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JI just watched this segment about drones on Fareed Zakaria on CNN. He said the main reason China is way ahead of the US in commercial drone use, is the US has too many drone regulations. He mentioned that we just relaxed the LOS rule a little...
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Jjwilson replied to the thread Elimination of Geo zones.This was around 1984 when their were no drones. Where I live I see small planes flying all the time, whom I think are well below 1,000 feet. I doubt a drone will ever take down a commercial aircraft.
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Jjwilson replied to the thread Elimination of Geo zones.I have to fly over the runway to video what's on the other side. Of course, I would be connected so I can look for aircraft. This isn't a very busy airport. There's a small plane airport right next to it. I've never seen a small plane land or...
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Jjwilson replied to the thread Elimination of Geo zones.Why not? It's probably safer going over the runway than the approaches to the runway. Over the runway they're closer to ground level. At LAX there's a corridor between 2,500 feet and 5,000 feet where small planes can fly right over the runways...
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JI update the Fly geozone database. They changed the colors. Red is now orange. Blue is now orange. Orange or brown, I forgot which, is now yellow. Good for me because I'm a mile from an airport that blocked me going west. Of course, I'd have to...