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
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France is so restrictive :(
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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
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Thanks for the tip. Doppelbock Duly noted.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
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.
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.
It's not happening.
It's been more than a year since RID was required. No reports of problems yet.
And yet, we're not seeing problems after a full year.
And some drone pilots' paranoia over RID is not going away.
More than 360,000 Mavic 3s have been shipped to Ukraine since the Russians invaded? Reference, please.
Just break the law.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
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.
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.
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.
Ok. Then we should ban their "unwelcome toys" from our country. How many times did we bail France out when they were invaded by Germany? Without us, they would be speaking German!
"We" bailed France out? Which of your toys has been banned by France?
If you're talking about the US instead of your listed location, keep in mind that the Revolution would not have been successful without economic and military aid from France. And they gave us that nice statue in New York Harbor.
You must have skipped class or been napping when your history teacher discussed France's involvement in our war of independence. Without France's support, it's unlikely that we'd have won.
But enough of this. Be happy for the places you're allowed to fly your drone legally. More importantly, stop suggesting that people defy the law. It's that kind of attitude and those selfish behaviors that cast us in a bad light and lead to even more restrictions.
AMann
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Flying (taking off and landing…) in US National Parks is usually only permitted for scientific or other administrative purposes. They probably would not allow for it to be done recreationally, and please don’t suggest doing it anyway due to their lack of personnel. There are alternatives though, some state parks, very scenic ones in fact, do offer seasonal windows when flying drones is permitted. I suggest calling ahead to find out if, where, when, and how.
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Someone else coined the phrase "unwelcome toys", not me. I would respect laws if they were logical. But they're not. Supposedly some guy flew too close to a temple in Phnom Penh. So they banned all flights in Phnom Penh. Pretty stupid. I hardly see a reason to ban flights anywhere except military facilities. I know what the French did at Yorktown. Not saying they're any worse than us. I'm American BTW.
There are no adverse RID reports because RID apps and RID in general isn't working. Once a Karen tries the app and can't detect the drone she can see with her eyes, it gets deleted and downvoted and one less person to spread the word. At this point, the app doesn't exist in the Karen world so no, you won't get any bad reports. Most of US drones flying are NOT even transmitting.
At the same time, there are no government criminal captures reported using RID either. Please make sure you report both sides of discussion and let's see if you are willing to call both sides "wrong."
RID = complete FAILURE (so far)
At the same time, there are no government criminal captures reported using RID either. Please make sure you report both sides of discussion and let's see if you are willing to call both sides "wrong."
RID = complete FAILURE (so far)
Thats basically his reaction to everything. Behaves like a spoilt child. Has no understanding at all about the real world and other countries or the reasons behind many restrictions.
Just goes with the arrogant rule of "If i dont like it, ignore it and screw everyone else".
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