Hey 500,
I think this is the right place for this to be raised as I'll bet there are some lurking within this community who have had some experiences, both good and not so good, with drones.
I'm sure they are good value when utilised properly and perhaps a good example of that is the proposed bushfire stuff however there are more and more drones appearing about the place lately, Real estate companies using them to take aerials of properties for sale, etc and for those who fly aircraft whose wings move faster then the rest of the airframe the risk of adverse exposure seems to be rising.
On reading the linked article there seems to be a rising amount of incidents involving drones and over on the "Bladeslapper" website there's a whole topic re this and a number of other incidents, one of which involved a near miss at 1000' AGL and another with someone on AG ops. I'm sure that the majority of these are safe but the way its going it's probably only a matter of time before there's a midair.....
A piece of propeller in the head????? Maybe the quote should have read;
" I have sought legal advice......"
Stiky
