by Spyros | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Today will see the landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars. And this isn’t just another Mars rover. It also has a helicopter/drone to play with! NASA calls the Perseverance landing on Mars its most challenging yet. Part of the reason why has to do with the...
by Spyros | Jan 25, 2021 | News
A helicopter of the Chilean Navy had a collision with a drone, which broke through the windscreen and injured the on-board mechanic. The incident happened last Saturday. The aircraft was a Bell UH-57B. This is essentially the military version of the well-known 206B...
by Spyros | Nov 26, 2020 | News
South Australia police released video of a man pointing a laser at one of their helicopters. Police on the ground arrived to find the man still holding the laser. The 48-year-old man from Adelaide faces changes of “prejudicing the safe operation of an aircraft”, “acts...
by Spyros | Nov 22, 2020 | News
Last Friday FBI agents in Los Angeles arrested a 22-year-old drone pilot, whose drone had a crash with a Los Angeles police helicopter. It is the first case of a criminal prosecution in the US for unsafe operation of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Local police...
