since two years it became illegal to fly any sort of drones here in the UAE (Abu Dhabi & DUbai) due to national security threats coming from neighboring countries, this includes are individuals and nearly everywhere, a small exception was flying in the desert in the middle of nowhere, but that hardly useful, a huge Fine, Prison and Deportation from the country if you were spotted flying a drone with no permit, even permits for individuals were useless, only companies with appropriate trade license were permitted to fly drones after obtaining approval from numerous entities (Aviation, ministry of defense, etc...) and unfortunately the drone filed became almost dead in the country and even clients needing drone shooting would either risk breaking the law or paying HUGE sum of money to start their own business and obtain approvals,
I used to fly my drone since 5 years ago (when people were scared even to do so) and i managed to build a portfolio, but nowadays and since am a drone pilot i keep getting clients wanting drone shoots and sadly few months ago i had to let down 10 clients just because i couldnt get the approval or the client himself insisted on an approval and official paperwork,
i went with that route and managed to find a single business owner who got the appropriate trade license and willing to help me register me under her company as her Pilot, and obtain the necessary licensing from the Aviation authority, i went through that route but sadly she wanted to bare all the costs of the aviation authority because she already paid her part and at that moment i couldnt afford 1500-3000$ and likely other obstacles in this Birocratic country as am a freelance drone pilot, can hardly find freelance jobs and cant afford that amount,,,
on the other hand i managed to learn few things and hear first hand experiences of those caught flying drones,
so here is what happens when ur spotted doing so...
Police will locate there is a drone flying with no permit on the Radar, and apparently the drone operator will be located with GPS and police will show up, request to see your paper work, ask you to leave if you dont have them, or worse...
I managed to fly stealthy and managed to stay undercover, to the point i couldnt even see my air2ss when its 3 meters away at night, my only worry is the GPS thing because i can be easily located, is there is any way to mislead the application to make it report a different GPS location ?
of course am not doing any crazy nonsense, am just flying to make a living as this is my major occupation, but its nearly impossible nowadays finding a customer who is willing to take the risk and even do I,
does anyone else have those rules in their countries and is there is a way around it to play it safe ?...
thanks,
I used to fly my drone since 5 years ago (when people were scared even to do so) and i managed to build a portfolio, but nowadays and since am a drone pilot i keep getting clients wanting drone shoots and sadly few months ago i had to let down 10 clients just because i couldnt get the approval or the client himself insisted on an approval and official paperwork,
i went with that route and managed to find a single business owner who got the appropriate trade license and willing to help me register me under her company as her Pilot, and obtain the necessary licensing from the Aviation authority, i went through that route but sadly she wanted to bare all the costs of the aviation authority because she already paid her part and at that moment i couldnt afford 1500-3000$ and likely other obstacles in this Birocratic country as am a freelance drone pilot, can hardly find freelance jobs and cant afford that amount,,,
on the other hand i managed to learn few things and hear first hand experiences of those caught flying drones,
so here is what happens when ur spotted doing so...
Police will locate there is a drone flying with no permit on the Radar, and apparently the drone operator will be located with GPS and police will show up, request to see your paper work, ask you to leave if you dont have them, or worse...
I managed to fly stealthy and managed to stay undercover, to the point i couldnt even see my air2ss when its 3 meters away at night, my only worry is the GPS thing because i can be easily located, is there is any way to mislead the application to make it report a different GPS location ?
of course am not doing any crazy nonsense, am just flying to make a living as this is my major occupation, but its nearly impossible nowadays finding a customer who is willing to take the risk and even do I,
does anyone else have those rules in their countries and is there is a way around it to play it safe ?...
thanks,