*Twitch **Plays* Super Bowl Drone needs to be a thing. On 20 Jan 2016 17:43, "Scott Whyte" <swh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of >> valdis.kletni...@vt.edu >> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:46 AM >> To: Rafael Possamai >> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> 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.... >> > >
