Helicopters are at highest risk from consumer dronesnews Alasdair Whyte 14 Oct 19 0Consumer drones are a severe risk for helicopters – according to a recent report from the UK Government. The UK’s House of Commons Science and… Read more
The silver lining to Franky Zapata’s cross-Channel flight cloudnews Alasdair Whyte 30 Jul 19 0Franky Zapata, the flying enthusiast who attempted to cross the English Channel on his personal VTOL on July 25, has been unsuccessful. The VTOL –… Read more
Rise of illegal drone incidents across the UKnews Alasdair Whyte 27 Feb 19 0 According to Freedom of Information requests submitted by Sky News, reported drone incidents in the UK have increased by around 40% over the past… Read more
The drone issue: A Q&A with Ben Marcusnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Feb 19 0Ever since the drone sighting that halted flights at Gatwick airport, drones have had a hard time staying out of the news spotlight. Over Christmas,… Read more
Flight on Marsnews Alasdair Whyte 16 May 18 0NASA will be sending an unmanned helicopter to Mars on the next Mars Rover mission in 2020. A small autonomous rotorcraft will be travelling 54.6… Read more
Xcel becomes first US operator to be granted BVLOS exemptionnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Apr 18 0One of the most-pernickety regulations hampering the commercial drone market from taking off right now are the beyond visual line-of-sight regulations, or BVLOS for short.… Read more
Commercial US drone market to grow to four times its present size by 2022.news Alasdair Whyte 19 Mar 18 0The FAA expects America’s commercial drone fleet to be the largest growing drone market over the next few years, growing to at least four times… Read more
FAA to automatise drone registrationnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Mar 18 0The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is testing a new drone authorisation programme to automatise US Drone registration. Announced at the FAA’s UAS symposium in Baltimore,… Read more
Heli Expo 2018: Droning on about regulationsnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Mar 18 0In case anyone missed it, drones were among the biggest new trends of 2017. Three of the largest helicopter OEMs are investing in drones and… Read more
Attack of the dronesinsight Alasdair Whyte 15 Apr 16 0This week saw the first flight of the Volocopter, a manned drone/helicopter hybrid. We also witnessed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg toying with an unmanned drone on stage at his… Read more
