A drone will fly out of Rome. It will be the first mission to the capital of a remotely piloted aircraft officially authorized by ENAC.
A demonstration flight will take place on October 8 by drone ‘FlyNovex “of Roman society FlyTop, at the conference on” drone journalism “, the first round of the series Rome Drone Conference organized by Ifimedia and Mediarkè .
The drone – said in a statement – will rise in the external Atahotel Villa Pamphili, facility that will host the conference. The area is made safe by the staff of the Securitas Group Metronotte. The remote-controlled aircraft, bound to the ground by a cable, will be able to showcase his skills flying and shooting video from the air.
At the demonstration attended by numerous journalists and professionals: the drones are in fact giving rise to a significant interest for use in a newspaper and television. The drone “FlyNovex» is equipped with 6 rotors, has a diameter of 120 cm and a height of 45 cm, with a total weight of about 7 kg. It features a shopping cart (which rotates with the camera) and a parachute.
It has a flight range of about 20 minutes. It is designed to carry out missions even in automatic mode and can carry a camera or a high resolution video camera or various types of sensors. Its applications range from shooting tv journalism, from the observation of the territory to the monitoring of large systems up to employment in the security industry.
“We are pleased to host the first flight of a drone on Rome authorized by ‘ENAC, “said Luciano Castro, president of Rome Drone Conference. “This flight will demonstrate that it is possible to use these resources in critical areas such as a city, in full compliance with the rules in force. Too many drones fly, a bit all over Italy, without the necessary permissions.
The coincidence with our conference on “drone journalism” will show a number of journalists and media professionals the usefulness of these aircraft drones for the journalistic activities. “
Tomorrow, the first event in Rome Drone Conference will take place in fact on ‘Drone journalism. The new technological frontier of journalism, including development prospects and privacy concerns. ” The conference was sponsored by ENAC, National Agency for the Safety of Flight (ANSV), Order of Journalists, the National Federation of the Italian Press (FNSI), Department of Communication, University “Sapienza” of Rome and the associations Uasit , Assorpas and Aidroni.
Rome Drone Conference is a series of seven lectures on professional applications of drones, which will take place in Rome on a monthly basis until April 2015 at the first conference on “drone journalism” others will follow on insurance and flight safety, Regulation ENA, the use of precision farming, the observation of the territory and the monitoring of the environment and cultural heritage, the impeghi for the needs of the Armed Forces and police and also for scientific research.
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