The most expensive bird to come out of the top pigeon-racing nation in the world fetched $1.65 million a few years ago. No wonder the sport is grappling with an unprecedented wave of unsolved pigeon ...
Those restrictions are in place over the racecourse on each day between 4 and 7pm. Helicopters will be flying about the course on either side of those times as well. Police Operation Commander, ...
Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable pigeons are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off alarms ...
By piloting in this way, FPV pilots learn to master speed and dart through narrow gaps. It is even a spectator sport – everything from “Mini Air Shows” in 2015 to commercial TV events like Drone ...
The extraordinary revelation was made by Will Butler-Adams, chief executive of Brompton, during a recent radio discussion about the adoption of “drone racing” as a sport by the Army.
The increasing importance of drone technology in military operations is further reflected in the British Army’s recent decision to recognize drone racing as an official sport formally.