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Nick: Hello, everyone. This is 5 Minutes with AOPA-China. You are with me and dear Claire.

Claire: Hi, Nick. Hello again. 

Nick: 5 Minutes with AOPA-China is a podcast which will give you the newest hot topic weekly in aviation, especially general aviation at home and abroad.

Claire: Last week, we talked about general aviation safety. 

Nick: This week we will look into new updates with drones. Hey, welcome back! How is your business trip in Shenzhen? All about drones, I guess.

Claire: Yeah, information exploding there. 10 forums, talents from industry, investors and government representatives. I assure you drone industry is booming in China.

Nick: Anything interesting there?

Claire: More than 600 people gathered in Shenzhen, the drone capital of China.

Nick: It is a great opportunity to feel the pulse of the drone industry. 

Claire: Exactly. 

Nick: I've heard Johnathan from GUTMA was there. 

Claire: Yeah, and ICAO special consultant Mr. Willian Voss too. They discussed the new future of aviation.

Nick: Great experience. 

Claire: With the new development of technology, we are able to locate the drones and build up a secured network of transport.

Nick: Really the world of Blade Runners.

Claire: Yeah. We are live in the future really. Amazon is working on the super UAS for shipping. So is Alibaba and Jingdong.

Nick: What impressed me is how drones help in the search and rescue missions.

Claire: AOPA-China organized two forums, one of them was on UAS in search and rescue Missions.

Nick: I saw those presentations. Very informative. UAS could be used in every phase of the rescue mission.

Claire: First of all, UAS is used in disaster information collection.

Nick: Preparation is everything.

Claire: Right, and then the comparison and estimation.

Nick: Yeah, we need to use the data collected by UAS for rescue.

Claire: That is a lot of work.

Nick: UAS definitely made it easier and faster.

Claire: Then on-site SAR and Medical rescue.

Nick: First response and first aid.

Claire: There was a case of search and rescue in Nepal. Under conditions of no electric power, sever weather, UAS was used for material transport and lighting providing service.

Nick: I can imagine the difficulties and my hats to those who contribute in the search and rescue team

Claire: On-site coordination is significant.

Nick: It is always about the people.

Claire: By holding a certificate or license, we can tell he or she is qualified. But the competence is not reflected only by that.  

Nick: Some pilots are not required to hold a license. According to EASA’s classification, UAS operations can be divided into three categories. The first category is OPEN. This kind of drone operation is deemed as low risk. It means the UAS pilot and operator take responsibility of the safe operation themselves. No certificate is required.

Claire: Yeah, this is a risk-based management system.

Nick: If the risk is higher, there are two categories, specific and certified.

Claire: So the UAS operator is required to conduct a risk assessment and receive authorization by NAA before starting the operation.

Nick: That makes sense. Drone delivery is still under the SORA( Specific Operation Risk Assessment).

Claire: SORA is a way to deal with the need of expanding of drone delivery and to maintain certain level of safety at the same time.

Nick: For the third one is the UAS should be certified and UAS operator needs a certified license too.

Claire: Its regulatory regime is similar to conventional aviation.

Nick:  I’ve heard china has a population of 30,000 UAS pilots now.

Claire:  Yeah, exciting, isn’t it?

Nick: Maybe, I will try to join the army of professional UAS pilots. All I know is to use the drone to take nice photos.

Claire: Cool selfie photos. Haha. believe me. Just like the mobile phone, ten years ago, you can only use your phone to make calls and text messages.

Nick:  But now, I can do almost anything on a smart phone.

Claire: Drones are the future and the future is here. Flying cars in the air,flying cameras everywhere, mobile hospitals, instant communication, and many more.

Nick: Incredible! I will still enjoy of flying in a Cessna 172. The joy of flying will not be harmed by the technology though. Just like car racing, it’s a sport you have to be in the car. There is something VR can’t do. That’s all we have time for this week.

Claire: You’ve been listening 5 minutes with AOPA-China.

Nick: Join with me, Nick.

Claire: And Claire.at the same time next week.

Nick: Send us comments and messages.

Claire: The email is info@aopa.org.cn. And remember to follow us on Wechat, Facebook and Twitter.

Nick:  See you.