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UAV Pilot Charged with Felony
The owner of a video-camera-equipped Hexacopter flying near the scene of a car accident in Springfield, Ohio, earlier this week was charged with felony obstruction after police said he refused to land his UAV even as a medevac helicopter prepared to touch down. (www.flyingmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
... is refusing to be cooperative, whether involving a UAV or not, is still a refusal to be cooperative.
Creating an unnecessary safety hazard with a UAV should be prosecuted appropriately. But shouldn't impact the ability of other cooperative and otherwise law-abusing citizens to be able to fly small remote controlled planes near the ground.
Creating an unnecessary safety hazard with a UAV should be prosecuted appropriately. But shouldn't impact the ability of other cooperative and otherwise law-abusing citizens to be able to fly small remote controlled planes near the ground.
If it was your wife or daughter waiting for the life saving ride you might be a little less tolerant of the interference. If the operator was told that the helicopter was on the way he shouldn't even have to be told what to do. He should just do it. How can the level of risk presented by the UAV even be a point of discussion? We're talking about saving a life vs 10 seconds of pointless video on the evening news. Just having the right to do something doesn't make it right to do it
Speaking as a commercial pilot who also flies a 65 hp open cockpit airplane for recreation at low but legal altitudes, I do NOT want to share the airspace with ANY aircraft that does not have an on board pilot, or a remote control pilot with constant visual contact with the aircraft. I expect the remote control pilot to obey applicable rules and regs. Having said that, there are few things more disgusting than an official abusing his authority. Dr. Jim.
Maybe,He Thought,He Was Picking Up The Wounded! LOL
if the authorities tell you to do something...ahhh...do it?
Refusing to cooperate in an emergency situation, in which there is a need to land a medevac