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I live in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) and was horrified to hear of the irresponsible, illegal and highly dangerous activity of the Gatwick Drone flyer, endangering lives and creating untold misery for thousands of flyers. But also the negative impacts this will have on the drone flying community who, mostly, abide by the laws and fly responsibly.
Yet, as you can read in the attached news bulletin, again, we have the same inconceivably stupid actions of some totally idiot, endangering fire-bombing helicopters trying to douse a major fire on Bruny Island, south of Hobart. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) rules are explicit; you don't fly over or near Emergency Service operations, as well as if you are in the vicinity of a Helicopter Landing pad and see an aircraft, you are to immediately land your drone. In other words, the safety of lives and property come before your attempts to film and or disrupt emergency service operations. At this stage, I don't believe they have caught the offender. But, once again, responsible drone operators will be the ones who will suffer by authorities bringing in tighter and more restrictive laws that will reduce opportunities to fly your drone for fun! Not happy!!!
I live in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) and was horrified to hear of the irresponsible, illegal and highly dangerous activity of the Gatwick Drone flyer, endangering lives and creating untold misery for thousands of flyers. But also the negative impacts this will have on the drone flying community who, mostly, abide by the laws and fly responsibly.
Yet, as you can read in the attached news bulletin, again, we have the same inconceivably stupid actions of some totally idiot, endangering fire-bombing helicopters trying to douse a major fire on Bruny Island, south of Hobart. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) rules are explicit; you don't fly over or near Emergency Service operations, as well as if you are in the vicinity of a Helicopter Landing pad and see an aircraft, you are to immediately land your drone. In other words, the safety of lives and property come before your attempts to film and or disrupt emergency service operations. At this stage, I don't believe they have caught the offender. But, once again, responsible drone operators will be the ones who will suffer by authorities bringing in tighter and more restrictive laws that will reduce opportunities to fly your drone for fun! Not happy!!!