Lufthansa and DJI Drone Technology Lufthansa Aerial Services, a division of Lufthansa Consulting, today signed a deal with DJI to use the world’s leading drone-maker’s aerial platforms to develop commercial applications for its key customers. A recent pilot project to...
DJI’s Phantom 3, is the flying machine of choice for pro videographers. This Chinese-made Yuneec Typhoon Q500 is not as fast as the Phantom 3, but it is remarkably easy to pilot. There is no calibration necessary. You don't have to download any apps. Read through the...
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has increased its allowance of Section 333 Petition exemptions for the commercial use of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and drones. This does not include recreational or hobby flying. Those have their own rules. See...
This drone has the standard "follow me" mode, but that's just the beginning. Draw a line on your phone's screen and the Solo will follow that line exactly, recording all the while. You can also select an object in your frame and choose "Orbit." You get a perfect...
Just a few days ago a DJI Quadcopter crashed on the White House lawn. The photo above is courtesy the Secret Service. The company has issued a firmware update for its Phantom2 drone that prevents it from flying within a 15.5-mile radius of downtown Washington, DC. FAA...
An 82 year old Wisconsin man had been missing for three days. Search dogs, helicopters and hundreds of volunteers searched for him without luck. The elderly man has dementia and was believed to have been without food, water, or shelter for three days. The fear was...
Some MTI geeks have come up with something I never expected to see - a drone rim light. This light does not require a light stand; it flies! The light is held by a quadcopter and moves automatically to provide the percentage of edge or rim light the photographer...
Getty Images Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, first publicly announced that they had plans to make deliver customer orders by drone. This was in an interview by CBS's 60 Minutes in December of 2013. There were a lot of jokes and few took it very seriously. The statement was...
* FPV is First Person View This fun-to-fly helicopter can fly at 35 mph and as high as 900 feet. Includes an HD camera for 1080p video as well as photos, but what really makes the difference is the 3-axis gimbal stabilization of the camera and lens which makes it easy...
As a Connecticut photojournalist moves forward with legal action against a police department after being suspended for flying a camera-equipped aerial drone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is publishing information on its website to clarify rules and...
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