Drone Aircraft Ready To Take Flight, Awaiting FAA Rules

Brian Bennett
LA Times
April 30, 2012

Police departments across the country have bought inexpensive small drone aircraft with cameras to help track drug dealers, find missing children and locate wandering Alzheimer’s patients, but federal rules designed to protect the nation’s airspace have kept them grounded.

That is about to change in a dramatic way.

Under a law President Obama signed in February, the Federal Aviation Administration must write rules by May 14 on how it will license police, fire department and other public safety agencies eager to fly lightweight drones at low altitudes.

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This article was posted: Monday, April 30, 2012 at 12:33 pm

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