Just found this thread and so have had the benefit of reading it all through dron start to finish in one go and I have to say I am left feeling slightly saddened.
OK, so
maybe Vfrpilotpb is over reacting - but as none of us was actually there at the time, we can't know just how sphincter-clenching an event it was. Come on, can you honestly say that you have never been in a situation, aviation related or otherwise, where your intsant reaction hasn't been 'kill!', I know I have, although I like to think I have mellowed a little over the years
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What saddens me most, though, is the cavalier attitude to an
apparent illegality. Now, forgive me, it is a long time since I sat Air Law but I believe it is illegal to fly closer than 500ft to any person or man made object unless landing or taking off. Actually, I am not really that bothered about any illegality per se but no one seems to have commented on the reactions of any non-aviators on the ground. There are many people out there who do not like us aviators, for whatever reason, and this is exactly the sort of thing that they will latch onto in their campaign to have us all grounded.
I'm all for having fun and I may well have bent a few rules in my time
so my purpose here is not necessarily to condemn this pilot but just to wonder how so many other pilots can readily overlook the threat to their hobby.
By the way, don't bother posting insults in reply, I frankly don't care. If you want a reasoned debate then that's fine.
Happy New Year and safe, fun flying.
Aiglon
I forgot to add a point in my post above and it seems I am too late to edit it - I still haven't got used to all the quirks of these forums yet
The point was, this aircraft seems to have had no markings, or at least none that anyone couls see. Most, if not all, the aircraft I have seen have had markings of some kind, including - I suspect - military trainers.
Aiglon
I forgot to add a point in my post above and it seems I am too late to edit it - I still haven't got used to all the quirks of these forums yet
The point was, this aircraft seems to have had no markings, or at least none that anyone couls see. Most, if not all, the aircraft I have seen have had markings of some kind, including - I suspect - military trainers.
Aiglon