By Keegan VanLeeuwen In March of 2015, Shawn Usman borrowed a commercial quadcopter from his friend and flew it around his apartment complex in Washington D.C. Being a relatively new drone pilot, Shawn lost sight of his friend’s drone and decided it must have landed somewhere near the National Mall. That same night, national media […]
Dubai and Sharjah airports closed due to drone October 29, 2016 by Roberta Pennington http://www.thenational.ae/uae/dubai-and-sharjah-airports-closed-due-to-drone Last night (10/29) a Dubai airport was closed for approximately an hour due to “unauthorized drone activity”. Just like we have talked about in class, it is illegal to fly a drone within 5 kilometers of a Dubai airport, (for […]