Recent content by johnwithdrone

Yep, could be, 18 years ago so a little bit of brain fade. I thought I could remember him ejecting in a pod not a seat, that´s why it made me think of the F-111. Always good to keep flight following a heads up on your location and route when flying light aircraft. After a little google it seems...

Apologies, slightly off topic. Many years ago when I was flying light aircraft around Florida a military jet, possibly F111, took out an old guy out pottering around in his Cessna 152 in his rightful airspace over a golf course, apparently not in very high airspace (obviously 500 min). You can...

The Aussies have also been using drones to deliver floatation devices and a bit of shark watching. I think it may have been televised on one of those Bondi Beach docu soaps.

No flying, stuck in the city for a while. :-(

Been reading about all the mistakes other flyers on here and elsewhere have made and said to myself, I will be extra careful. Well I tried my best and have still managed to have a few mishaps. Negligence (idiot mode), nature or being just unlucky will get to us all eventually. Best to have fun...

Hi All, John here in Chile, not a local but a Brit touring South America. I´ve had my Mavic for a while now but its mainly used for stills. I hope to get into a bit of video when I get out of the city (Santiago) again. Had a bit of a mishap the other day, I will have to find out where I need to...