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Beautiful places meets  people doing fun things!...The folks from Dronstagram in collaboration with National Geographic have compiled the winners of their Photography contest from more than 5000 entries  submitted from everywhere in the world by talented professional photographers and amateur drone photo enthusiasts.  Take a look at the winners http://www.dronestagr.am/contest/  

Proving its never a good idea to shortcut getting permissions from the relevant authorities, see what happens when John Thompson uploaded a 14 minute video to You Tube of firefighters battling a blaze.  Twelve minutes in, a firefighter turns his hose to the prying quadcopter, hitting its camera and forcing the pilot to fly higher out of range. Watch the video below, and cut to 12:00 for the action.  John Thompson, whose drone the firefighters blasted with water, is now planning to bill the fire department for the damage done to his drone…good luck with that one!   http://www.popsci.com/drone-films-firefighters-gets-soaked

Along with the rest of Mr Iglesias’s fans we wish him a speedy recovery as we’re sure his tour organizer’s health and safety advisor will be wanting a quick word with him! We imagine the conversation may touch on: Why use a drone in the first place for camera footage? Why use a machine with blades spinning at over 10K RPM if you could safely use a camera rig instead? Why was Mr Iglesias holding onto the drone? Why didn't someone brief him about how his actions could interfere with the flight positioning system the Inspire relies on for flying...

In what is probably going to be a common thread as Emergency services everywhere seek to capitalise on what drones can offer in terms of safety and response speed, Dublin Fire Brigade confirmed on its Twitter account that it was researching the use of drones in emergency situations. It is believed members of the DFB will soon receive training in how to use the craft. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fire-brigade-set-to-introduce-drones-for-emergencies-31269360.html  

It was a great opportunity to film such a large building from the outside and from the inside. This engagement consisted of 2 parts: producing a short film of DC380 running a demonstation session for 40 potential investors in DC380 We delivered this engagement with a team of 4, 2 DJI Inspires and 1 DJI s1000. Two demonstration lanes were setup in the main warehouse and our pilots provided one on one coaching to the attendees to fly the DJI Inspire on a simple course. Also, we demonstrated the capabilities of the DJI s1000 inside for the delegates. The video...