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    jwilson reacted to jaja6009's post in the thread China ahead of US in drone use with Like Like.
    Thanks for sharing! Hopefully we get to where we need to be soon, but safely. We do some of what the tweet says. We do spray crops (With a somewhat pain to get Part 137 and some state certs) and we do have drones saves lives (COAs and waivers...
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    jwilson replied to the thread China ahead of US in drone use.
    If you watch the video, you see Fareed Zakaria says the US might ban DJI drones by the end of the month on national security grounds. It's hard for American companies to match China's low cost of labor making small drones.
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    jwilson replied to the thread Elimination of Geo zones.
    I'm not saying one size fit all. I would NEVER try to fly over airports like Heathrow, JFK, or LAX. But the small international airport by me, Clark, is a totally different can of worms. Maybe 4 flights an hour. I wouldn't even think of flying...
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    I 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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    jwilson 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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