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FAA: wildfires and drone aircraft don’t mix

Washington, Usa - Many people operate unmanned aircraft with little or no aviation experience

Responding to recent incidents in which unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as “Drones,” interfered with manned aircraft involved in wildland firefighting operations, the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is supporting the US Department of the Interior and US Forest Service in their simple message to drone operators: If you fly; we can’t. Often a tempo...

fra/pec - 1169738
Rome, Italy, 07/29/2015 18:58
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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