France is so restrictive :(

[GadgetGuy]

If you like Ale as opposed to beer... I doubt you'll be disappointed. As far as Jura is concerned: Slange.

Postscript.
If you visit the distillery (well worth the effort) insist on trying 10/12 year Origin at cask strength (varies between 110 and 112 degrees proof)

Speaking of favorite breweries and beers in Europe, if ever in Bavaria, be sure and stop by Kloster Andechs in Ehrling and order the Doppelbock Dunkel!

Doppelbock Dunkel - Kloster Andechs

www.andechs.de

 

[MS Coast]

to legally avoid transmitting RID, primarily to avoid Karens and criminals from finding the pilot when flying legally, which can potentially be just as dangerous, even domestically!

Let's stop preaching the unjustified fear that drone pilots are being tracked down with RID and mistreated by criminals and meddlesome neighborhood fussbudgets. It's just not happening.

Yes, a gang of Al Qaida terrorists might potentially track you down, bonk you on the head, and steal your DJI Neo. And Bigfoot may deliver a pizza to your front door at the same time the Publisher's Clearinghouse representative shows up with that $10,000,000 check.

 

[Felix le Chat]

Speaking of favorite breweries and beers in Europe, if ever in Bavaria, be sure and stop by Kloster Andechs in Ehrling and order the Doppelbock Dunkel!

Doppelbock Dunkel - Kloster Andechs

www.andechs.de

Thanks for the tip. Doppelbock Duly noted.

Even though it makes me grind my teeth to admit it: Belgian artisan beers are some of the best in Europe - some of the recipes have remained the same since the middle ages.

 

[Dronecation]

Let's stop preaching the unjustified fear that drone pilots are being tracked down with RID and mistreated by criminals and meddlesome neighborhood fussbudgets. It's just not happening.

Yes, a gang of Al Qaida terrorists might potentially track you down, bonk you on the head, and steal your DJI Neo. And Bigfoot may deliver a pizza to your front door at the same time the Publisher's Clearinghouse representative shows up with that $10,000,000 check.

Lol !!

 

[GFields]

Stay on topic folks

 

[GadgetGuy]

Let's stop preaching the unjustified fear that drone pilots are being tracked down with RID and mistreated by criminals and meddlesome neighborhood fussbudgets. It's just not happening.

Yes, a gang of Al Qaida terrorists might potentially track you down, bonk you on the head, and steal your DJI Neo. And Bigfoot may deliver a pizza to your front door at the same time the Publisher's Clearinghouse representative shows up with that $10,000,000 check.

Let's also not be naive. Just because you haven't experienced it yet doesn't mean it isn't happening or won't happen. The road has already been paved. It's early days. The traffic will grow exponentially over time. Add in overzealous security guards with radios and guns, and paranoid property owners defending "their" air space, whether they be wealthy, poor, or surreptitiously growing marijuana in the backcountry, and the commoditizing of the current $850 RID detectors with 10 km range to a $100 device, and you have a recipe for disaster. Confrontations are guaranteed. The public's paranoia over drones is not going away. The well publicized use of consumer drones in the war in Ukraine by both sides also isn't helping. Ukraine was needing a resupply of over 10,000 Mavic 3's a month over the last several years.

 

[MS Coast]

Let's also not be naive. Just because you haven't experienced it yet doesn't mean it isn't happening or won't happen.

It's not happening.

The road has already been paved. It's early days. The traffic will grow exponentially over time.

It's been more than a year since RID was required. No reports of problems yet.

Add in overzealous security guards with radios and guns, and paranoid property owners defending "their" air space, whether they be wealthy, poor, or surreptitiously growing marijuana in the backcountry, and the commoditizing of the current $850 RID detectors with 10 km range to a $100 device, and you have a recipe for disaster. Confrontations are guaranteed.

And yet, we're not seeing problems after a full year.

The public's paranoia over drones is not going away.

And some drone pilots' paranoia over RID is not going away.

The well publicized use of consumer drones in the war in Ukraine by both sides also isn't helping. Ukraine was needing a resupply of over 10,000 Mavic 3's a month over the last several years.

More than 360,000 Mavic 3s have been shipped to Ukraine since the Russians invaded? Reference, please.

 

[Cafguy]

Ukraine Drone pilots have ZERO use for mavics. They want DJI Air units!

 

[jwilson]

Not sure there's any point in taking my newly acquired mini 4 pro to France. Got a tour arranged for end of August into September. Will be visiting some beautiful places ie Rocamadour, Millau, Tan Gorge, Ardeche, Verdon, Mercantour mountains etc etc. But I can't fly in any of these places according to the drone maps provided by the French aviation guys. Properly pissed off

Just break the law.

 

[hank970]

Never said it was easy, but it can be done.

As a former chief ranger, I was peripherally involved with a video project initiated and funded by the cooperating association at Colorado National Monument. Given my experience and familiarity with the resource, and because I'd worked with the videographer before, I served primarily as a consultant. In the field, I also helped schlep equipment to and from the launch site.

Cooperating associations are the entities that run the bookstores in park visitor centers, and the proceeds of sales help finance park projects beyond the scope of legislated funding. The video, intended for regular showing in the monument's visitor center, was meant to serve as a visual introduction to the monument. The videographer had already produced another monument video, aired on public television, that had been awarded an Emmy. And so, he'd long had a positive working relationship with the National Park Service and was not some fly-by-night operator or casual recreationist. For this project, unlike the prior one, he wanted to incorporate some drone footage of a proposed wilderness area in the production.

The monument's superintendent was supportive of the project, and the video was being produced to benefit the monument and the National Park Service. The videographer eventually got his permit, and the video, including drone footage, was produced, but it took months for the permitting process to work its way up the chain of command. Once approved, flight operations were closely supervised by monument staff to ensure compliance with the conditions of the permit.

So yes, it can be done, but not for recreational or other purposes which aren't considered beneficial by park management. Even if an applicant has a more noble purpose, expect substantial delays in the permitting process, culminating with a negative finding.

 

[hank970]

Just break the law.

That's simply irresponsible. If everyone takes it upon themselves to ignore the law, then what's to discourage some other scofflaw from blowing your drone out of the sky with a 12-gauge?

 

[jwilson]

That's simply irresponsible. If everyone takes it upon themselves to ignore the law, then what's to discourage some other scofflaw from blowing your drone out of the sky with a 12-gauge?

Unfortunately, some countries have such draconian laws that we have no choice. Some guy wanted to fly in Vietnam, but after trying to get a permit, he gave up and just flew without. I don't think it's irresponsible if countries make stupid laws. I found in Qatar, a foreigner can't even take a drone in the country, but a citizen can fly as much as he wants. Let's face it. People all over the world break laws every day.

 

[hank970]

Unfortunately, some countries have such draconian laws that we have no choice. Some guy wanted to fly in Vietnam, but after trying to get a permit, he gave up and just flew without. I don't think it's irresponsible if countries make stupid laws. I found in Qatar, a foreigner can't even take a drone in the country, but a citizen can fly as much as he wants. Let's face it. People all over the world break laws every day.

You have the choice to respect and obey the law, no matter how much you may disagree with it, particularly if you're a guest in another country. There's no reason that other countries need to cater to the whims of guests who bring unwelcome toys.