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OneQuickSix

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Hi! Not exactly my first post (I think maybe my third) but my first "hello", and probably only my 3rd post overall. (I know you can probably check these things by a glance at my profile.) But anyway, looking forward to learning a lot, and have a lot of questions since I started flying about a month ago, but some have been answered thanks to this great community. Well, happy flights everyone!

-Tim
 
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Welcome to the forum! :)
 
Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching . ?
 
Welcome to Mavic Pilots! :) Enjoy the forum!Thumbswayup
 

Welcome to our Forum, from Hauptmann in Texas!

You'll find that flying any DJI quad is so easy. They practically fly themselves. This can lead to overconfidence.

Read the manual, and be conservative at first. Practice using “Find My Drone”. Chances are you will crash and perhaps lose your bird. Don't wait until that happens to learn how to recover a lost drone.

Lots of good stuff to shoot throughout Maryland and the surrounding region. Just be aware that DC is one big "No Fly Zone". Whenever you need help, there are over 100,000 of us from around the world to assist you as you gain experience and grow as a pilot and photographer.

Glad to have you as a member!
 
Thank you everyone for the very kind and warm welcomes, really appreciate it!

Lots of good stuff to shoot throughout Maryland and the surrounding region. Just be aware that DC is one big "No Fly Zone".

Yeah, the DC zone is HUGE. And, much like VA, Maryland is jam-packed full of military bases (A-10's fly over my area almost every day) and other sensitive government facilities (think NSA, etc.) ... especially for such a small state.

Fortunately, I live in the northern part of the state where there is much less restriction. Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Weide Army Helo base, along with the aforementioned A-10/C-130 base carve out a big chunk up here, but there are still lots of places to fly nearby.
 
Thank you everyone for the very kind and warm welcomes, really appreciate it!



Yeah, the DC zone is HUGE. And, much like VA, Maryland is jam-packed full of military bases (A-10's fly over my area almost every day) and other sensitive government facilities (think NSA, etc.) ... especially for such a small state.

Fortunately, I live in the northern part of the state where there is much less restriction. Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Weide Army Helo base, along with the aforementioned A-10/C-130 base carve out a big chunk up here, but there are still lots of places to fly nearby.

You're lucky. A-10's are among my favorite aircraft. I'd love to have them fly over my home, NFZ or not! Have you ever toured the Aberdeen Proving Grounds? It's on my bucket list.
 
You're lucky. A-10's are among my favorite aircraft. I'd love to have them fly over my home, NFZ or not! Have you ever toured the Aberdeen Proving Grounds? It's on my bucket list.

Hey there, Hauptmann! Yeah. I NEVER get tired of seeing them, they are one of my all-time favorites. They fly REALLY low for a military combat jet, and very slow ... so you get a nice long look at them when they fly over. They also sound very different than anything else flying. I am just outside the NFZ fortunately, and I also know roughly when they're going to be flying. But they do often scoot right over my house or places I am at (like the pool).

I have been on base once or twice at APG, and when I lived in Harford County I could feel the booms inside my house when they tested munitions sometimes. There was one time when they tested a MOAB (or the like) and I literally thought the East Coast was finally get "the big one" earthquake we've been promised, lol.) Anyway, I've never seen the the airfield at APG from the ground.up-close, but the A-10's don't fly out of there, they fly out of Martin's, along with 130's. (sorry if I am telling you stuff you already knew.)

I have been to Martin's a number of times (it's also, oddly enough, used as a civilian airport as well) ... but have probably only been on base 5-10 times in my lifetime, starting at around age 16. Been up close a number of times and even in the cockpit once, which was a dream come true for me. Sat in Cobra attack chopper and was permitted to work the targeting cam when I was 18 ... good times. :)

Sorry for my rambling, get me started on military aircraft and aviation... or mil. hardware in general and I won't shut up!

Take care
 

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