I made a video in protest of the US drone ban in national parks. Take a look and pass it on.
No video?I made a video in protest of the US drone ban in national parks. Take a look and pass it on.
I made a video in protest of the US drone ban in national parks. Take a look and pass it on.
No video?
Not me. This drone pilot and VERY frequent visitor to Zion and Yellowstone and Teton and Canyonlands and Arches National Parks is STRONGLY in favor of of the ban.
I'm with you Colin - I think it's properly outrageous that we are banned by default from these places, when the remit of these services is to make the parks available to everyone. But I also can see how a park full of multirotors could be annoying to everyone else, and don't have much in the way of viable solutions to that problem. But I don't see why there couldn't be 3 days a month when multirotors are allowed, for example, or why they can't issue limited permits to keep the numbers down and allow it all the time - 5 multirotors flying for half an hour each in a space as big as Yosemite is hardly a massive disturbance to anybody I wouldn't have thought... after all planes fly overhead, there are even helicopter tours - why isn't the (vastly louder) noise of those a problem for example ?
Why?
I'll happily pass the link along to the National Park Service.
This has been debated here TO DEATH.Why?
This has been debated here TO DEATH.
Naw, only like a few hundred or so threads on this same topic.This has been debated here TO DEATH.
If you think the NPS is only to allow everyone access than you clearly don't understand their mandate.I'm with you Colin - I think it's properly outrageous that we are banned by default from these places, when the remit of these services is to make the parks available to everyone. But I also can see how a park full of multirotors could be annoying to everyone else, and don't have much in the way of viable solutions to that problem. But I don't see why there couldn't be 3 days a month when multirotors are allowed, for example, or why they can't issue limited permits to keep the numbers down and allow it all the time - 5 multirotors flying for half an hour each in a space as big as Yosemite is hardly a massive disturbance to anybody I wouldn't have thought... after all planes fly overhead, there are even helicopter tours - why isn't the (vastly louder) noise of those a problem for example ?
Naw, only like a few hundred or so threads on this same topic.
If you think the NPS is only to allow everyone access than you clearly don't understand their mandate.
If you think the NPS is only to allow everyone access than you clearly don't understand their mandate.
Allow people 3 days a month? That makes sense, make sure instead of a few drones ruining the enjoyment, get a few hundred at the same time. Yeah, that makes sense. The list bad options goes on.
You are making a straw man argument. Attributing a something to him he never said and then attacking that argument. How about permits that allow only a limited number at a time. The waits would be long, very long, but people could take videos. Or charge a very large fee, cutting down those who are not serious, or allowing only 107 permit holders. There are lots of ways to allow it.
I think the point is drones can be allowed while also protecting the parks and the wildlife.