals of ease of use and autonomous collection of high resolution aerial data. Much of the focus is on agri...
Aug. 22, 2014

56 When is an Aircraft not an Aircraft?

The FAA definition of an aircraft, drones and agriculture, UAV privacy issues, FAA solicits a UAS Center of Excellence, Amazon Prime Air, X-47B milestone, drone legislation, and a successful UAV company despite regulatory unc...
Aug. 15, 2014

55 The Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership Gears Up

UAS test sites update: Virginia gets FAA COA’s, Maryland starting, New Jersey delayed, Nevada moving slowly. Also, hobby UAV’s you can buy, UAS in the Netherlands, and a possible drone near miss. News The Drone You Should Buy...
Aug. 8, 2014

54 NUAIR Gets an FAA COA

NUAIR becomes the fifth FAA UAS test site to receive a COA, DJI introduces a new model, regulations in the EU and Singapore, North Dakota and Yellowstone in the news, businesses embrace UAVs in Charlotte, and how long until w...
Aug. 1, 2014

53 Drones on Film

Aerial photography in real estate, autonomous lighting for photographs, nano drones for situational awareness, a new UAV market size study, video selfies by quadcopter, a U.S. “no drone zone” map, taking aerial video of wildf...
July 25, 2014

52 Propellerheads Aerial Photography

Guest Parker Gyokeres owns Propellerheads Aerial Photography and produces professional aerial videos. We talk about that business in general, and in particular about the video of a recent wedding that is getting attention fro...
July 18, 2014

51 Martha Stewart on Drones

Martha Stewart’s farm via DJI Phantom, UAS competitions, Amazon.com petitions the FAA, and a utility company to start drone testing. News: Amazing Aerial Photos Of My Farm One of Martha Stewart’s security employees took a tou...
July 11, 2014

50 Manufacturing Drones with a 3D Printer

3D drone printers, continuously airborne UAVs, hacking drones, flying UAS over airports and sports events, a petition to the FAA, and mapping mud a landslide with a hexacopter. The News BAE Systems Unveils Concepts of On-Boar...
July 4, 2014

49 UAV Privacy, Subpoenas, and Regulations

UAVs taking off in China, aerial video and privacy, a map showing UAS regs by State, FAA subpoenas realtors, FAA might not make their 2015 deadline, and drone poetry. The News Drone Hobbyists Taking off in China Twenty-three-...
July 1, 2014

48 Evan Ulrich and his RoboSeed UAV

While at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Become a Pilot Day , David and Max were fortunate to have a conversation with Dr. Evan Ulrich about his “RoboSeed,” a monocopter UAV. We talked with Evan about the desi...