Nick Paumgarten Talks to Nicholas Thompson about Drones and the FAA
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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🗓️ 21 December 2015
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Nick Paumgarten and Nicholas Thompson on the new FAA regulations for consumer drones.
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