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It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s a Hollywood Movie!
Hollywood filmmakers won’t have to go overseas to use drones any more. The FAA has given six companies permission to get aerial shots with small, unmanned aircraft for productions here in the US. There will be conditions. Will they allow sweeping panoramas that might include your apartment?
By Warren Olney • • 22m ListenHollywood filmmakers won’t have to go overseas to use drones any more. The FAA has given six companies permission to get aerial shots with small, unmanned aircraft for productions here in the US. There will be conditions. Will they allow sweeping panoramas that might include your apartment?
Also, an officer’s beating of a mentally ill woman on a busy freeway will cost the CHP $1,500,000—and the cop is out of a job. Is that enough punishment? Is this likely to happen again?
Banner Image: Drone mounted with a GoPro camera; Credit: Don McCullough
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2 storiesCHP Reaches $1.5M Settlement with Woman Beat by Officer
it’s hard to forget the video of a California Highway Patrol officer beating a woman into the ground on the shoulder of Interstate 10 on July 1st of this year. Today, the CHP announced that a settlement has been reached for $1,500,000.
Read the story10 minHollywood's Got Drones
Unmanned drones mounted with cameras are just what a movie director asked for. But, until today, they’ve had to go overseas, because the FAA has prohibited the commercial use of drones except for an oil company in Alaska.
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