Although the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet opened the skies completely to commercial drone use, it has opened the window a smidgeon. Bloomberg News reports that the FAA will permit commercial drones under 55 pounds to fly up to 500 feet above ground if flown during the day and within the view of their operators.
While the use of drones in TV and film is gaining ground in an industry constantly looking for new ways to tell stories, many have raised concerns about their safety on film sets and in public.
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a fatal plane crash near Denver last year was most likely caused by a pilot who was distracted by taking selfie photos in the cockpit.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it will allow four companies to use drones that weigh less than 55 pounds for commercial use. The four companies–Trimble Navigation Ltd., VDOS Global LLC, Clayco Inc and Woolpert Inc.–say they plan to use
Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of an evangelical minister, used his knowledge of Jewish history and the Jewish calendar to wow Jews attending the annual Zionist Organization of America dinner in New York in late November. Referring to the miracle
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking to revise safety rules for the growing number of private drone users as the number of near misses between unmanned drones and planes have increased. In a recent CNN interview, FAA chief Michael
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has halted civilian flights in Ferguson following law enforcement reports of protesters firing guns into the air. The flight restriction comes after law enforcement officials reported heavy automatic gunfire in the area of West Florissant
SANTA MONICA — There are fourteen candidates for just three seats on the Santa Monica city council. There are a multitude of federal, state, and local offices. There are even some controversial statewide ballot questions. But the one issue that
With the Los Angeles Unified School District Board ready to fire Superintendent John Deasy, he resigned as head of the nation’s second-largest public school system just six months after he spiked his annual salary to $384,184 with $54,184 in buy-outs. After
Civilian drones have been deployed by California farmers to monitor crop growth, cartographers to create more precise maps of the Swiss Alps, and even by archaeologists in Bolivia to help excavate ancient Inca ruins. Most of these early adopters that have legitimized civilian
A woman on a Pentagon tour bus who began vomiting later informed officials she had recently been in Africa, prompting a hazmat team to be dispatched and a portion of the Pentagon parking lot to be sealed off. According to
A White House petition to halt travel from Ebola-stricken countries into the U.S. has jumped by over 15,000 signatures in just three days, bringing its total number of signatures to 37,062. The explosion in signatures comes as a second American,
University of Wisconsin-Madison police have joined federal aviation officials to find the pilot of a drone that flew over jumping college students at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday afternoon as UW-Madison played Illinois. The drone, photographed by Wisconsin State Journal
A White House petition urging the Obama administration to change its position on allowing flights from Ebola-stricken countries into the United States has received 22,262 signatures in less than two weeks. The petition states: “Experts had stated it was ‘highly
Friday on NewsMax TV’s “American Forum” Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) called on President Barack Obama to ban non-essential travel to and from West African nations effected by the Ebola epidemic. Poe said, “It’s current law,” explaining the president could require
The Ohio penal system is to be the first in the country to use drones to monitor its facilities. On October 2, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections began a pilot program to test the capabilities of two $170,000
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said it is imperative that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) take every precaution to prevent the spread of Ebola before the holiday season. In a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, Cruz noted that
(AFP) — Air traffic was temporarily halted at two major airports in Chicago early Friday, after a fire broke out at a radar facility run by the Federal Aviation Authority, officials said. Dozens of flights into and out of the
SpaceX suffered its first missile failure when one of their F9R rockets aborted its mission and auto-destructed over Texas shortly after takeoff on August 22. One observer video shows debris falling from the sky just after the explosion. No one was hurt
HOUSTON, Texas — A SpaceX rocket exploded over Texas on Friday when its self-destruct system was triggered for unknown reasons. The incident occurred just after takeoff at the company’s development facility located in McGregor. SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket was
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Amid the news that two patients– one in New Mexico and one in California– are currently being tested for Ebola in hospitals due to matching symptoms, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that there have been
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has “barred” all U.S. airlines from flying over Syria due to a “serious potential threat.” The FAA said Syrian airspace is be avoided and carriers should contact the FAA in the event that the airspace
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) said that the federal government still has not made important changes that he suggested over a month ago on Wednesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. He charged that the leadership of
Concerns over Ebola in the United States have escalated due to the prolonged nature of the disease; symptoms can take two weeks to appear. Given the ease with which the virus can travel via plane through a carrier who does
A single-engine, four-seat passenger airplane crashed into a San Diego Costco parking lot on Wednesday evening, resulting in the death of one of the two women on board the aircraft. The pilot, 52, was reportedly attempting to land the the
AUSTIN, Texas–The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reversed its ban on American flights to Israel shortly before midnight Eastern time, almost as suddenly as the ban had been put into place. The reason given by the FAA was a rocket launched
Amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, newly elected Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was officially sworn in Thursday. President Shimon Peres gave his final speech as President, officially handing the mantle over to Rivlin, who then took the oath of office. Rivlin
On Tuesday, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defied FAA regulations and flew to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. In the column below, first published at Bloomberg View, he explains his reasons why: Just hours after the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday questioned whether President Barack Obama used a federal agency to impose an economic boycott on Israel after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. airline flights to Tel Aviv because of safety
When President Obama announced on Monday that he had dispatched Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East in order that he “do everything he can to help facilitate a cessation to hostilities” between the terror group Hamas and
The US Federal Aviation Agency’s 24-hour ban on travel into Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport is set to expire. It remains unclear why the Obama Administration decided to suddenly pull the plug on travel into Ben Gurion, as it is
Speaking to reporters as he welcomed former NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, where he arrived aboard an El Al flight, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ban all
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced via his website on Tuesday that he is en route to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, in defiance of an FAA decree handed down earlier preventing American commercial flights from
Anticipating an imminent ban by the FAA of all U.S. flights to Israel, Delta, United, and US Airways each canceled all outbound flights to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport until further notice. Delta Flight 468, one of its two
In the aftermath of the horrific fall of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine Thursday, the United States Federal Aviation Administration warned airlines not to fly over that airspace, and it received voluntary agreements from airlines that they would not. But
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is seeking permission from U.S. regulators to test its delivery drones near Seattle, as part of a rapid expansion of a program that has sparked widespread debate over the safety and privacy implications of drone technology.
CNN said Monday it was launching a research project with the Georgia Institute of Technology on how drones could be used for newsgathering by media organizations. The research will evaluate the technology, personnel and safety needs to operate effectively and
Now that private and commercial drone use is becoming more popular, it seems as good as time as any to integrate the devices into the use of social media. Enter “the dronie.” A play on the ubiquitous “selfie” phenomenon, a
In March, an American Airlines flight crew reported a near collision over Florida with an unmanned aircraft, raising new fears of the dangers of drones. The pilots reported that the unmanned vehicle looked like a miniature military jet airplane like
A U-2 spy plane, one of the key weapons of the Cold War, is apparently responsible for a computer failure in Los Angeles that disrupted air traffic control operations in California and across the nation, NBC news reports. Sources quoted by
