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  • Regulations: help or hinderance?

    Regulations: help or hinderance?

    CASA has just published a new regulation. Collective shudders, groans and complaints go up around the aviation community. I’m immediately reminded of NPRM 1001: Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) 1001.1A No pilot, or pilots, or person or persons acting on the direction or suggestion or supervision of the pilot or pilots may try, or…

  • ‘Drone’ – remove it from your lexicon

    ‘Drone’ – remove it from your lexicon

    I really dislike the term ‘drone’. Its use is synonymous with any unmanned aircraft or aerospace system (UAS). Regardless of size or whether the application is military, industry, hobby or other, we tend to dub any and all pilotless systems as a drone. In the last five years, the taxonomy of drones has become overwhelming,…