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Some 3,000+ Applicants Approved For Commercial Drone Operations

Credit: Lone Star Drones LLC
The public’s enthusiasm for small drones is an undeniable phenomenon. If the holiday demonstration at my in-laws’—two kids got tiny drones, which they flew through the family room—is representative of society as a whole, then the forecast million-drone Christmas seems likely to have been realized...
William Garvey

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

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