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It seems like everyone I know is buying a drone. Middle age guys that can afford another "toy". It makes me worry about inevitable collisions with manned aircraft.
In the last week I had 4 manned aircraft fly over at very low altitudes. If I was flying my drone there would have been almost no warning to evade.
1. At my Minneapolis suburban home a helicopter flew over at around 150 foot altitude. I couldn't read any markings through the trees. Usually the choppers in our area are flying at around 400 feet, not at 150 feet.
2. At a very rural lake home in northern Minnesota a GulfStream jet flew over at around 150 feet, apparently buzzing a friend that lives on the lake. There is no airport close enough to make this part of a landing approach.
3. At the same lake a pair of prop military aircraft flew over at about 200 feet (Fort Ripley is about 20 miles away) It was like Thunder - the ground was shaking.
The big sky theory probably makes all of these events a low risk even if I was flying my Mavic, but as more and more people are flying drones, it makes me worry.
In the last week I had 4 manned aircraft fly over at very low altitudes. If I was flying my drone there would have been almost no warning to evade.
1. At my Minneapolis suburban home a helicopter flew over at around 150 foot altitude. I couldn't read any markings through the trees. Usually the choppers in our area are flying at around 400 feet, not at 150 feet.
2. At a very rural lake home in northern Minnesota a GulfStream jet flew over at around 150 feet, apparently buzzing a friend that lives on the lake. There is no airport close enough to make this part of a landing approach.
3. At the same lake a pair of prop military aircraft flew over at about 200 feet (Fort Ripley is about 20 miles away) It was like Thunder - the ground was shaking.
The big sky theory probably makes all of these events a low risk even if I was flying my Mavic, but as more and more people are flying drones, it makes me worry.
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