Beware of the No Drone Zones

Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 03:33 PM ET

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A boom of new drone activity expected during the next decade will make the national airspace much more complicated. Courtesy: Skyfire

Key Takeaways:

This summer, Los Alamos National Laboratory issued an ominous warning to remote pilots flying drones over the famed birthplace of the atomic bomb.

Thom Patterson

Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.