So about 45 minutes away from where I live in a VERY rural part of East Tennessee, there's a famous old prison called Brushy Mountain Prison and It's where James Earl Ray was housed. It was abandoned in 2009 and recently turned into a museum with guided and self-guided tours. The website says it's currently closed with a re-opening of TBD. I'm not sure if that's because of Covid, winter hours or it's just went out of business. Anyway, I want to fly over the property which I know is okay per our FAA guidelines but, it's reeeealy not the best area to start pissing people off as it's surrounded by vast mountain ranges and people's homes and property. You know, the kind of people that know exactly when a stranger enters the area. I might not end up behind the rotting walls of the prison but could end up buried up in someone's holler. I'm kidding. It's really not like that. I hope ?
With nobody around to answer phones as in this case I'd rather ask for permission than forgiveness, do you think it's still okay to send the drone up? The town is very, very small (population of 583 as of 2010) and I'm not sure the local sheriff would be well versed on the rules and regs of drones if someone reported suspicious activity.
With nobody around to answer phones as in this case I'd rather ask for permission than forgiveness, do you think it's still okay to send the drone up? The town is very, very small (population of 583 as of 2010) and I'm not sure the local sheriff would be well versed on the rules and regs of drones if someone reported suspicious activity.