A funny thing happened to me the other day:
  I was flying my mini 2 focussing on obtaining footage of a coastal cliff cave. I was flying merrily when my eye caught sight of my drone where it should not be!
  Momentarily, surprised I lost sight of where the mini was and my attention was on this drone - in my mind I was trying to figure out how the hell my drone had gotten THERE! It was completely in the wrong place and the more I pressed the left stick forward to increase height, the more the drone behaved like a bad brat, headed toward a bad place and a semblance of panic rose in me (which may have included some frantic fumes)!
  Fortunately my logic prevaled - by comparing what I saw on my screen and the inputs I was giving it, it was not possible for my drone to be where I saw it!
  After regaining composure and control (of my sphincter) I landed safely, still puzzled.What had I seen?
  By and by a man stolled up to my precarious position as I sat fondly folding my mini 2 for storage - as I concealed my drone all was revealed.
  He too was flying his Mavic about 50 yards from my spot. No wonder the drone would not respond to my inputs! it was not my drone!
  We chatted a bit - he had recently aquired the Mavic and was new to flying. I tried to capture him flying using my Osmo Mobile 3, not too successfuly.
As an even bigger surprise - he was riding the same motorcycle as I was and was resident near where I used to live AND was married to someone in the teaching profession, as my ex spouse was! Talk about Coinsidence!

And your meeting your new friend for lunch on Friday ?

That was a remarkable coincidence Droffarc.    

Small world, isn't it

Gee, a strange occurrence! Start of a great new friendship!

DAFlys Posted at 1-3 01:22
And your meeting your new friend for lunch on Friday ?

Actually I'm not THAT hungry, besides he lives about 80km away.

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-3 03:56
That was a remarkable coincidence Droffarc.

Indeed so

Blériot53 Posted at 1-3 04:48
Small world, isn't it

"When worlds collide" Said George Pals to his bride....

That is quite a strange and amazing coincidence indeed! Glad to hear no pilots or drones were harmed despite the initial confusion. Great if you made a new friend in the process.

YOu're lucky you didn't crash it. Hopefully you made a friend.

Droffarc Posted at 1-3 07:32
"When worlds collide" Said George Pals to his bride....

Just so long as the drones didn't

Droffarc Posted at 1-3 07:29
Actually I'm not THAT hungry, besides he lives about 80km away.

So he traveled quite a way then to fly your spots.

HGDC84 Posted at 1-3 16:14
That is quite a strange and amazing coincidence indeed!  Glad to hear no pilots or drones were harmed despite the initial confusion. Great if you made a new friend in the process.

I don't think he was as confused as me, but all is well that ends well.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-3 19:14
YOu're lucky you didn't crash it. Hopefully you made a friend.

It takes a cool head and logic. If this had happened a few years ago it would likely have ended badly.

DAFlys Posted at 1-4 00:11
So he traveled quite a way then to fly your spots.

Where he lives is an NFZ so he would need to travel a bit to fly

Droffarc Posted at 1-4 01:16
It takes a cool head and logic. If this had happened a few years ago it would likely have ended badly.

Glad it ended up ok.

Oh I can imagine how that must have felt.
Nothing worse than the feeling of a drone that is out of your control.

Montfrooij Posted at 2-9 01:39
Oh I can imagine how that must have felt.
Nothing worse than the feeling of a drone that is out of your control.

Being a control freak like me I know

Droffarc Posted at 2-9 02:41
Being a control freak like me I know

Same here