Eyes in the Sky

FAA Knocks Down Another Barrier to Unmanned Flight

Dan Miller
By  Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
The first UAVs -- legally -- to commercially scout agricultural fields are owned by an Idaho company, Empire Unmanned. Here partner and farmer Robert Blair launches a fixed winged aircraft to fly over a wheat field. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer photo by Geoff Crimmins)
Training is complete and now the pilots at Empire Unmanned can take to the sky with their unmanned aerial vehicles.

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