My pre-flight checklist combines the traditional and adds a number of items I consider necessary to ensure a good (i.e., safe and unobstructed) flight. The traditional ones are relatively simple: -Aircraft working? Inspect thoroughly, tighten screws, clean Batteries charged? Ensure all batteries are charged and balanced Accessories present? Verify all accessories (charger, battery charger packs,Continue reading “Pre-Flight Checklist”
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The 69th Drone Detachment
The Story behind the 69th Snowboard Detachment (Airborne) When I was in Iraq, pretty much every flight area had a waiting area (or at least a semi-shelter surrounded by concrete blast barriers). On these walls and barriers were written the logos and names of units passing through…1st Cav, 2/43 Infantry, 1st Marine Division, etc. Well,Continue reading “The 69th Drone Detachment”
Stay Tuned: Upcoming Posts for 1Q 2020
It’s an ambitious list, but here are some blog posts I intend to post during (optimally) the first quarter of this year. You’ll notice many are about regulatory issues (as we are in a comment period and the issue is time-sensitive), but I’ll try to interject other articles covering various categories of the Drone World.Continue reading “Stay Tuned: Upcoming Posts for 1Q 2020”
Commercial Drone Alliance: Champions of Progress?
In this second part of the CDA blog, I answer (or attempt to answer) the second half of the question initially posed: CDA – Bully or Boon? In the previous post, I examined how the CDA appears to be a bully, in pushing their agenda and pushing recreational UAS (RUAS) from the skies. In thisContinue reading “Commercial Drone Alliance: Champions of Progress?”
Legacy Drones and FAA Remote ID
Any decent plan for implementation of a new technology allows a path for integration with existing legacy technology. More precisely, any decent plan integrates the new technology seamlessly into the older (legacy) technology. These plans specify a phased approach to integrating the old technology and either upgrading it to work with the new, or toContinue reading “Legacy Drones and FAA Remote ID”
Old Pilots and Bold Pilots
There’s a saying in the aviation world (or so they tell me…); there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots. Well, when it comes to flying drones, we may not die if we make a mistake, so conceivably there could be old and bold drone pilots (justContinue reading “Old Pilots and Bold Pilots”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introducing…Me
This WAS an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. I didn’t enroll in one of their ten programs, but hope I started my blog right. Hi, it’s me. I’m relatively new to the drone world, and want to document my exposure to it and experience in it. I come from a technicalContinue reading “Introducing…Me”
A Brave New Drone World 