Flying Wolf_NOLA
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Flight distance : 345827 ft
United States
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Convert Posted at 2018-2-2 10:42
Flying wolf - you are clearly a nicer person than me! :-)
"It's interesting to assume that someone else should just naturally know what we had to learn ourselves. Why would he think that flying over a city is wrong? "
Well, truth be told, I got my first UAV (Phantom 3(4K) and started doing some research. That's how I found out just how strict the (US) government had gotten over drones. I wasn't even aware that they needed to be registered until I started looking into it.
This research wasn't done before my first flight, however. Once I got it set up and charged up and updated, I went right outside and took off. I just really went straight up and back down again, but technically, I shouldn't have even done that.
I didn't know what I didn't know, because when I first heard of DJI and drones, you had to strap a GoPro to them and purchase a gimbal as an optional item. No one seemed to care what you did with them. There were all kinds of videos of people flying them at weddings and the sort. Being a photographer I ASSUMED that, like my other cameras, I owned it, I can do what I want with it.
Of course, I now know better. The difference is, this guy pushed his drone further than I did and he was much more unlucky. Now that I've learned, and taken and passed my part 107, I do know the rules (more so than I'd like).
I assure you I'm not a nicer person than you. Ask any of my coworkers! LOL
I am a parent, however, and I know that young people mess up sometimes. This person seems young to me (I don't know if he/she is, I just get that feeling). We (all drone owners) need to band together because we do have the FAA up our collective..... you know what. This person messed up - agreed. However, if can bring him/her into the fold and teach them (with kindness and the understanding that we were all beginners at one point), we'll all be better off, as a droning community, in the long run.
That's all I'm saying.
"You catch more flies with honey than vinegar," :-) |
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