Airport board backs Longmont drone builder
The city’s airport advisory board voted 6-0 on Thursday to recommend to the council that Iron Ridge UAS be allowed to sub-lease space at the airport to build the battery-operated “unmanned aerial systems,” which can fly for a maximum of two hours and carry no more than 12 pounds.
The board’s vote also recommends that an agreement be made with the Federal Aviation Administration that would let Iron Ridge’s drones be used by the city for limited and…
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