Canada’s proposed commercial drone regulations may provide a significant boost to the Canadian drone industry. Transport Canada has outlined new drone regulations that would ease the n... Read more
UK drone pilots will soon have to register their drones and sit safety awareness tests, as the Department for Transport seeks to better regulate growing drone use and react to increasing saf... Read more
Whatever country you’re based in, it’s likely that there are regulations in place surrounding recreational and commercial drone flights. Some are fairly common-sense, such as the... Read more
In the past few days at least two high-profile stories have emerged relating to drone safety. The first involves a Seattle man being jailed for a month after his drone fell out of the sky an... Read more
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a statement announcing their revised “Dronecode,” in an effort to help new hobbyist drone operators learn to fly safely.... Read more
Amazon’s drone delivery service – PrimeAir – has given up on the U.S. for now. Days after rival Flirtey announced the first FAA sanctioned residential drone delivery... Read more
(Source: The Register) An operator of Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer, returned to her wartime workplace to fly a drone this week. Joanna Chorley, 89, returned to Block H a... Read more
by Ben O’Leary Kingston Upon Hull has been awarded the UK City of Culture 2017, which is great news for the city, everyone who was involved in the bid, and all who will benefit from th... Read more
(Source: directionsmag.com) Aerial mapping company Bluesky has produced a prototype map of the UK showing where it may be unsafe or even illegal to fly Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), com... Read more
(Source: BBC) An Airbus A320’s wing passed 6m (20ft) below a drone hovering at Heathrow, said the Civil Aviation Authority. It said drone pilots would face prosecution if they put th... Read more
(Source: The Daily Beast) Top-secret filming on the HBO fantasy epic has been protected by a no-fly zone over the set in Northern Ireland. If you thought the main airborne threat in Game o... Read more
(Source: Independent.co.uk) A man has been summoned to court over flying a surveillance drone to film football matches and royal palaces. The Met Police today said that Nigel Wilson, of No... Read more
(Source: pressgazette.co.uk) News yesterday that three BBC journalists were questioned by police for flying a drone at Davos last month followed the arrest in Surrey of a freelance journal... Read more
Concern Over UK Drone Collision Study is Justified
You may or may not have heard about the proposed regulations for drone pilots in the UK. The UK Department for Transport put forward policy proposals that will mean pilots flying drones that... Read more