Peter Tripp Akemann is facing jail time after he crashed his drone into a firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire He was sentenced to 14 days in federal prison, 30 days of home detention and ...

They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of ...

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles computer game developer who admitted operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire was sentenced Monday ...

The Culver City man who flew a drone that collided with a firefighting plane during the wildfires in January will serve two weeks in prison and be subject to house arrest and fines. Peter Tripp ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...