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Episodes

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...
June 27, 2014

47 FAA! We’re Going to Need a Stiff Drink!

FAA defines Model Aircraft, UAV’s banned from US National Parks, fourth UAS test site operational, Washington Post study of crashing UAVs, a prize for your drone video, the latest news on UAVs in Brazil and Australia, and CNN...
June 24, 2014

46 Roger Connor Curates UAVs at the Smithsonian

While at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Become a Pilot Day , David and Max spoke with Roger Connor , who curates the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In this recorded conversation with Roger, we talk about the histo...
June 20, 2014

45 Wide World of UAV Sports

The third FAA test site goes live, UAV’s to compete at Reno Air Races, drones spying at the World Cup, watching swim competition through the eyes of a quadcopter, hockey fans celebrate their victory by smashing a quadcopter, ...
June 13, 2014

44 Small UAS and Large UAS

The LAPD is evaluating drones, quadcopter pilot assaulted over privacy concerns, a novel delivery by drone concept, Switzerland picks the Hermes, RQ-21A Blackjack deployment in Afghanistan, and the U.S. Navy tests an Aerostar...
June 6, 2014

43 Good Uses and Bad Uses for Drones

The movie industry petitions FAA for UAS exemption, UAS impact on traditional helicopter businesses, commercial UAVs in Canada, drug smuggling with drones, celebrities from history and drones, the video of the week, and liste...
May 30, 2014

42 It used to be UFOs, now it’s UAVs

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014 conference and trade show, a drone narrowly misses a commercial flight, and hack-proof UAS software from DARPA. Guest: Bob Schmidt, President, UAV Propulsion Tech . AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014 ...
May 23, 2014

41 Regulating UAS

UAS regulation proposals from CASA in Australia and from a listener in the U.S., a “Ten best drones” list, NASA testing sense and avoid with a Predator, and bright job prospects for those with UAS skills. The News: NPRM 1309O...
May 16, 2014

40 A Multicopter First Flight

David flys a multicopter, an Iranian RQ-170 clone, Embry-Riddle creates an unmanned masters program, Italy looks to build a UAV school, a US Airways flight encounters a UAV, Northrop Grumman and Yamaha team up, and Parrot has...
May 9, 2014

39 Alaska UAS Test Site Stands Up

The Alaska UAS test site stands up, the X-37B space drone reaches 500 days in orbit, the National Park Service says no drones but archaeologists say yes, a drone delivery gone wrong, and armed drones for everyone. The News: F...
May 2, 2014

38 Lockheed Martin Builds sUAS

Lockheed Martin gets into sUAS, Texas EquuSearch files suit, drones for weather forecasting and wildlife protection, a fixed wing VTOL drone, an Optionally Manned UH-60, a North Carolina UAS law, drone journalism goes indoors...
April 25, 2014

37 UAS Test Site Receives FAA COA

A UAS Test Site receives an FAA Certificate of Authorization, Spain bans commercial drone use, a drone tracker kit, drones for burglers, a survey says Americans favor targeting terrorists with drones, and an update on the FAA...