In Paris, the drones now have right of citizenship – Le Parisien

L es drones took the assault Champs Elysees Sunday in a large aviary for the first drones festival organized by the city of Paris who wanted spectacular but also very educational.
along the famous avenue, the public scrutinizes the 140m long aviary to try to see these small objects with four rotors that compete in races and twirl between obstacles.
hostesses placed carefully flying machines on the starting point, while the drivers remain focused behind their glasses and joysticks on funds enthusiastic comments worthy of a Formula 1 race
drones fly, pass hoops and bypass obstacles, but often crash before completing the first round as the maoeuvres remain delicate.
young British prodigy Luke Bannister, 16, competes face four French, one Spanish, one German and one British, in a competition organized by the European Rotor Sport Association, Ersa.
“It really is something magical about being on a site such as the Champs Elysées, a of the most famous places in the world, it’s different races that usually sees when one is twenty in a field “, told AFP Dunkan Bossian, 19, of Aix-en-Provence .
For German Julia Muller, 27, one of the few women in this sport, “events like this are important to show people that drones are not only dangerous objects, but that one can have fun with. “
Alongside the festival, the mayor of Paris announced on Sunday the opening of two sites will be allowed one Sunday per month flights recreational drones. So
300,000 vehicles were sold last year in France, a figure that has tripled in one year, the rules, including the prohibition to fly a drone “over public space in urban areas” made so far this practice legally impossible in Paris.
“Many fans have drones and do not know where to fly them,” admitted the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo opening the festival.
– encourage innovation –
Paris wants to encourage innovation in an economic sector that weighs up to 5,000 jobs while pedagogy to recall the stringent rules governing the practice
this. “very positive”. “People will stop doing anything with drones they buy, they will be supervised,” said Dunkan Bossian.
“Drone Paris Festival” also allowed to see the Sunday afternoon demonstrations and booths dedicated to these flying machines controlled remotely, used for utility and leisure, for monitoring, prevention, aerial photography, etc.
Post blew before the public its drone DPDgroup a drone of 3.7 kilos at six rotors, capable of carrying three kilos in twenty kilometers designed with startups Atechsys.
But the president of the sapling Moustafa Kasbari notes that one should not s expect that La Poste tomorrow colissimos his book with his red drone. Rather, it is a craft book “in very remote areas with crisis situations,” he says.
SNCF also has a stand to show that it is already using drones especially for the diagnosis of railway platforms without the need to stop the trains.
state of emergency forces, the police headquarters focuses on pedagogy, recalling inter alia that it is forbidden to fly over individuals and that we should not use drones near airports or night.