Summer Time here - Stay away from crowded Beaches
Was at the beach in Southern Victoria yesterday. Some fella was flying his Mavic around at about 30' over the top of everybody and over swimmers including myself in the water. Tracked the guy down and had a word.. He said he was aware of the rules and was of the view he could simply fly above 30m and do as he wished. This is of course not the case.
The perception of an intrusive drone buzzing around at low level on a crowded public beach can only lead to tighter regulation and spoil things for everybody. So if you got a shiny new Mavic for Chrissy, please don't be a **** with it & spoil it for the rest of us.
Has any one seen the following RPA rules broken down in to a simple one page flyer? Would be a handy thing to carry around and hand out to people who are clearly breaking the rules.
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Flying with control - rules for flying drones and model aircraft safely
When flying drones or model aircraft recreationally, you need to follow these simple drone rules to keep everyone safe.
- You should only fly in visual line-of-sight, in day visual meteorological conditions (VMC). What does that mean?
- No night flying (generally).
- No flying in or through cloud or fog, and you should.
- Be able to see the aircraft with your own eyes (rather than through first-person-view [FPV, binoculars, telescopes]) at all times, (unless you operate under the procedures of an approved model flying association. Contact the MAAA for more information about flying FPV).
- You must not fly closer than 30 metres to vehicles, boats, buildings or people.
- You must not fly over populous areas such as beaches, heavily populated parks, or sports ovals while they are in use.
- In controlled airspace, which covers most Australian cities, you must not fly higher than 120 metres (400 feet) above the ground.
- You must not fly in a way that creates a hazard to other aircraft, so you should keep at least 5.5 km away from airfields, aerodromes and helicopter landing sites.
Operations within the 3nm (5.5km) radius of an aerodrome or helicopter landing site are possible and lawful providing you comply with the Standard Operating Conditions listed above and ensure that you do not operate:
- on the approach and departure path, or
- within the movement area, or
- create a hazard to aircraft that may be using those areas.
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