from bendbulletin.com As the Two Bulls Fire sent up a massive column of smoke over west Bend on June 7, Morgan Tien and his friends were hanging by the Awbrey Glen Golf Club pool just miles from the flames. The 14-year-old amateur cinematographer hustled to his nearby home and sent his DJI Phantom — a small quadcopter carrying a GoPro camera — aloft. Launching the … [Read more...] about Teen’s Drone Flight Contributed to Wildfire Warning
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News Drone Stopped Near Wildfire in Okanagan
from CBC A drone belonging to Okanagan news website Castanet.net was stopped by fire officials on Sunday, after the operator tried to get closer to a wildfire near Peachland, B.C. Fire information officer Kayla Pepper says the technology can be dangerous. "If a drone was flying in the area and came into contact with our helicopters, that could be potentially fatal, and … [Read more...] about News Drone Stopped Near Wildfire in Okanagan
Drone Helps Control Alaska Wildfire
from alaskadispatch.com Over the vast expanse of the smoldering Kenai Peninsula wildfire, a little unmanned aircraft spent nearly six hours picking up signs of hot spots and mapping fire boundaries. It was early Friday morning. Launched by a catapult, the aircraft, called the ScanEagle, was on its first mission over a wildfire in nearly five years. On a private airstrip … [Read more...] about Drone Helps Control Alaska Wildfire
