(Source: News.com.au) Australia’s top air safety regulator is investigating the filming of Sunday night’s finale episode of The Block Glasshouse after Gold Logie winner Scott Cam was shown operating a large camera drone. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) was tipped off by a viewer on Monday and CASA confirmed on Tuesday it would be contacting High Alpha Media, … [Read more...] about CASA Investigates Australian TV Host for ‘Flying Drone Without a Licence’
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Visualizing Commercial Drones: 6 Helpful Infographics to Get You Up to Speed
Updated: 8/6/14 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This post has five pictures in it. So when my editor asks, can we all agree to tell him this post was 5000 words long? Thanks. I knew I could count on you. Anyway, here are four infographics that can help one visualize all the moving parts of the burgeoning commercial drone industry. The Timeline - … [Read more...] about Visualizing Commercial Drones: 6 Helpful Infographics to Get You Up to Speed
The “Cowboys” of the New Wild West
We have said before that the commercial drones industry is the new wild west of technology. This is the case all over the world. As if to complete our analogy, the Australian publication the Gold Coast Bulletin has named the first "Cowboy Drone Operators." Actually, they are less the cattle-herding cattle type and more the Billy Claiborne outlaw type. The headline of the … [Read more...] about The “Cowboys” of the New Wild West
Less Oversight on Small Drones
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is on a role. The organization recently said they had surpassed 100 certified UAS operators and on May 16, they published their Notice for Proposed Rule Making. The NPRM includes a proposed amendment to existing regulations of Australian drones under the Civil Aviation Act of 1988 and is fairly monumental in that it … [Read more...] about Less Oversight on Small Drones
Australia Surpasses 100 Certified UAS Operators, Provides Model for FAA
The Australian Certified UAV Operators Inc. (ACUO) reported this weekend that the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA, basically the Australian equivalent of the FAA) has now certified more than 100 commercial UAV operators. To accompany the announcement of the milestone, the ACUO also published a report outlining exactly who has been obtaining government … [Read more...] about Australia Surpasses 100 Certified UAS Operators, Provides Model for FAA
