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Enter the Drones: The FAA and UAVs in America
Bill Carey
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Description for Enter the Drones: The FAA and UAVs in America
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 61 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TJFM1; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
UAVsaunmanned aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft; the labels varyaare a disruptive technology on par with computers and smartphones. Present since soon after the dawn of manned aviation, they have become controversial only in recent times. In the United States, the mainstream media has painted them with a broad brush as drones with a warlike past, and civil liberties organizations warn of their impact on individual privacy rights. But a promising new industry beckonsaUAVs can be useful for farming, filmmaking, law enforcement and sundry other missions. Entrepreneurs and aerospace manufacturers alike want them freed to fly for commercial purposes, ... Read more
UAVsaunmanned aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft; the labels varyaare a disruptive technology on par with computers and smartphones. Present since soon after the dawn of manned aviation, they have become controversial only in recent times. In the United States, the mainstream media has painted them with a broad brush as drones with a warlike past, and civil liberties organizations warn of their impact on individual privacy rights. But a promising new industry beckonsaUAVs can be useful for farming, filmmaking, law enforcement and sundry other missions. Entrepreneurs and aerospace manufacturers alike want them freed to fly for commercial purposes, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764350771
SKU
V9780764350771
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About Bill Carey
Bill Carey has three decades of experience as a newspaper reporter and aviation writer. He has written extensively about unmanned aerial vehicles, initially as editor-in-chief of Avionics magazine, and more recently as senior editor with Aviation International News.
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