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New proposed French drone regulation requires remote drone …

Earlier this week, we reported on proposed drone regulation from the Trump Administration that would allow federal officials to track, reroute or destroy your drone if needed. Now, we receive news from France where similar, but perhaps less drastic, new … Continue reading

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Proposed French Drone Regulation Would Require Remote Identification

The French Federation of model airplanes (Fédération Française d’Aéromodélisme) has updated a 2015 proposal for hobby drones regulations.  In this new draft, the federation is urging lawmakers to force drone manufacturers to implement various components allowing authorities easier access to … Continue reading

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Raytheon’s New Radar Could Help Bring Flying Cars to Our Cities

Like many cliches, “flying under the radar” has a literal, real-world history. As the new object-detection technology proliferated in the years after World War II, military pilots knew it had trouble seeing things at low altitudes, where buildings and hills … Continue reading

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ASU Air Devils build and pilot their award-winning planes from the ground up

Photo by Jack Winn | The State Press ASU aerospace engineering majors Evan Draganchuk, freshman, Matthew Bajamundi, junior, and Nick Kolesov, sophomore, construct a plane they built in the Air Devils Club in Tempe, Arizona, on Friday, April 6, 2018. … Continue reading

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Robert L. Tush, 74, loved flying his amateur model airplanes

Robert L. Tush SHALLOTTE — Robert L. Tush, 74, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice LifeCare Center, Wilmington. He was born Oct. 12, 1943, in Ayer, Mass., the son of the late Henry Tush and … Continue reading

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Kenneth Roger Meek

Kenneth Roger Meek passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018, at the veterans home in Lewiston after a short illness. A celebration of life with a covered-dish dinner will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans of … Continue reading

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Tuskegee Eagles Help Teens Soar

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) A local mentoring program is encouraging students to keep their heads in the clouds. The Tuskegee Eagles are a non-profit group that mentors students while teaching them to construct small engine airplanes. The Tuskegee Eagles were founded … Continue reading

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