Saturday, April 27, is the Federal Aviation Administration's Drone Safety Day. Drone Safety Day is designed to promote safe drone operation, certification, responsibility and awareness.

Drone Safety Day was first promoted in Southeast Missouri last year. Southeast Missouri State University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drone) program is again partnering with the Southeast Missouri Modelers Association (SEMMA), the remote control (RC) hobby organization in this region to provide fun activities and a way for drone enthusiasts to connect.

Drone Safety Day will be held at Galaxy RC Park on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. The event will be held at Galaxy Park, which is the RC airfield located at 440 Gizmo Lane, just off of highway 177 North of Cape.

The event will include:

• SEMO Drone program information
• Racing drone demonstration
• Remote sensing drone demonstration
• RC aircraft demonstrations
• Hands-on "fly-a-drone" opportunity
• Hands-on "fly-an-RC-airplane" opportunities
• Information about safe drone operation, licensing and certification

For more information about Drone Safety Day, contact Andrew Chronister at achronister@semo.edu or (573) 986-7451.