tim
 lvl.2
Flight distance : 328684 ft
United Kingdom
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Education is key to it all. Speaking from the point of view who is currently going through the process of getting my license from the CAA for ariel work it is really worrying to see how some people fly, and intend to fly, their crafts.
The amount of people who read the recent article about someone flying within Heathrow airspace (I was inundated with FB messages) shows that the media is going to be keeping an eye on it, and to a certain point, so they should! If anything, hopefully they can highlight the potential dangers with UAV's and inform people of the regulations. However, I fear that they will only try and scare people about the dangers..
Waypoints can be used for other purposes other than flying the craft away from your line of sight, it can be handy to track round an object, especially if you want to do it multiple times so your camera operator can get a series of alternative shots. Its not a deal breaker for me personally as I enjoy flying so much!
Of course there are going to be people who do stupid stuff, and unfortunately it probably is only a matter of time before someone does something really stupid but I suppose we, as responsible pilots, should be trying to inform people of what they should and should not be doing and politely tell someone if they are doing something wrong/illegal. |
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