RFTC: Drone User Group Network (DUGN) National Conference in Dallas, Texas

The Roswell Flight Test Crew visits the first-ever Drone User Group Network (DUGN) National Conference, held at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, on September 13, 2014. At the event, DUGN founder Timothy Reuter announced the winner of the Drone Social Innovation Award, as well as plans to hold next year's event in Oregon. Other presentations looked at the use of drones in search and rescue, disaster relief, environmental conservation and aerial photography, as well as gathering performance data to demonstrate the reliability of drones, open-source programming for 3D Robotics flight control systems and regulatory issues. Speakers included: North Texas Drone User Group leader Chad Frazer; certified fisheries biologist Trent Lews of PondMedics; Rich Hanson, Government and Regulatory Affairs Director for the Academy of Model Aeronautics; Jim Blanchard of the UAS Academy; 3D Robotics software developer Jonathan Challinger; Paul Lake, the founder and executive director of the Search One Rescue Team; Mina Chang and Charles Devaney of Linking the World; and, Gene Robinson of RP Flight Systems, Inc.