On 1/20/16 08:25, Naslund, Steve wrote:
Helicopters near the Super Bowl are cleared to be there and are flown by vetted
professional pilots. A human pilot in a helicopter presumably has some kind of
qualification to be there while a drone (although I don't like that word) could be flown
by any moron with a couple hundred bucks. I also think the government is going
completely overboard with the "drone threat" but in the case of the Super Bowl,
there should definitely be a reasonable restriction on drone flights, ANY flight for that
matter. I think reasonable drone pilots would agree with that.
Can't wait for autonomous drones in the $50 range. And the autonomous
counter-drones.
Steven Naslund
Chicago IL
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Subject: Re: ICYMI: FBI looking into LA fiber cuts, Super Bowl
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:41:31 -0600, Rafael Possamai said:
I fail to see how drones relate to fiber cuts and the superbowl. Did
the article author just throw that in there? The news helicopter
getting aerial footage also poses a risk, so not sure what's special about
drones.
Drones don't cost $200 per hour to keep in the air, and they're not as obvious
as a helicopter. So it becomes a lot easier to get in there and grab some
unauthorized video....
