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Skyports-Groupe ADP air taxi vertiport opens for Paris trial phase

Bruce Crumley - Nov. 11th 2022 1:11 am PT @BDroneDJ

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A group of companies that includes Volocopter, Skyports, and airport operator Groupe ADP have inaugurated what they say is Europe’s first fully integrated vertiport, created for testing all aspects of air taxi operation expected to be introduced during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

Volocopter eVTOL in successful UTM/ATM integration trials in Paris

Bruce Crumley - Sep. 26th 2022 3:44 am PT @BDroneDJ

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German air taxi developer Volocopter was among a group of sector companies that successfully tested the integration and use of traditional air traffic management (ATM) technology with new uncrewed traffic management (UTM) platforms designed to orchestrate the flight of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) planes.

Paris metro looks to modernize with drone inspections

Bruce Crumley - Jun. 7th 2022 5:12 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Though the Paris Métro may be over 120 years old, the famous underground subway system strives to stay young through modernization, and is now preparing to roll out new tech innovations that include robots and drones.

Paris park to fete 30th anniversary with first Disneyland drone show

Bruce Crumley - Jan. 26th 2022 2:48 am PT @BDroneDJ

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The honor of hosting the first-ever drone show performed in a Walt Disney Company theme park will go to France this March, when Disneyland Paris celebrates its 30^th anniversary.

The inside story of NatGeo’s Notre Dame drone cover shot

Ishveena Singh - Jan. 21st 2022 2:50 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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National Geographic’s February cover features one of Europe’s most well-known structures – the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Captured beautifully by a drone, the cover shows the cathedral’s iconic buttresses undergoing reconstruction after being damaged by fire in 2019 (see image below). But did you know, it took photographer Tomas van Houtryve six months to get the aerial shot!? Here’s why…

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French furniture brand decks up Eiffel Tower for dancing duo [drone video]

Ishveena Singh - Aug. 26th 2021 3:07 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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Remember the mattress campaign from Netflix’s Emily in Paris where they put a bed in “the most irresistibly Instagrammable spots” around Paris? We may just have discovered Netflix’s real-world inspiration for that campaign: a French designer furniture brand called BoboChic.