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For acts like these, I always wonder how many of the perpetrator's followers are actual drone pilots vs. the non-drone folks who just likes to see shenanigans?

I took my drone to Maui before the fires. I was over in Kihei area and during my time there I saw no drone restrictions other than national park areas, however, I did find out that many of the locals aren't too keen on drones. I when over to Kamaole Beach and got a nice tip from a couple of park...

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When I first got into drones, a neighbor who was a more experienced drone pilot put it to me this way...If it's a "Weee! I'm just having fun flying and I don't care what the footage looks like" type of flight then it'll most likely fall under recreational. But if it's a "I need to make sure I...

Personally, I wouldn't use any logo, or create anything that may cause one to speculate any correlation to the FAA. I'm not against those that do it and more power to them. It's just that I feel the FAA/UAS current relationship is still on shakey ground...and knowing ME with my bad luck, out of...

Just a thought from left field....if those drones are RID, you might try checking out a drone tracking app to see if the thieves might be close by flying your drones. From having my item stolen one time, I found out the crooks were actually on my street.

This area (Hidden Falls in Auburn, CA) was a great place to hike & fly drones. Sadly, it has just recently changed it's policy and is prohibiting drone flying in the remote area. Bummer

I have my P-107 and registered drone w/RID, but I have a noob neighbor who doesn't want to go through the legalities of dealing with RID & airspace issues...so I urged him to at least get a TRUST certificate. I hope he at least does that. I told him about a couple of FRIAs not far from our area...

HA! Not to venture away from OP topic, but I just recently had to do jury duty for a criminal case. Right before the choosing juror selection process, the judge asked that anyone who is an avid "tv crime show" watcher to please raise their hand. Those that did the judge asked the bailiff to...

As a person of the younger generation I welcome the era of autonomous channels that can do tasks faster and more efficiently (sometimes). However, I also have an "old soul" to know that TRUE gratification stems from knowing you've put sweat & tears into a project and it was a success instead of...

Perhaps there should be a poll rating on how often you need to educate people who confront you based on whether they're just curious vs those who think THEY KNOW the regulations. Ya know, those " You can't fly in this area" folks.

Possible downside is that they might be pinging your future flights at will now.

Crazy! That could have easily been a bird strike (i.e. "Move ____! Get out the way!) incident. Glad all went well

I'm going up to the Lake Hartwell area in the next few weeks. Do they have any current restrictions on flying there? I couldn't find anything pertaining to drones on the Lake Hartwell recreation site.

So I wonder just like any other "sensational" news story, once the public get word on "Next on Channel ___ News: A new app that helps you locate annoying drones & drone pilots in your area!," if there's going to be this huge wave of Where's Waldo happening?