Daveroo
June 25th, 2015, 10:13
just too ad...lol.this Daniel Berlant is a long time friend of mine...alot younger than me,but he grew up with one of my girlfriends daughter....
<header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.265625px; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Hobby drone grounds firefighting aircraft on Lake FirePosted on June 24, 2015 (http://fireaviation.com/2015/06/24/hobby-drone-grounds-firefighting-aircraft-on-lake-fire/) by Bill Gabbert (http://fireaviation.com/author/jackson8862/)
</header>http://fireaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stelprd3837335-224x300.jpg (http://fireaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stelprd3837335.jpg)Wednesday evening, June 24, a hobby drone flown over the Lake Fire (http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/06/18/lake-fire-east-of-san-bernardino-california/) east of San Bernardino, California caused a safety problem, requiring all firefighting aircraft to be grounded, according to CAL FIRE Public Information Officer Daniel Berlant.
A collision between a drone and a helicopter or fixed wing aircraft could be fatal if it damages the windshield, the engine, props, or rotors.
Bob Collins, in an article at Minnesota Public Radio (http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2015/06/how-big-is-the-quadcopter-threat-to-aviation/), thinks it is “overkill” to ground firefighting aircraft because a drone has been seen in the area.
…Of course, the hobbyist shouldn’t have been flying a quadcopter where the FAA had established a no-fly zone. But halting operations is overkill. Flying is inherently risky and it’s impossible to do it risk-free; risk is something aviators manage and staying on the ground because a knucklehead is flying a quadcopter is illogical and impractical.
It’s a dramatic way to make a point, but the quadcopters aren’t going to be banned out of the sky.
<header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.265625px; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Hobby drone grounds firefighting aircraft on Lake FirePosted on June 24, 2015 (http://fireaviation.com/2015/06/24/hobby-drone-grounds-firefighting-aircraft-on-lake-fire/) by Bill Gabbert (http://fireaviation.com/author/jackson8862/)
</header>http://fireaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stelprd3837335-224x300.jpg (http://fireaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stelprd3837335.jpg)Wednesday evening, June 24, a hobby drone flown over the Lake Fire (http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/06/18/lake-fire-east-of-san-bernardino-california/) east of San Bernardino, California caused a safety problem, requiring all firefighting aircraft to be grounded, according to CAL FIRE Public Information Officer Daniel Berlant.
A collision between a drone and a helicopter or fixed wing aircraft could be fatal if it damages the windshield, the engine, props, or rotors.
Bob Collins, in an article at Minnesota Public Radio (http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2015/06/how-big-is-the-quadcopter-threat-to-aviation/), thinks it is “overkill” to ground firefighting aircraft because a drone has been seen in the area.
…Of course, the hobbyist shouldn’t have been flying a quadcopter where the FAA had established a no-fly zone. But halting operations is overkill. Flying is inherently risky and it’s impossible to do it risk-free; risk is something aviators manage and staying on the ground because a knucklehead is flying a quadcopter is illogical and impractical.
It’s a dramatic way to make a point, but the quadcopters aren’t going to be banned out of the sky.