Virginia Tech is a player in a potential federal drone test range. Meanwhile, the university is doing its own research — and drone is not the preferred term.
BLACKSBURG — With nearby airports notified that an unusual aircraft was about to take off, a drone rose from a Montgomery County field March 9.
The unmanned helicopter climbed to a training altitude of about 130 feet and roamed a few miles outside Blacksburg.
Drones aren’t only prowling the Middle East to try and incinerate terrorists. They fly over such American communities as the New River Valley.