33 Sharing the Sky

A near miss between a UAV and a crop duster, a new social network for the multi-rotor community, UAVs that survey cemeteries, no beer delivery by drone in the UK, and a red hot video of the week.The News:Victorian mine drone in near miss with aircraftThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a final report that says that a Sensefly eBee 178 UAV came within about 100m horizontally and up to 70m vertically from an Ayres S2R crop duster. The ATSB rated this incident, which occurred in September, 2013, as serious. The eBee was flying a four-hour photogrammetric site survey mission over an unused mine.Drone and Rescue Chopper Almost Collide as Drone Crashes MountThe ATSB is investigating the incident.Social Network for the Multi-Rotor Community in Beta Test PhaseDronedUp.com is a new social network for the multi-rotor community. You can contribute to forums and upload your photos and videos. It lists UAV groups and there is a section for pilot reviews. DronedUp also allows the creation of “pages” for content that centers around a specific topic or company. It’s free to join.UAS Mapping of Cemeteries in the Czech RepublicCzech unmanned aerial systems company UPVISION, and the Brno City Hall, used a hexacopter and a fixed wing UAV to capture images of cemeteries. They’ve put the data into a GIS system which allows them to administrator city cemeteries.Beer today, gone tomorrow: regulator bans booze dronesAs we previously reported, the folks at Lakemaid Beer were told by the FAA that they could not commence operations to deliver beer to ice fishermen in Minnesota by drone. But what about elsewhere? In the UK, UAVs are regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority CAA), under articles 166 and 167 of the Air Navigation Order 2009.North Carolina lawmakers consider creating board to govern drone useThe North Carolina Office of the Chief Information Officer has recommended that a UAS Governance Board be created to develop UAS policy and create standards for their use and operation. Also that they approve or deny requests for drone use.Video of the Week:Dji Phantom flies into Volcano, sent by Todd.Mentioned:RC Model ReviewsTrappy versus the FAA (an opinion-piece rant)Police to trial drones at Gatwick AirportAeryon Skyranger