Farmer Not Waiting Around For Gov. Regulations on UAVs

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, AP WRITERThe Daily News Online                                

PORTLAND, Ore. — Idaho farmer Robert Blair isn’t waiting around for federal aviation officials to work out rules for drones. He and a friend built their own, outfitting it with cameras and using it to

monitor his 1,500 acres.

Under 10lbs and 5 feet long nose to tail, the aircraft is the size of a turckey and Blair suses it to get a birds eye veiw of his cows and feilds of wheat, peas, barly, and alfalfa.FULL STORY HERE
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