1. To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine: sew a dress; sew on a button. 2. To furnish with stitches for the purpose of closing, fastening, or attaching: sew an incision closed. v. intr. To work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine. sew up Informal. 1.
A: In short, yes, drones are always aircraft. The International Civil Aviation Organization defines aircraft as any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earthâs surface..
There are roughly 1,000 such drone pilots, known in the trade as 18Xs, working for the US Air Force today. Another 180 pilots graduate annually from a training program that takes about a year to complete at Holloman and Randolph Air Force bases in, respectively, New Mexico and Texas.