Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Book Review: Enter the Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America
There is nowhere you can find the curious and circuitous story about the civil use of unmanned aircraft, except in this new non-fiction book.


The FAA opened a new chapter in aviation history on June 21 this year with the release of the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a k a drones. “We are part of a new era in aviation, and the potential for unmanned aircraft will make it safer and easier to do certain jobs, gather information and deploy disaster relief,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a press release about the new rules.