NEWS Operating in the South Pacific

People who’ve never flown it have no idea how vast the Pacific Ocean is,” Kiwi Robin Leach told B&CA. “You will be over water for 12 hours jetting from Auckland to San Francisco. Going the other way [i.e., west], headwinds can be a factor, and today [in mid-January] the jetstream is running south with strong…

NEWS Michigan police add drones

I sure hope that MSP reports its activities to ATC: The Michigan State Police has a new eye in the sky as it begins using a drone to enhance law enforcement efforts. State police pilots provided media a demonstration of its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) — an Aeryon SkyRanger, more commonly called a drone —…