Agriculture

Colorado Department of Agriculture Safety Video

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02 Dec 2015

Flying drones is fun, but many people don't realize how many crop-dusting aircraft and other low-flying aircraft share the skies with you. Can crop-dusting pilots see a drone to avoid hitting it? This shows you the answer.

Take a look and see why drone pilots have to do more than just look up in the air for other aircraft.

TESTING BY The Colorado Agricultural Aviation Assoc., Agribotix, UAS Colorado and Avian.
VIDEO by the Colorado Department of Agriculture Digital Media Program, James Amos.

Source: YouTube

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