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sailingaway
08-24-2012, 08:15 PM
http://www2.tbo.com/news/republican-national-convention/2012/aug/24/namaino1-drones-to-patrol-skies-over-republican-co-ar-472685/?referer=None&shorturl=http://tbo.ly/PBkQ4k

Anti Federalist
08-24-2012, 08:18 PM
Yay, Amerika.



Add to that mix one more technology: drones.

This will mark the first time unmanned aerial vehicles will patrol the skies over a national convention, according to an engineer with a Naples company that builds and will operate the drones.

The vehicle, called an Aether Aero, is an eight-bladed vertical takeoff platform that will provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to government agencies, according to Curt Winter, an engineer with United Drones.

pcosmar
08-24-2012, 08:22 PM
Perhaps High winds will be a blessing.
;)

wgadget
08-24-2012, 08:35 PM
They've had a change of heart...or...?

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/drones-wont-patrol-tampa-during-rnc-federal-authorities-say/1247703