Foremost marks Canadian first for drones
Foremost, Alberta — For the first time ever in our country a drone was tested and evaluated in a sanctioned Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight Friday morning. And the milestone will enable commercial drone usage here to reach new heights.
From liftoff — to touchdown — Canada’s first approved BVLOS test of a drone took under 10 minutes. But getting to that point has been quite a journey.
“It’s been close to eight and a half years since we started,” said Foremost Mayor Ken Kultgen following the inaugural flight. “This is a step for the industry that needed to be taken.”