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Aviador 62

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#BringBackYourDrones ('llévense sus drones')

Los críticos con el programa estadounidense de aviones no tripulados han enviado un mensaje a la primera dama de EE.UU., Michelle Obama, tras su participación en la campaña en línea lanzada para apoyar a las niñas nigerianas secuestradas.

La semana pasada, Michelle Obama publicó una foto suya posando con el cartel #BringBackOurGirls ('devuélvannos a nuestras niñas') en apoyo a la campaña en Twitter que tiene como objetivo que las más de 200 escolares nigerianas secuestradas el mes pasado por el grupo terrorista Boko Haram sean liberadas.

En respuesta a ello, un grupo de usuarios de la red social lanzó otra iniciativa dirigida tanto a la primera dama como al presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama, quien, según los activistas, ha matado a muchas más niñas con su programa de aviones no tripulados, que se lleva a cabo principalmente en Yemen y Afganistán.

Varios usuarios empezaron a publicar mensajes con el 'hashtag' #BringBackYourDrones ('llévense sus drones') y #WeCantBringBackOurDead ('no podemos hacer que nuestros muertos vuelvan'). "Su esposo ha matado a más niñas musulmanas de lo que Boko Haram jamás será capaz", asevera uno de los activistas.
resposta para michelle obama com a tag #bringbackourdrones pic.twitter.com/CPlkmmm6zC
— rohãn (@lucasrohan) 13 мая 2014
Además, fue creado el 'hashtag' #BringBackOurDrones ('devuelvan nuestros drones'), con el cual los usuarios estadounidenses empezaron a participar en la iniciativa. Así, en el marco de la campaña Stuart Wilson se dirigió a David Cameron y Barack Obama diciendo que ha aparecido un 'hashtag' que ayudará a detener el asesinato de niños musulmanes inocentes.
Hey @David_Cameron and @BarackObama - here's a hashtag that will help stop the murder of innocent Muslim children: #BringBackOurDrones
— Stuart Wilson (@nosliWtrautS) 11 мая 2014 "Las violaciones de los derechos humanos son intolerables fuera de EE.UU., Ucrania, Israel, Egipto, Arabia Saudita, Jordania, Afganistán, Yemen # BringBackOurDrones ", tuiteó David Swanson.

Human rights abuses are intolerable outside of U.S., Ukraine, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Afghanistan, Yemen #BringBackOurDrones
— David Swanson (@davidcnswanson) 9 мая 2014 Cabe mencionar que algunos usuarios de Twitter criticaron la campaña diciendo que menospreciaba la causa por las colegialas de Nigeria, pues consideran que no debería desviarse la atención de la tragedia ocurrida en el país africano.


Texto completo en: http://actualidad.rt.com/sociedad/view/128060-twitter-campana-drones-michelle-obama
 

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FAA official: Drone, jetliner nearly collided over Florida

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/09/travel/unmanned-drone-danger/

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(CNN) -- A Federal Aviation Administration official warned this week about the dangers of even small unmanned aircraft, pointing specifically to a recent close call involving a drone and a commercial airliner that could have had "catastrophic" results.

Jim Williams, the head of the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) office, discussed various potential perils during a presentation Thursday to those attending the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo. A video of his talk in San Francisco, and those of others, to those who operate, create or otherwise are involved or interested in such unmanned aircraft was posted to YouTube.

After saying "the FAA has got to be responsive to the entire industry," Williams referred to a pair of incidents in which drones caused injuries to people on the ground. One came at an event at Virginia Motor Speedway in which an "unauthorized, unmanned aircraft" crashed into the stands, and in the other a female triathlete in Australia had to get stitches after being struck by a small drone.

Then, Williams segued to a pilot's recent report of "a near midair collision" with a drone near the airport in Tallahassee, Florida. The pilot said that it appeared to be small, camouflaged, "remotely piloted" and about 2,300 feet up in the air at the time of the incident.

"The pilot said that the UAS was so close to his jet that he was sure he had collided with it," Williams said. "Thankfully, inspection to the airliner after landing found no damage. But this may not always be the case."
According to the FAA, the incident took place on March 22 and involved as U.S. Airways Flight 4650 going from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Tallahassee.

Flightaware.com lists that flight as a CRJ-200, with a capacity for 50 passengers.
The pilot claimed to pass "an unreported and apparently remotely controlled aircraft ... five miles northeast of the Tallahassee airport, according to the federal agency.
Such close calls are rare, the FAA notes.

The pilot reported that the small unmanned aircraft involved looked similar to an F-4 Phantom jet, and not like a helicopter that might hold a camera that many associate more closely with drones. Such planes have gas turbine engines and can fly higher than an average drone, according to the FAA. Neither the drone in this case, nor its pilot, have been identified.
In its own statement, US Airways said that it was aware of this reported "incident with one of our express flights, and we are investigating."

Explaining why this event is significant, Williams referenced to the so-called "Miracle on the Hudson" from 2009, when US Airways Flight 1549 safely crash-landed in New York's Hudson River after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.

Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River
Such bird strikes are dangerous enough; a drone, even a small one, getting sucked into a jetliner's engine could be even worse, Williams said.

"Imagine a metal and plastic object -- especially with (a) big lithium battery -- going into a high-speed engine," he added. "The results could be catastrophic."

All these incidents speak to "why it is incredibly important for detect-and-avoid standards (for small unmanned aircraft) to be developed and right-of-way rules to be obeyed," Williams said. He added that such standards are in the works.
His agency reiterated this sentiment in its statement Friday.

"The FAA has the exclusive authority to regulate the airspace from the ground up, and a mandate to protect the safety of the American people in the air and on the ground," the agency said. "...Our challenge is to integrate unmanned aircraft into the busiest, most complex airspace in the world. Introduction of unmanned aircraft into America's airspace must take place incrementally and with the interest of safety first."

As to current regulations, Williams noted the FAA has appealed a federal judge's decision in a case involving businessman Raphael Pirker.

Pirker used a remotely operated, 56-inch foam glider to take aerial video for an advertisement for the University of Virginia Medical Center. The FAA then fined him $10,000 for operating the aircraft in a "careless and reckless manner."
A judge on March 6 agreed with Pirker that the FAA overreached by applying regulations for aircraft to model aircraft, and said no FAA rule prohibited Pirker's radio-controlled flight.

Pilot wins case against FAA over commercial drone flight

But on Thursday, Williams said that another judge had stayed this ruling pending the FAA's appeal.
"Nothing has changed from a legal standpoint," he said, "and the FAA continues to enforce the airspace rules."

Drones banned from Yosemite, other parks
 
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kik

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Permite EU a BP uso de drones

fuente: reforma.com

Washington DC, Estados Unidos (10 junio 2014).- La Administración Federal de Aviación de Estados Unidos (FAA, por su sigla en inglés) anunció este martes la entrega a la compañía petrolera British Petroleum (BP) de la primera licencia de vuelo para drones.

El citado organismo autorizó a la empresa y al fabricante de sistemas de aviación no tripulados AeroVironment para usar un drone en el área de la bahía de Prudhoe en Alaska, donde BP busca petróleo y planea la instalación de oleoductos.

Las investigaciones empezaron el pasado domingo, usando un aparato Puma AE equipado con una cámara, de 1.4 metros de largo.

"Estos sondeos son otro paso importante para ampliar el uso comercial de aviones no tripulados", dijo el secretario de Transportes de Estados Unidos, Anthony Foxx.

"La tecnología está cambiando rápidamente, y las oportunidades están creciendo", añadió.

Para conseguir el permiso de vuelo, las empresas deben demostrar que sus drones no afectarán la seguridad y que su uso será de interés publico.

Algunas agencias públicas del Gobierno estadounidense ya han usado drones para cuestiones de seguridad, rescates o previsiones meteorológicas.

link: http://www.negocioselnorte.com/aplicaciones/articulo/default.aspx?Id=256780&v=3
 

Aviador 62

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Quieren a Mexico para llenarlos de Drones...

http://vuelamex.com/blog_80130_Dire...il&utm_term=0_afacf0156c-98b525519b-112968049

Directivo de Facebook ve ideal a México para el uso de drones

Vuelamex.com - México es el sitio perfecto para probar y validar las aplicaciones comerciales de aeronaves no tripuladas, mejor conocidas como drones, debido a que no existe una regulación que impida su uso, de acuerdo con David Weekly, fundador de Drone.VC y director de la división de productos de Facebook.

“No hay muchas restricciones para la utilización del espacio aéreo en México… yo creo que si los drones son capaces de entregarle servicios y experiencias valiosas a la gente, ya sea tener producciones de video increíbles o usar menos pesticidas en granjas con su monitoreo, los legisladores y la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) se verán obligados a apoyarlos en algún momento”, comentó el directivo de la red social.

Para operar drones en México se requiere de un permiso por parte de la Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) y demostrar que el vehículo cuenta con especificaciones de seguridad y técnicas para volar a una altura máxima de 150 metros.

Actualmente las aeronaves pueden operar en funciones de monitoreo y patrullaje en zonas poco pobladas, como en las granjas, y para utilizarse en entregas comerciales se debe contar con la autorización de la dependencia.

En abril pasado, Facebook adquirió a la firma Ascenta, un fabricante de drones que funcionan con energía solar, por 20 millones de dólares, con el objetivo de llevar internet a las poblaciones más marginadas del planeta.

Drone.VC, el primer fondo de capital de riesgo enfocado al desarrollo de drones, está por cerrar su primera inversión en una firma con un fondeo de 150 mil dólares y se alista para inyectar recursos financieros a 12 compañías más, entre ellas algunas mexicanas.

Actualmente el fondo de capital de riesgo está constituido como un consorcio de 50 inversionistas, los cuales coinvierten y comparten riesgos.

“Hemos estado en pláticas con Weekly y creemos que encajamos en su modelo de inversiones”, dijo Iván Lozano, fundador de Iron Drones, startup mexicana enfocada al desarrollo de un software para el de control de drones vía internet.

Otra firma en la que el ejecutivo de Silicon Valley podría invertir es 3D Robotics, fundada por el mexicano Jordi Muñoz, la cual se ha colocado como uno de los manufactureros de drones más importantes a nivel global. Su planta está ubicada en Tijuana y uno de sus socios es Chris Anderson, quien dejó su puesto en Wired Magazine para dirigir 3D Robotics.

En Estados Unidos la FAA prohibió la utilización de los drones para fines comerciales en Estados Unidos. Una empresa que participa activamente en el cabildeo para el nuevo marco regulatorio es Amazon, la cual alista un programa de entregas en 30 minutos a través de aeronaves no tripuladas.


Fuente: Ana Martínez / elfinanciero.com.mx
 

Aviador 62

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2 drones in near-miss with NYPD chopper...

http://nypost.com/2014/07/07/two-drones-in-near-miss-with-nypd-copter-over-gwb/

A police helicopter nearly collided with two drones like this one (inset) over the George Washington Bridge on Monday.
Photo: David Rentas

Two drones nearly took out an NYPD chopper over the George Washington Bridge on Monday, and cops arrested the wayward devices’ operators, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

The Aviation Unit helicopter was on patrol around 12:15 a.m. when it had to swerve to avoid the small, unmanned aircraft, the sources said.

The NYPD pilots “observed flying object at 2,000 feet in vicinity of the George Washington Bridge, then circling heading toward the helicopter,’’ a police report said.

“The officers were forced to change their course to avoid a collision.”

One source called it a “very dangerous” scenario.

“Although [drones] may only weigh a few pounds, that’s all birds weigh, and look what they did to the Sully Airbus,” the source said, referring to 2009’s “Miracle on the Hudson,” in which a bird strike forced US Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger to crash-land a jetliner in the Hudson River.

The chopper tailed the drones north as they landed at the corner of Audubon and Fort George avenues, near Fort Tryon Park, at 12:35 a.m., sources said.

The chopper cops called NYPD Patrol, and officers were dispatched to nab the suspects.
Remy Castro, 23, who lives on nearby West 193rd Street, and Wilkins Mendoza, 34, of Post Road, were both arrested.

“It’s just a toy,” Castro said later at Manhattan Criminal Court, where they were arraigned on felony reckless endangerment charges and released without bail. “The copter came to us.”

Mendoza said the drone experiment was just fun and games.
“We were just playing with it,” he said. “It’s crazy.”

Their lawyer, Michael Kushner, said the incident was not as serious as authorities allege.
“This vehicle can’t go above 300 feet,” Kushner said. “They did nothing more than fly a kite.”

But a friend of the pair, Jonathan Reyes, 27, said Castro told him they have flown them as high as 5,000 feet.

“When they first got them, everyone was going crazy and saying, ‘That’s some alien stuff!’ ” Reyes recalled.

Reyes said Castro bought a drone two weeks ago and that Mendoza followed suit. They spent $500 to $700 apiece.

They have been having a wild time ever since, flying the drones around the neighborhood each night and posting video of the outings on Instagram.

“They’re fun. They’re a cool pair,” Reyes said of the men. “Everybody who sees [the drones] goes crazy!”

Additional reporting by Kathleen Culliton and Kate Sheehy
 

Aviador 62

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Human Factor

A great article about the human factor and the AF447.

BUSINESS
October 2014

The Human Factor

Should the airplanes be flying by themselves?

Airline pilots were once the heroes of the skies. Today, in the quest for safety, airplanes are meant to largely fly themselves. Which is why the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed 228 people, remains so perplexing and significant. William Langewiesche explores how a series of small errors turned a state-of-the-art cockpit into a death trap.

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash

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Se registra el primer caso de un ataque de dron a un avión de pasajeros

http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/145004-primer-caso-ataque-drone-avion-pasajeros

Especialistas de seguridad aérea del Reino Unido han registrado el primer ataque de un dron a un avión de pasajeros. No ha habido víctimas mortales.

Especialistas del UK Airprox Board (UKAB), organismo dedicado a analizar los incidentes ocurridos en el espacio aéreo del Reino Unido, documentaron el primer caso de un ataque deliberado de un avión no tripulado contra una aeronave, dice un informe publicado en la página web de la organización.

El avión que sufrió este sorprendente ataque es un bimotor ATR72 con capacidad de 74 personas que estaba aterrizando en el aeropuerto londinense de Southend. El incidente ocurrió el 30 de mayo de este año; sin embargo, la información no se ha dado a conocer hasta hace poco, informa el rotativo británico Essex Chronicle.

A la altitud de unos 450 metros, la tripulación de la aeronave se dio cuenta de que un pequeño objeto se movía en paralelo a su motor derecho. Al ponerse en contacto con un controlador aéreo de Southend, el piloto informó de que se le estaba acercándo un cuadricóptero.

Muy pronto el piloto informó a la torre de control de que el dron, que inicialmente se encontraba a unos 100 metros, había cambiado bruscamente el rumbo y había empezado a moverse hacia la aeronave hasta situarse a unos 25 metros.

El estudio de datos de radar y de registrador de datos de vuelo permitieron determinar que el dron había sido dirigido intencionadamente hacia el ATR72.

En la investigación posterior del incidente no se pudo localizar el dron ni averiguar quién es su propietario. Sin embargo, debido a la falta de información y la falta de evidencia sobre el operador del aparato, al incidente se le asignó un grado "D" de riesgo de colisión: solo el cuarto en una escala de cinco.

Los drones baratos podrían costar unos 500 dólares y los expertos en seguridad advierten de que los terroristas podrían utilizarlos para lanzar ataques.


Texto completo en: http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/145004-primer-caso-ataque-drone-avion-pasajeros
 

RAV

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Pues si, esto era algo que siento iba a pasar tarde que temprano, y sin duda veremos más y más. En fin, siempre habrán estúpidos.
 

Bluethunder

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http://worldtruth.tv/china-unveils-...o-shoot-down-small-aircraft-within-5-seconds/

China Unveils Anti-Drone Laser Weapon Able to Shoot Down ‘Small Aircraft’ Within 5 Seconds

China has developed and successfully tested a highly accurate laser defense system against light drones. The homemade machine boasts a two-kilometer range and can down “various small aircraft” within five seconds of locating its target.

Boasting high speed, great precision and low noise, the system is aimed at destroying unmanned, small-scale drones flying under an altitude of 500 meters and at speeds below 50 meters per second, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement by one of the developers, the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP).

A recent test saw the machine successfully bring down over 30 drones – a 100-percent success rate, according to the statement. The laser system is expected to play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas.

“Intercepting such drones is usually the work of snipers and helicopters, but their success rate is not as high and mistakes with accuracy can result in unwanted damage,” explained Yi Jinsong, a manager with China Jiuyuan Hi-Tech Equipment Corp.

Yi told Xinhua that small-scale, unmanned drones are relatively cheap and easy to use, which makes them a lucrative choice for terrorists. Concerns have also been raised recently over drones involved in unlicensed mapping activities, and the negative effect this could have on both military and civil aerial activities.

The academy is currently working on developing similar laser security systems with greater power and range, the Chinese news agency reported.

The drone industry has been booming in recent years, with the challenge to build small, hard-to-track drones that are difficult shoot down.

The US military is to get a new drone, small enough to fit into a uniform pocket, weighing a mere 80 grams. The so-called Extreme Access Pocket Flyer can fly for two hours, transmitting HD-quality video the whole time, without resorting to Wi-Fi.

According to a report by the independent, nonprofit, public policy institute, Stimson, the US has the“world’s largest and most sophisticated fleet of weaponized UAVs,” though America is “not likely to remain the world leader in the development of innovative UAV technologies.”

US military forces had at least 678 drones in service in 2012, according to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, as reported by the Guardian.
 
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Bluethunder

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Drones are almost crashing into planes

http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/26/tec...ndex.html?sr=fb112914dronesflights7pStoryLink

You're not going crazy. That could have been a drone outside your airplane window.

More and more pilots are reporting that they're encountering drones during flight.

The number of these reports have ballooned this year. In October, 41 pilots reported seeing a drone, or unmanned aircraft, during flight. That's up from just five in April, according to data released by the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday.

A total of 193 incidents were reported between Feb. 22 and Nov. 11.

On a few occasions, pilots had to alter their course to avoid the drone. In most instances, however, the drones did not impact the flights, the FAA said.

One pilot reported seeing a drone while flying over the Arizona State University football stadium on Nov. 8 and another saw one flying over the University of Tennessee during a game in October.

On Nov. 4, a pilot reported seeing a drone equipped with a camera flying around 1,800 feet up in the air near the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.

It's no surprise that there are more drones out there. Farmers want to use them to survey fields, while wedding photographers want them for moving aerial shots. Drones have been used by law enforcement, firefighters and for disaster relief.

Some are sold for less than $700, so there are plenty of hobbyists out there that just fly them for fun.

The increase in reports can also be attributed to greater awareness and improvements in the reporting process, the FAA said.

Currently, drones are legal for hobbyists -- but illegal for businesses unless they have an exemption from the FAA. And flying a drone for commercial reasons requires a special waiver, because there are no official drone rules out yet.



First Published: November 26, 2014: 6:48 PM ET
 
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