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Model drone finds elderly man, missing for three days, alive
It took just 20 minutes for a model drone to locate a missing elderly Wisconsin man, a feat that helicopters, search dogs, and volunteers couldn't accomplish in three days. Just don't tell that to the Federal Aviation Administration, whose regulatory wings are already flapping about model drones. (arstechnica.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If pleasure flying is still legal, then I would receive great pleasure in helping save this elderly mans life.
Drones, like any other object, are tools. Right or wrong use of any tool is a people issue and right or wrong is in the eye of the user. To blanket deny use because someone might do bad is the typical reaction of a kindergarten teacher to 5 year olds. When will our government get past this concept?
Where Drone is actually a valid term here, it is not very distinctive. RC Planes with cameras can do a lot of good things and they are fun..I agree with your statement.
It's that typical knee-jerk reaction...
I agree with you 110%. It seems that we have grown to make blanket decisions for just about everything. Maybe due to the litigious environment of our current society, we tend to take the most restrictive approach just to be safe instead of studying the different factors that can influence the benefit or danger of any tool and act accordingly.
This story only confirms THE NEED for drones .. Found in 20 minutes .. Thats say's it all .. But of course the FAA, probably won't care someone's life was saved