Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

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.

Runway

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

Owning Only the Small Battery Flying with the small battery means that your drone is below the 250-gram threshold. This assumes no accessories or payload, such as strobe lights or propeller guards. Owning Only the Large Battery Fitting the Mini 3 or 4 with the large battery will bring it over the 250-gram threshold.

Threshold

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

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.

Payload

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Jettison – the procedure used to discard fuel or other payload items and is often employed during both civilian and military emergencies. A pair of synchronized flashing lights, located laterally on each corner of the runway approach threshold, providing rapid and positive identification of the approach end of a runway.

Runway