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SKYMAGIC offers backstage view of its dazzling drone shows

Bruce Crumley - Feb. 1st 2022 2:38 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Everyone loves aerial light performances, but few people ever get a backstage peek at what goes into staging the spectacles. To remedy that, UK- and Singapore-based drone show specialist SKYMAGIC sat down with DroneDJ to offer an idea on how those work – and how the company differs from rivals in bringing the skies to life.

London welcomes 2022 with amazing SKYMAGIC drone show

Bruce Crumley - Jan. 3rd 2022 2:47 am PT @BDroneDJ

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There’s already reason for hope that this year may well be better 2021. Almost impossibly, it seems, aerial arts specialist SKYMAGIC managed to put on an even more spectacular drone show for London’s 2022 New Year’s celebration than the gem it staged last year.

E-solar-thermal drone flies marathon test mission

Bruce Crumley - Dec. 2nd 2021 3:19 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Ever dream of piloting a drone that can stay aloft longer than the usual 30- to 35-minute battery charge? Meet the K1000ULE, an electric-, solar-, and thermal-powered UAV that flew for 26 straight hours this summer.

Can communication-linked UAVs become AUVs’ BFFs?

Bruce Crumley - Nov. 1st 2021 3:51 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Researchers in Japan are testing whether the deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) for research can be significantly enhanced by pairing them with communication-linked UAVs hovering overhead to relay data to human monitors on the ground.

Flytbase and Hextronics launch truck-mounted automated drone hangar

Bruce Crumley - Oct. 26th 2021 7:34 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Work for businesses on the move in their UAV inspection, surveying, or mapping activities may get a little bit easier with the unveiling of HexTruck – a pickup-mounted automated drone hangar platform compatible with any off-the-shelf craft.

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After California tern egg disaster, Oregon moves to protect nesting birds from drone harassment

Bruce Crumley - Jul. 1st 2021 3:06 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Remember the tragic story of an entire generation of elegant terns being wiped out in California when over 1,500 eggs were abandoned by terrified parents fleeing invasive drones? Lesson learned: Officials in Oregon are now working hard to prevent something similar from occurring in their wildlife reserves.