Sentence examples for flight of drones from inspiring English sources

But rules and regulations governing the control and flight of drones have held back development.

This is a new precedent in this kind of waiver: Previous exemptions allowed flight of drones over people in closed set operations (like for filmmaking purposes) and only when tethered, with a max height of 21 feet.

But the range and flight time of drones means that opportunities are limited.

Longer term, he expects a larger capital outlay to flow to drone-tech companies after regulators allow beyond the line of sight flying of drones, using autonomous flight, collision avoidance and other remote piloting systems.

In late 2015, DJI established a partnership with the airspace intelligence startup AirMap, to initiate geofencing as needed, including around events which require heightened vigilance from a security perspective, such as sporting events or wildfires, where the flight of unauthorized drones could interfere with rescue missions and firefighting operations.

As part of a three-month study of UAV risks, NOMS said it had carried out a test flight of a drone over a maximum security prison.

According to one charge he allegedly failed to sufficiently monitor the flight of a drone on the north bank of the Thames on 27 September last year, creating the risk of a collision with the Shard and/or HMS Belfast.

And even that figure is an underestimate, because it does not include the flights of small drones, which have proliferated rapidly in recent years.

Ehang has been touting manned test flights of its drone already.

In addition, the Federal Aviation Administration  target="_blank" href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~dgerard/9_5151.html" rel= noopener noreferrer">restricts flight of any aircraft (including drones) below 3,000 feet within a three-mile radius of all sporting event stadiums with seating capacity of more than 30,000 people.

Nik Wood London Perhaps the test flight of an Amazon delivery drone in British skies (Report, 27 July) could be to the offices of HMRC, bearing a large cheque for unpaid tax.