State senator Howell sees Mountain Empire Community College drone work

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Virginia state Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, visited Mountain Empire Community College Tuesday to learn more about the college’s unmanned aircraft systems technology program and to hear from Flirtey chief of staff Andi Kilgore. Flirtey made drone flight history on July 17, 2015, completing the first Federal Aviation Administration-approved drone package delivery in the United States, from Tazewell County to Lonesome Pine Airport near Wise. Left to right are MECC official Amy Greear, Kilgore, Howell, husband Hank Howell wearing first-person view goggles, MECC Vice President Vickie Ratliff, MECC faculty members Fred Coeburn and Tommy Clements, Wise County circuit court clerk and UAS proponent Jack Kennedy and MECC grants administrator Ash Raj.


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