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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/a_montana_drones_maiden_voyage/25298/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: COLUMBIA FALLS – The Wright brothers would have appreciated the milestone that unfolded behind a small airplane hangar on Middle Road south of Columbia Falls earlier this week. A battery-powered, fixed-wing aircraft with a 15-foot wingspan and weighing about 40 pounds buzzed down the runway past a group of onlookers and climbed into the empty sky. The airplane’s two pilots remained seated on the tarmac more than 100 feet below, guiding every move with handheld devices.