FAA contemplating whether millions of drones will fill skies
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September 16, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP, posted Sept. 16, 2016) — So many people are registering drones and applying for drone pilot licenses that federal aviation officials said Friday they are contemplating the possibility of millions of unmanned aircraft crowding the nation's skies in the not-too-distant future.
In the nine months since the Federal Aviation Administration created a drone registration system, more than 550,000 unmanned aircraft have been registered with the agency, said Earl Lawrence, director of the FAA's drone office.
Speaking at the first meeting of a new government-industry drone advisory commit...
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