With airplanes, helicopters, drones and more, there was a little something for everyone. “We’ve got a great field that the county has let us use for 40 years and we really want to grow this local ...
Mini indoor drones have become an incredibly popular gift in the last few years since they’re both cool and inexpensive. For a while they’re great fun to fly around, until the inevitable collision ...
A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) panel has reversed a decision made earlier this year by an NTSB law judge, finding that a man’s remote-controlled model plane was indeed an aircraft.
DJI is about to make it harder to fly its drones too close to larger aircraft. The Chinese tech company announced Wednesday that all DJI drones weighing more than 250 grams — which includes every one ...
In 2011, Raphael Pirker used a RiteWing Zephyr II remote-controlled flying wing to record aerial video of a hospital campus for use in a television advertisement. That act resulted in the Federal ...
It's becoming a battle between manned and unmanned aircraft. In just the past two weeks, four pilots coming in to Los Angeles International Airport have reported dangerous encounters with drones. It's ...
Keeping drones from colliding with other airborne objects and crashing to the ground is a complex challenge for the aviation industry, and one with no single answer. But adding to the growing mix of ...
Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator combined the full hover flight capabilities of a helicopter with the fast cruise speeds of a turboprop-powered aircraft by basically installing two ...
A fleet of drones buzzed around the Port Gamble RC Field on Saturday, twisting around sharp turns, ducking under hoops and dropping little parachutes from above. The Kitsap Drones group was formed ...
Anyone can build a remote control airplane with a sheet of foam, some glue, and a handful of servos. Building an F-14, complete with the swing wing mechanism? [Thomas] found built one that’ll take you ...
The FAA released final rules for drone operation in US airspace, mandating Remote ID for all drones. Remote ID allows for tracking of drones and their operators, improving safety and security for ...
Flying RC planes is a much beloved pastime, but the elation of flying these impressively engineered micro-aircraft also comes with the screaming pitfalls of cringeworthy crashes—and this 7-minute ...