It's actually pretty clear from the video that the entire flight was over water, as was the pyrotechnic display; for safety no doubt.
The complainant is likely just being a shit. On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 6:29 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the complaints were based on the complainant feeling that flying > to drones around in the fireworks display risked the drone crashing into > spectators causing injury. > > The FAA's end is to determine whether the flight & use of the video to > advertise his services constitutes "commercial use", which *is* > prohibited. The FAA is working on preparing rules for commercial use of > drones, and in the meantime commercial use is prohibited. > > Private NON-commercial use is not prohibited, but there are rules > restricting when & where they can be used that this guy might have > violated (i.e. risked the drone crashing into spectators causing injury). > > > > On 7/10/2014 2:52 AM, Attila Boros wrote: >> >> I don't get it from the article what were they complaining about? >> Noise, sight of drone distracting them from enjoying the fireworks, >> fear of drone crashing on their heads? Obviously we need regulation >> for drones, but I think outright banning them is too harsh. >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> FAA received two complaints from the public, now investigating this ... >>> >>> >>> http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/07/09/fireworks-flight-lands-drone-flier-in-faa-fracas >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Attila Boros <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> DJI Phantom 2 drone flying very close to the explosions, filming with >>>> a GoPro Hero 3 silver: >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KZ3jgbbmI >>>> >>>> I've read some of you are toying with the idea of getting a drone, >>>> this might give you some ideas ;) > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
