More air time: Battery-powered drones (pic) can stay in the air for less than an hour. But an unmanned aircraft system developed by engineers from the University of Southampton uses a powered tether to provide unlimited flight time for drones.
LONDON/WASHINGTON: When a small town American roofer took legal action against a neighbour for shooting down his drone, the local dispute sparked a case that could help shape the newest frontier of property rights law – who owns the air.
Drone owner David Boggs filed a claim for declaratory judgment and damages in the Federal Court after his neighbour William Merideth from Hillview in the southern state of Kentucky blasted his US$1,800 (RM7,445.61) drone with a shotgun in July last year.
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