from thescoopblog.dallasnews.com Texas EquuSearch has gotten permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start using a drone to assist in the search for a missing Fort Worth woman. Use of the unmanned aircraft can start at 8 a.m. Thursday, said Tim Miller, founder and director of the Houston-based search-and-recovery team. The group joined the search this … [Read more...] about FAA Allows Drone to Search for Missing Texas Woman
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A Man Hunt Without The Man: Drones Help Locate Missing Child
After spending almost two weeks lost in the Siberian forests and swamplands, four-year-old Karina is finally going home--and it is all thanks to a drone. On July 29th, Karina went missing from the Yakutia Republic in Russia; however, due lack of communication between the child’s parents, authorities were only notified of her disappearance on August 3rd. In order to cover 30 … [Read more...] about A Man Hunt Without The Man: Drones Help Locate Missing Child
Drone Attorney Brendan Schulman Visits FOXNews
Brendan Schulman, head of the civilian drone practice group at Kramer Levin LLP in New York stopped by FOX and Friends on Sunday afternoon to discuss civilian drones. Check out the segment: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comSchulman is well known in the drone community as an expert on private UAV law. A 'people's champion' of sorts, Schulman has won several landmark … [Read more...] about Drone Attorney Brendan Schulman Visits FOXNews
Texas EquuSearch Resumes Drone Use After Victory in Court
Volunteer search-and-rescue group Texas EquuSearch resumed using drones in their operations on Wednesday. The group received an email from the FAA in February ordering them to stop using UAVs to find missing persons, citing the agency's blanket ban on the use of drones for commercial purposes in the U.S. Texas EquuSearch grounded the drones at the time but sued the FAA … [Read more...] about Texas EquuSearch Resumes Drone Use After Victory in Court
Keeping Up With the FAA: July 2014
Last month when we published Keeping Up With the FAA: June 2014, we kind of assumed the early days of summer had been a particularly messy stint in the ongoing saga of regulating commercial drones. It seemed like an outlier rather than a pattern. And yet, here we are. July is winding down (WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE!?) and instead of quieting down, the madness continues. Here … [Read more...] about Keeping Up With the FAA: July 2014
