Professional drones
Mar 5, 2020 07:25:46 #
My experience is similar. Been doing this a long time, No one hurt or offended as I go about my own business. I've been a pilot for years and don't need or want to go through all that to find out I already knew what was safe. It's like going to a doctor because you don't feel good and he tells you your sick. DUH !! It's always amazed me how the govn. thinks none of us are intelligent enough to function without them. I liked your rant, Well said.
Mar 5, 2020 07:34:14 #
Thanks, Morgan. I don't have any issue with registering drones because now the hobbyists have to register theirs. My objection was and still is, that the FAA singled out people who use their drones commercially. I was a REALTOR and real estate photographer and the drone completely changed the way I did aerial photography.
Apr 8, 2020 01:31:08 #
aellman wrote:
It's a great hobby, but to operate responsibly you... (show quote)
Actually, airliners do glide pretty well, about the same glide ratio as a good general aviation airplane (like a private 4-6 seat airplane). Look up the Gimli Glider and Air Transat flight 236. From a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, an airliner will glide around 80-100 miles; they don't "fall out of the sky."
Apr 8, 2020 07:59:14 #
rjriggins11
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
Yes they do and it takes 6 minutes to reach the ground. Can you scream for 6 minutes?
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