Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:50:07 +0000
The FAA’s YouTube channel has a recording of a recent event where a panel of experts in public safety discussed best practices for small electric unmanned aviation, or drones. If you’d like to watch the video itself, it’s embedded below, but if you want to read my summary, scroll further down. The panel consisted of: […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 17:50:54 +0000
In some recent social media posts, the FAA Drone Zone announced that it is doing a redesign to make the website more visually appealing and easier to use. On Monday, the new design opened up for users to check out. US Drone Rules Can Be Complicated The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires all commercial UAS […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:50:08 +0000
In a press release, the City of Phoenix recently announced that its fire department launched a project to integrate small-scale electric aviation into its operations. Since the launch in June, the team has been responding to a small subset of the department’s overall emergencies, both for training and to figure out best practices for using […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:50:39 +0000
Many people here, especially big Tesla fans, know either what an FPV drone is, or have seen footage from one. After the video from Tesla Germany, it’s hard to not be impressed. While this isn’t lifesaving or doing anything amazing like some of our other stories on electric aviation, it’s still highly impressive. As a […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:50:54 +0000
As part of the effort to integrate clean unmanned electric aviation into US skies, the FAA created a Remote ID rule for small drones. This rule, which was first proposed in 2019, would require all drones to broadcast their location and identification information while in flight. This information would be available to anyone within range […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:35:11 +0000
I don’t think I have to explain the problem with oil leaks from pipelines, but fewer people know about the problem of methane (aka “natural gas”) leaks. Not only is loose methane in the atmosphere bad for people and animals who breathe it in, but it’s also a much more potent greenhouse gas compared to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:15:34 +0000
While small drones (sUAS) are an important part of today’s electric aviation scene, it doesn’t make sense to cover every little thing that happens with them. But, there’s still a lot of interesting things going on that are worth checking out as we watch this relatively young CleanTech industry emerge. So, I’m going to do […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:55:23 +0000
Recent stories at Bloomberg and Axios show us that the promise of electric aviation is not only already here, but that it’s also going to expand and grow quite a bit as autonomy expands into the sky. We can learn from these stories that there are challenges which must be overcome for things like drone […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:33:06 +0000
Fireworks have long been a big part of throwing a party globally, and in the United States, they’ve been part of Independence Day since the beginning. But, they have drawbacks like noise, wildfire risks, smoke, and injuries. Now, electric aviation is increasingly stepping up to replace fireworks by putting on light shows without the bang. […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:05:18 +0000
A recent post at Wildfire Today tells us about an important effort to help with one of the downsides of electric aviation. While drones are an important part of replacing dirty gas-powered (and often leaded) aviation, as well as other fossil-fueled aviation, their unique size and ease of purchase does lead to some sticky challenges […]