Ten Myths About Drones - Huffington Post (blog)


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Ten Myths About Drones
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In February, President Obama signed a law that requires the Federal Aviation Administration to pave the way for public agencies and, eventually, private companies, to fly drones within the United States. The proliferation of domestic drones has been ...
Drones: Protecting American soil or invasion of privacy? Bakersfield Now
Editorial: Police drones could be coming to a sky near you OCRegister

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Before Flying Car Can Take Off, There's a Checklist - New York Times


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Before Flying Car Can Take Off, There's a Checklist
New York Times
For instance, government officials and the designers have had to determine which regulations — aircraft or automotive — take precedence when the vehicle in question is both. In the United States, development of the flying car was given some breathing ...
Flying cars seem within reach (again) Kansas City Star

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Plane Dealing: Is the Era of the Flying Car Upon Us? - MotorTrend Magazine (blog)


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Plane Dealing: Is the Era of the Flying Car Upon Us?
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Those barriers fall when you can park your plane in your garage, drive it to the airport and take off, land if the weather sours, and motor on to your destination at 70 mph on the highway. Just don't call it a flying car, because where car and airplane ...

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Small plane crashes in California neighborhood - WIS

Small plane crashes in California neighborhood
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The patrol's investigation put the deputy'sMore >> The South Carolina Highway Patrol has finished an investigation into a spectacular crash involving a Darlington County Sheriff's Department narcotics vehicle in March. The patrol's investigation put ...

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Kickstarting: Engineer Seeks Cash For Family-Sized, Low-Cost Airplane - Co.Design


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Kickstarting: Engineer Seeks Cash For Family-Sized, Low-Cost Airplane
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To McGinnis, that track is a plane in every garage, the Jetsonsonian future we all long for, the thus far fruitless desire that squeezes at least one flying car on the cover of Popular Science each year. There's just one catch, and it's the catch we ...

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One field led to thousands of lives saved - Asheville Citizen-Times

One field led to thousands of lives saved
Asheville Citizen-Times
His triumphs included a one-man helicopter and lighter, stronger aircraft materials, but it was his work with parachutes that would direct the course of his career. By 1958, fighter jets were getting faster and flying higher than ever before.

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APNewsBreak: Reno Air Races still a go this fall - WIS


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APNewsBreak: Reno Air Races still a go this fall
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The patrol's investigation put the deputy'sMore >> The South Carolina Highway Patrol has finished an investigation into a spectacular crash involving a Darlington County Sheriff's Department narcotics vehicle in March. The patrol's investigation put ...
Reno Air Races plans to change course this fall KGWN

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A plane that offers better fuel economy than your car - msnbc.com


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A plane that offers better fuel economy than your car
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Most people think of flying as faster but more expensive than driving. But an unusual aircraft project that competed in NASA's 2011 Green Flight Challenge is promising something new — a personal airplane with better fuel economy than many family cars.

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Where are the flying cars? - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Where are the flying cars?
Minneapolis Star Tribune
James Bond's nemesis Francisco Scaramanga used one as a getaway vehicle in the film "The Man With the Golden Gun." Now, a Massachusetts company hopes to commercially market a flying car -- although "driving plane" might be a more accurate description.

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Drones' new weapon: PR - Salon


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Drones' new weapon: PR
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“We're going to do a much better job of educating people about unmanned aviation, the good and the bad,” said Michael Toscano, president of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the industry's trade group in Washington.

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