The drone pilot who took out an LA firefighting plane pleads guilty to escape jail On January 9th, 56-year-old Peter Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone far beyond the legal limit of his ability to see — and into a Super Scooper water dumping plane fighting the Los Angeles Palisades wildfires, grounding it for repairs after punching a hole in its left wing. Now that authorities have traced

U.S. Reveals Once-Secret Support for Ukraine’s Drone Industry The development of a new generation of drones has revolutionized how wars are fought, according to U.S. officials.

Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia, Officials Say The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Opinions on best drone for video please 🙏? Hey everyone I do video and photos professionally in the outdoor sector. It’s finally time to start looking at getting a drone, just to be able to add that little extra magic to my videos. These are my consideration points, ranked in order of preference. 1, Quality, I care about video quality over everything else. So it must be at least crystal …

How Drone Fever Spread Across New Jersey and Beyond The first sighting was at a military site in New Jersey, then the phenomenon spread into neighboring states. Government assurances that most “drones” were not drones at all has not tamped down curiosity.

What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: The New Jersey Drone Invasion I wish the aliens would hurry up and invade already.

Here’s everything we don’t know about New Jersey’s drone mystery Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesSo far, possible answers include aliens, an international conspiracy, secret military tests, or just planes. 2024’s drone hysteria has gone on for weeks across the East Coast, and we still have far more questions than answers. The sightings may have started in New Jersey, but reports of possible dron…

The New Jersey drone hysteria exposes one salient truth: no one knows anything Is it a bird? Is it a plane? | Image: GettyOkay, I get it, we’re all sick of the drones. I went to two holiday parties over the weekend in the New Jersey suburbs, and it was all anyone wanted to talk about. The news coverage has been breathless, all-consuming, and most importantly, completely unhinged. No one knows anything. The cops don’t know…

The Ordinary Explanations Behind the Reported Drone Sightings As tips roll in, most reported incidents involve piloted planes and hobby drones, not foreign spying or secret programs, officials say.

Official Reason For New Jersey Drone Sightings Is As Likely As It Is Boring It looks as if the Feds have finally given us an official reason for the mystery sightings of drones over New Jersey and neighboring states over the last few weeks and damn if it isn’t boring. Read more…

After Weeks of Drone Sightings, New Jersey Remains on Edge In the Garden State, where the rash of sightings started a month ago, residents are looking to the skies, wondering why they still don’t have definitive answers from officials.

Drone Sightings Reported in New Jersey and New York: What We Know Reports of flying objects continue to occur throughout the region. State and local officials say they do not pose a threat but have provided few answers.

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Hochul Launches Investigation Into Drone Sightings in New York The governor made the announcement on Friday as sightings spread across New York and New Jersey. State and federal authorities said the flying objects posed no threat to the public.

Researchers put bird legs on a drone so it can take off by jumping EPFL’s RAVEN drone trades traditional landing gear for a pair of legs that function similar to a bird’s. | Image: Alain HerzogResearchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and UC Irvine have developed a drone capable of landing and taking off in areas that would otherwise leave a fixed-wing aircraft stranded…

Can this drone shot be fixed? I took this drone shot that I really like but the light hit the propeller at just the right angle and left the trees and mountain on the left with a washed out faded effect. Is there a way I can fix this post production? Thank you https://preview.redd.it/l0g07kzu2x4e1.jpg?width=4056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9c4848e4d35e72720cba96a2c888acc100472d…

Advice trying to get freelance jobs for drone photography? I’m a San Diego photographer/videographer that works full time for a university but I’m trying to find some freelance clients on the side to fill my schedule. I recently became FAA Part-107 certified and I’ve posted a video of some of my best shots on different social media pages like my tiktok, Instagram and in local San Diego photographer grou…

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I flew DJI’s $199 drone with its new $229 Goggles N3 The DJI Goggles N3 headset, DJI Neo drone, and RC Motion 3 controller. | Photo: The VergeI’m hoping DJI’s affordable new FPV goggles will be the missing puzzle piece — a way to cheaply buy the “It feels like I’m flying!” experience I had with the DJI Avata for maybe $400 or $500 tops, rather than the current $800 to $1,000 you might have to pay….