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Drones Go Collegiate as They Tailgate at Football Game on Saturday

September 26, 2018 by Harry McNabb Leave a Comment

When (3 and 0) North Dakota State takes on South Dakota State (2 and 0) in a battle of unbeaten rivals there will be something that has never legally occurred before,  there will be drones flying over Fargodome parking lots of E, F and G.  The drones are scheduled to fly between 9 am and 1 pm on Saturday.

As part of it’s testing of commercial drone applications,  the FAA working with North Dakota Unmanned Aircraft Systems team to test flight over people for the first time in this setting.  It is one of a number of initiatives that are occurring in different sites around the US.   Some of these are showing positive results including allowing flights as an exception basis for commercial insurance claims as a result of Hurricane Florence.

 

Harry McNabb
Harry McNabb

CEO DroneLife.com, DroneRacingLife.com, and CMO of Jobfordrones.com. Principle at Spalding Barker Strategies. Has enjoyed working with and around the commercial drone industry for the last 10 years.   Attendance and speaker at Industry Events such as Commercial UAV, InterGeo, Interdrone and others.   Proud father of two. Enjoys karate, Sherlock Holmes, and interesting things.  Subscribe to all things drone at DroneLife here. Email is Harry@dronelife.com.   Make Sure that you WhiteList us in your email to make sure you get our Newsletter.  Editor1@dronelife.com.

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