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Drone nearly hits Delta - missed by 100 feet (Original Post) malaise Jul 2015 OP
From who I see flying drones at the park olddots Jul 2015 #1
Did you see the drone with the gun malaise Jul 2015 #2
drones may only fly over the property of the drone flyer. set height limit, say 10 feet nt msongs Jul 2015 #3
We were at the beach a week ago. I was sitting on the deck about 10 PM mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #4
Sounds like more than a few :-) malaise Jul 2015 #7
It would be fine with me if drones LuvNewcastle Jul 2015 #5
I love flying my drone on my friends farm. Stay below 400 feet following FAA rules. Hobby. nt Logical Jul 2015 #9
Here's a news report: cpwm17 Jul 2015 #6
Thanks cpwm17 malaise Jul 2015 #8
I bet geese are a bigger threat than drones. nt Logical Jul 2015 #10
I don't know malaise Jul 2015 #11
11,000 bird strikes in 2013 in USA alone. nt Logical Jul 2015 #13
WTF? Glassunion Jul 2015 #12

mnhtnbb

(31,419 posts)
4. We were at the beach a week ago. I was sitting on the deck about 10 PM
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:00 PM
Jul 2015

and I saw these stationary lights in the sky! Yikes! I thought it was a spaceship.
I did have a few glasses of wine with dinner. Called everybody else out and they easily
identified it as a drone. Someone was having great fun. But it clearly was NOT being
flown only over the owner's property. Eventually, it zoomed back away from the beach
toward the inlet side of the island.

LuvNewcastle

(16,867 posts)
5. It would be fine with me if drones
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:08 PM
Jul 2015

were banned in this country. Maybe then we would have the decency to ban them for military actions as well. I don't see any reason for people to have a drone unless they want to spy on others. I had a remote controlled airplane when I was a kid, but I didn't fly it over other people's property and it didn't have a camera. Just because we can build something doesn't mean we should.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
12. WTF?
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 09:06 PM
Jul 2015

I don't mind their ownership. We've had RC planes for decades. They should however require a license, and training if you are going to fly them off your property or over 500 or so feet.

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