8 Legal Ways To Fly Drones In Dubai

1. Traffic Monitoring

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2. Firefighting

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3. Entertainment

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4. Cloud Seeding

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5. Racing & Innovation

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6. Moon Sighting

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7. Waste Management

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8. Metro Cleaning

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