HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Decked out in high-tech goggles, pilot Steve Zoumas dives low and sees the final gate zooming toward him: a 20-foot-tall metal-framed box ringed with neon. Boom! His sight goes black. The crowd lets out a collective…
In this March 19, 2016, photo, a Drone Racing League production crew walks through the race course prior to a race in a vacant mall in Hawthorne, Calif. Pilots race against each other and get points for every gate they…
This March 19, 2016, photo shows Drone Racing League founder and CEO Nicholas Horbaczewski at the vacant Hawthorne Plaza mall in Hawthorne, Calif. Horbaczewski is betting he can the transform drone racing from a throw-down among hobbyists into a mainstream…
In this Saturday, March 19, 2016, photo, pilots from the Drone Racing League watch a race on a large TV backstage at a vacant mall in Hawthorne, Calif. Drone racing leagues would love to follow sports like poker into the…
In this March 19, 2016, photo, Dashel Petranek watches drones race at a Drone Racing League event at a vacant mall in Hawthorne, Calif. The antenna-mounted goggles enable him to see the pilot's view. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
In this March 19, 2016, photo, Drone Racing League pilots Shaun Taylor, from Albuquerque, N.M., left, Zach Thayer, from Laguna Niguel, Calif., center, and Steve Zoumas from Wading River, N.Y., operate their drones during a DRL competition at a vacant…
In this March 18, 2016, photo, Steve Zoumas, from Wading River, N.Y., poses for a photo with his drone at a vacant mall in Hawthorne, Calif. Drone racing leagues would love to follow sports like poker into the mainstream with…
In this March 19, 2016, photo, Fred "Flying Bear" Loo watches a drone race with other pilots during a Drone Racing League event in Hawthorne, Calif. Loo, an engineer for a Silicon Valley technology giant, says he's burned through vacation…
This March 20, 2016 photo provided by the Drone Racing League shows drones taking off from their launch pad for a race at a vacant mall in Hawthorne, Calif. Drone racing leagues would love to follow sports like poker into…
This Friday, March 18, 2016, photo shows drones readied prior to races held by the Drone Racing League at a vacant mall in Hawthorne, Calif. In drone racing, a crash means bits of plastic go flying, a replacement is grabbed,…
Once again his quadcopter drone, a buzzing machine roughly the size of a loaf of bread, zooms daringly around obstacles and through hairpin turns; once again, it meets its demise. Welcome to drone racing, a would-be sport in which men, and a few women, fly remote-controlled drones against competitors at up to 80 miles per hour along looping courses with hairpin curves and drops. Fans sit on bleachers behind protective mesh, passing around antenna-equipped goggles to see the pilot's view. Big-screen... Читать дальше...
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Decked out in high-tech goggles, pilot Steve Zoumas dives low and sees the final gate zooming toward him: a 20-foot-tall metal-framed box ringed with neon. Boom! His sight goes black. The crowd lets out a collective…
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East Meets West, the brand new TV series everyone has been talking about is now showing on Zee World (Channel 166) on DStv. East Meets West is a delightfully romantic show about 2 women of different backgrounds and cultures who marry into the Singh family. The women end up living under one roof along with […]
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