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60 C H A P T E R 5 To learn from the UAS experiences of airports, contractors, tenants, and state DOTs, this chapter presents case examples, which highlight specific uses. Sixteen case examples are provided, representing seven airports, two contractors, two tenants, and five state DOTs.
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Case Examples 61 system detects 200–250 UAS flights per day on average, with only a handful of these representing a conflict for DFW traffic. According to the vice president (VP)
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62 Current Landscape of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Airports has dropped to around 200. By disguising UA as a natural predator, yet another application of UAS has been realized, and to the benefit of the airport and student pilots alike (Miller 2018)
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Case Examples 63 the actual solar totality serves as one example of the "fun" and usefulness of UAS at airports (P. McDonald, personal communication, January 9, 2019)
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64 Current Landscape of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Airports to "going live" in the airport environment. As of August 2018, 43 successful UA flights had been conducted totaling 5.7 flight hours.
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Case Examples 65 of Aeronautics, mainly to supplement airport inspections. Additionally, UAS are being used to perform airspace obstruction evaluations and collect images and video for marketing and communication purposes.
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66 Current Landscape of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Airports utilizes three independent FAA radar sites to enable safe UAS operations. The intent of SkyVision is to provide users a path to test operations based on performance-based standards in support of advanced missions, including (a)
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