Not the Drones again
Because this topic keeps coming up I wanted to see if there were actual court rulings on drones and airspace. It appears home owners do own some of there air space. In the case of United States v...
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Golden_HVAC wrote:
I think it would be fun to take a drone out and capture some great live video of a place like Yosemite or Grand Canyon. Some of us will never be able to go into these places on foot in person.
Even if we can not fly something within the National Park, it would be nice to be able to do it someplace, such as a National Forest, or other less crowded place, out of the way so to speak.
As for flying over someone's back yard, and filming it, that is not really respecting their right to privacy in their back yard. Yet while doing this to say check the condition of the roof for the homeowner, that is an acceptable way to survey the condition of the roof very quickly.
We have considered flying a electric remote control helicopter over the property where I work to look for things like wasp nests, condition of the paint, roof, and other things that would take a 5 story long extension ladder to do in person. . .
Fred.
Fred, your intentions are the same as a lot of quad (drone) owners, but the National Park Service has ruled that they are absolutely illegal in the park system. Too bad, some nut cases, like trying to fly on the White House makes it difficult for the rest of us.
