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I believed this story until they offered up the final detail that made me call BS. Lithium batteries that caught fire would not be able to be put out with water.

The site says it is a 4dB decrease in noise and from the graph it appears it is at higher frequencies which probably can be read as higher RPMs. 4dB difference in the 50-60dB range is not going to be all that noticeable.

This misses the point of NFZs. A plane hitting a bird is a natural occurrence and cannot be avoided for the most part. A plane hitting a drone is completely avoidable and caused by one party's departure from their airspace. Just because an airplane can survive a hit with a drone does not mean we...

Can't wait to come back here in September. Half of the valley is aspen trees.

I've flown about 200' above Mount Evans, CO which is at 14,265'. That about 4409m.

I had a neighbor complain to me that I was spying on his kids. I laughed and said your kids aren't even interesting enough to spy on.

I got lucky with a calmer day. I got a few warnings but didn't notice any issues. I don't fly over 20mph. It is usually calmer in the mornings that high up but it's a total crap shoot, you are almost touching the jet stream at 14000'.

Garden of the gods is Colorado Springs city parks which are out. If you study a map you can fly on the boarder and still get great shots. The area around Blackhawk is probably good. It is in a national forest. Check out Nevadaville, Colorado's most well preserved ghost town.

Too many to name but State parks are out as well. For open spaces you have to check county by county. I love deer creek canyon but it is Jefferson county open space which is out. I just flew at Devils Head this morning which is on national forest land which is always fine to fly in. Just do your...

My first video worth sharing. Hope you enjoy.