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Drone racing?! Would you be interested?

Will drone racing fly as a sport? Imagine careening through the forest chasing Stormtroopers on speeder bikes as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia did in a famous scene from "Star Wars," flying around trees and ducking under branches.

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This is probably the most exciting news to come out of the drone world yet. This is just the beginning of the great work drones can do.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-drone-delivery-20150720-story.html

First FAA-approved drone delivery takes medicine to rural Virginia Days after the first Federal Aviation Administration -approved drone delivery successfully dropped off medicine at a Virginia health fair, researchers behind the mission are already looking ahead to future uses of this technology -- in humanitarian crises.

Please don’t be a Dridiot with your drone.

We’ve all read and heard about the reckless behavior and dangerous situations that some hobbyists and possibly professionals are causing with their drones with regard to wildfire fighting. Please, please, please, if you are anywhere near a fire, DON’T PUT YOUR DRONE IN THE AIR. You have no idea of what the game plan is with the aerial firefighting equipment and how high and where they might need to fly. You might be a ways from the fire but unknowingly be preventing one of the tankers from filling up or other activities.

Getting that YouTube footage isn’t as important as saving lives and people’s homes. Please ground your aircraft anywhere near a fire.

If you see something, please say something to someone.
We are the future of drones and as such, we must be good ambassadors drone usage and safe conduct.

Thanks for keeping this in mind, this is a very dangerous situation that must be stopped.

Here’s the Cal-Fire and the Forestry Service warning to all of us Dronies:

Drone Idiots cause N.Y. Times to call RadFlight for an opinion about interference with wildfire fighting efforts.

Remember, if you see someone doing something dumb with a drone, please say something to someone.

Chasing Video With Drones, Hobbyists Imperil California Firefighting Efforts In the last month, aircraft dispatched to drop chemicals or water on California wildfires have had to pull back after ground crews spotted drones.

The US Navy is giving up on fighter pilots and turning to drones The US Navy is planning to stop using manned fighter jets in the coming years, according to Navy secretary Ray Mabus, turning instead to uncrewed aerial vehicles and drones to perform missions at...

Bird-inspired self-folding wings could help drones recover from collisions Birds do hit trees with their wings, although their wings simply fold back under impact, then immediately fold open again to maintain flight. Now, scientists from Stanford University have develope...

"Need to be careful here as we are admitting to spying on Mexico," the internal document, which was written by a Virginia-based contractor in 2010, stated.

Texas Drones 'Spied' on Mexico, Helped U.S. Government Gain Intel on Drug Cartel [REPORT] According to an internal document, the drones were keeping tabs on the movements of the Los Zetas drug cartel.

Watch This Homeowner Shoot Down a Drone Flying over His Property

Watch This Homeowner Shoot Down A Drone Flying Over His Property First came the anonymous phone call, then the drone, Larry Breaux claims.

Drone community rallies in support of NYC Drone Film Festival | CameraLends Blog

Drone community rallies in support of NYC Drone Film Festival | CameraLends Blog It's almost here! The inaugural NYC Drone Film Festival is coming this Saturday, March 7th, and CameraLends is a proud sponsor! Along with NBC News, the entire