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Solo, But Not Alone

Air Facts

I’d served as the legal advisor in targeting cells that put “warheads on foreheads” in Syria during the fight against ISIS—but we were always the “ground customers,” waiting for the right platform to deliver the payload. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. The I-GITR lifted off and I was flying solo for the first time.

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The Top 5 Best American-Made Drones

Pilot Institute

This weight threshold may not seem significant for users in the US, but it is particularly important in a European setting, as it allows for the drone to be used in urban or built-up areas. With a payload capacity of almost 16 kg, the AltaX offers a suite of payload options for mapping, lighting, and cinema-grade filmmaking.