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Drone news in the Netherlands: regulations, industry updates, innovative uses, events, and the impact on businesses and communities in Holland.
FPV drone captures all-electric race boat on Lake Maggiore
The RaceBird, hitting impressive speeds close to 100km/ph, holds the distinction of being the world’s premier all-electric foiling race boat. While putting it to the test, the team employed a 4K FPV drone to record its maneuvers on the stunning…
Youthful Rebellion Against DJI’s Drone Dilemma
In the dead of night last Sunday, the socialist youth group ROOD Rotterdam (Red Rotterdam) staged a protest outside the office of DJI Europe BV in Barendrecht, The Netherlands. Their mission? To denounce the drone deliveries from DJI to Russia,…
Drones Illuminate Night Sky for Van Gogh
As the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, marks its golden anniversary, a celestial homage to the illustrious artist took flight last weekend. A fleet of 200 drones, choreographed by Studio DRIFT, lit up the Amsterdam night sky, creating…
Netherlands Witnesses Inauguration of its First Operational Drone Vertiport
May 24 marked a significant milestone in Dutch aviation history with the activation of the nation’s pioneering drone vertiport, “Galileo”. The grand unveiling, celebrated by several distinguished guests, occurred when a multirotor drone made its landing at the cutting-edge facility,…
Amazing 2023 Drone Show in Amsterdam attracts large crowds
Due to bad weather, the 2023 drone show above the A’DAM Tower that was originally planned for New Year’s Eve took place last Monday, January 2nd. At exactly 20:23 at night, 600 drones flew simultaneously to create a display of…
DJI begins issuing C1 labels for the DJI Mavic 3 and Cine
This is great news for European DJI Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine owners. After upgrading the camera drone with a newly published firmware update, users can obtain a C1 label as of Friday, December 9. The DJI camera drone…
The first test flight with a manned air taxi over Rome Airport is a fact
Last week, Volocopter successfully completed a manned test flight with the VoloCity air taxi over Rome’s international airport. The plan is to create a regular connection between the airport and the city center of Rome by the end of 2024.…
Drug-smuggling drone pilot gets 17 months prison time
A 32-year-old drug-smuggling drone pilot from Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, has been jailed for seventeen months for attempting to smuggle a package with drugs and a telephone into the penitentiary institution (PI) Leeuwarden using a drone. The smuggling attempt with…
Longest drone flight in Europe started in the Netherlands
A drone took off in the Frisian Oranjewoud in the Netherlands on Wednesday that aims to make the longest civilian drone flight so far in Europe. The goal is for the drone to fly to Copenhagen within four days. The…
Dutch drone maker launches fixed-wing DeltaQuad Evo drone with 4.5 hours flight time
The Dutch drone manufacturer Vertical Technologies has launched a new model eVTOL drone that allows a maximum flight time of 4.5 hours. The DeltaQuad Evo is based on a fixed-wing design and can take off and land vertically. The drone…
Dutch police block smuggling attempt using a DJI Phantom 4 drone
Last Sunday night, the police arrested two men who were about to smuggle drugs into the Dordrecht penitentiary in the Netherlands using a DJI Phantom 4 drone and a telephone. This is reported by the Dordrecht Police on Facebook. Employees…
EASA: operator number on drone may also be in the form of QR code
After registering with the RDW as a drone owner in the Netherlands, you will receive an operator number that you must affix visibly to all your drones. As it turns out, this does not necessarily have to be done using…