Supervisor Dianne Jacob discussed San Diego County becoming a federally designated test site for drones

Community Comes Out for Coffee with Jacob The event offered members of the public and community leaders an opportunity to address local issues and concerns. Photo by Darrel Kinney By Ann Reilly Cole – Julian Journal • Tue, Oct 15, 2013 Julian residents met with County Supervisor Dianne Jacob at Julian Town Hall recently to…

Back Country Citizens Concerned About Drones

        Back Country Citizens Concerned About Drones ‘Back Country Voices,’have joined to raise concerns about the recent unanimous vote by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in support of a proposal for testing drones over Southern California skies.  “I don’t know what we can do,” said one participant of the newly…

States Vie for Test Sites As FAA Prepares U.S. Airspace For Thousands of Drones

  “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearsome master.” – George Washington Thousands of drones will join the 327 already flying in U.S. airspace over the next five years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2013 Aerospace Forecast, which called the…

Back Country Drones

Back Country Drones   On September 24, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors gave their support to a proposal that was submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for testing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Vehicle (drones) over Southern California.  So far, twenty-five groups in twenty-four states are competing to become one of the…