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Old 18th Aug 2018, 15:07
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I saw this video earlier today and when I saw this thread title assumed this would be different. He doesn’t move towards the helicopter - he pans around while stationary. I fully agree he should not have been in that piece of airspace, but does anybody honestly believe that at that height and distance from the shore it would have been possible assess relative heights and bearings to make an informed avoiding action? Not sure what the FAA rules are about VLOS but they vary from country to country, with some nitvsetting any range/height criteria and using the term literally. So it could very well be that this was VLOS. FPV is normally used by commercial operators anyway - is it? Not as the primary control method anyway.
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