I live in Class G airspace, and am working on getting my 107 cert. Very careful to only fly in my 1 acre yard and at 50' or below. Testing and familiarzation purposes only.
So my neighbor who has a drone (name of offender and type of drone withheld for their protection) tells me, "yeah, I flew over to above that cell tower about 3 miles away with my drone, and all of a sudden I see an airplane below me, so I hit the return home function and hightailed it home."
And then, "Flew my drone to the other side of the lake at about 500'. Coudn't see it, but it came right back when I hit "return to home"."
Yep. FAA registration doubtful. Can't understand that the drone has to be in direct line of sight. Can't understand Class G airspace. Drone flight beyond DLOS. Over 400' altitude over a 300' tower; within the airfield approach. On approach path to grass airfield. Aircraft directly in vicinity of drone flight.
He wondered why the DJI app kept flagging him with airspace cautions.
This is the kind of crap that's going to cost all of us in the long run. Needless to say, he got an earful and a few expletives tossed in.
Kev
So my neighbor who has a drone (name of offender and type of drone withheld for their protection) tells me, "yeah, I flew over to above that cell tower about 3 miles away with my drone, and all of a sudden I see an airplane below me, so I hit the return home function and hightailed it home."
And then, "Flew my drone to the other side of the lake at about 500'. Coudn't see it, but it came right back when I hit "return to home"."
Yep. FAA registration doubtful. Can't understand that the drone has to be in direct line of sight. Can't understand Class G airspace. Drone flight beyond DLOS. Over 400' altitude over a 300' tower; within the airfield approach. On approach path to grass airfield. Aircraft directly in vicinity of drone flight.
He wondered why the DJI app kept flagging him with airspace cautions.
This is the kind of crap that's going to cost all of us in the long run. Needless to say, he got an earful and a few expletives tossed in.
Kev