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     Drone Zone

A hexacopter drone is flown during a drone demonstration at a farm and winery on potential use for board members of the National Corn Growers in Cordova, Md.
Routine commercial use of small drones got a green light from the Obama administration June 21, 2016, after years of struggling to write regulations that would both
protect public safety and unleash the economic potential and societal benefits of the new technology.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

  White House Clears Small, Commercial Drones for Takeoff 

JOAN LOWY                     struggling to write rules that  55 pounds. The long-antic-   engine. “This is a watershed    tegration of drones in the
Associated Press              would both protect public       ipated rules mean com-       moment in how advanced          national airspace system.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rou-        safety and free the benefits    mercial operators can fly    technology can improve          Until now, commercial op-
tine use of small drones by   of a new technology.            drones without special per-  lives,” said Brendan Schul-     erators have had to apply
real estate agents, farmers,  The Federal Aviation Ad-        mission. Industry and gov-   man, a vice president at        for a waiver from rules that
filmmakers and countless      ministration announced          ernment officials describe   DJI, the world’s largest ci-    govern manned aircraft, a
other commercial opera-       the creation of a new           commercial drones as the     vilian drone-maker. Jason       process that can be time-
tors was cleared for takeoff  category of aviation rules      biggest game-changing        Miller, an Obama econom-        consuming and expensive.
by the Obama administra-      designed specifically for       technology in aviation       ic adviser, said the rules are
tion Tuesday, after years of  drones weighing less than       since the advent of the jet  the first step toward full in-        Continued on Page 6
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