Recent content by snowghost

A few years back I went to a local fire station asking if they objected to me taking pics of an old air raid siren on the property. Their response was that if I took off from the sidewalk they couldn't do anything about it. So I launched but used my case to shield any rebar.

Airline pilots don't wear vests? Look again.

Dude. Get a toy drone and learn how to fly it. No barometer, no GPS.

Luckily it was a guy wire. A gal one would have snagged you. 😎

My wife got me a Nikon 10 x 42° because of great reviews from bird watchers. She figured since I wanted something for plane spotting, it'd be sort of like bird watching.

I looked into the Canon and people posting on Amazon say that the shell deteriorates into a sticky goo. Have you had any issues?

Absolutely reportable. You might check the Flight Radar 24 app and see if he's using ADS-B which should give you the tail number.

I'm not sure why somebody would have an avatar of OJ. My wife used to live in the same apartment complex when she first dated him, and it wasn't pretty even back then.

It was a Mercedes Benz.

Also 400' bubble in some Class E airspace as well.

I named mine after my Border Collie. "Bonnie Lass." My other drones were named after mythical beings: Centaurus, Neptunus, Venus.

A rogue remote couldn't be binded to your craft like that.

I downloaded someone else's Mission from Litchi, and there was no issue. Like you mentioned any Mission can be run on Google Earth to test it first.

I learned to fly on those super twitchy $50 drones. Makes for good practice before flying your expensive DJI.

Altitude is your friend. That notwithstanding, if I'm anywhere lower than surrounding trees, I'm physically under the drone so I can judge the distance accurately.