A call for all remotely controlled aircraft owners, better known as drones, to go to the website of the National Institute of Civil Aviation (INAC) and register, was made on Thursday by its president, Jorge Luis Montenegro.
During an interview with Venezolana de Television (VTV), Montenegro stressed that for 120 days his office will conduct a census of all the operators of such aircraft, also called RPA (Remotely Piloted Aircraft).
«The census is for every owner of a RPA to go to the INAC website, get subscribed and mention what type of aircraft has, because they are not a toy and must be registered,» manifested the official, while explaining that the goal is to create a database certifying these types of vehicles.
The use of drones for intelligence and even military attacks dating back from at least mid-twentieth century, although it was in this decade that have become known worldwide for their civilian and military use applications by the US Government and other powers.
In recent years, to name this type of aircraft is popularly used the word «drone», however it is more correct to call them as UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) when its use is military or UA (Unmanned aircraft) and UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), when it comes to the whole process that involves putting to fly this type of aircraft.
If the drone is used by civilians for commercial use, the name used is RPA (Remotely Piloted Aircraf) or RPAS when the apparatus and the control system is included.
In Venezuela, drones are used for security and surveillance actions by media in order to make aerial shots and by individuals for personal use, for tourism, construction, art or urban planning, among others. If not used with caution and control, these can cause property damage, injure people or become an obstacle to birds and even other aerial vehicles.
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