As the nation enters the upcoming growing season, the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is asking all drones-unmanned aircraft (UA) operators to be mindful of low-altitude manned agricultural aircraft operations.
Agricultural aviators treat 127 million acres of cropland in the...
One hundred years after airplanes were first used in applying insecticides to crops, a Mississippi State University flight lab is on a mission. It seeks to understand how today’s agricultural aviators can safely share the skies with unmanned aircraft...
• By Christi Short,
Lubbock, Texas •
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been noticing more and more people taking up the hobby of picture taking with a drone — also known as an unmanned aerial vehicle.
This method of capturing images...
• By Tiffany McDowell •
A lawsuit recently filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas challenges the constitutionality of the Texas “Use of Unmanned Aircraft” statute.
Background
This background section will focus on those areas relevant...
• By Haleigh Erramouspe •
Fields of cotton, wheat, sorghum and other crops are a common sight in the Texas High Plains, but what you might not expect is to see drones whipping through the air above these fields.
However, if you...
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