The Adrenaline Rush of Racing Drones
The New Yorker Radio Hour 
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<p><a href="http://newyorker.com/contributors/ian-frazier"><span>Ian Frazier</span></a><span>, who has chronicled American life for </span><i><span>The New Yorker</span></i><span> for more than forty years, travelled to a house in Fort Collins, Colorado, where three roommates build, fly, and race drones. Jordan Temkin, Zachry Thayer, and Travis McIntyre were among the early professional drone racers in the sport, piloting the tiny devices through complex courses at upward of eighty miles an hour. Drones have had an enormous impact on military strategy, and the commercial applications seem limitless, but to these pilots drones exist in the strange overlap between pure adrenaline and big money that defines pro sports.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><i><span>This piece originally aired on February 9, 2018.</span></i></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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