ORIGINAL: STLPilot
ORIGINAL: JUGFLIER
I am told by a real estate friend of mine that in thisarea, people looking to buy home want aerial views of the property and surrounding areas. I thought a heli and a camera would work. I am just exploring it.
You're exactly right and you made a good point. So now you want to fly a heli in a potentially populated area, no rules, no boundaries to photograph this home. Do you want a competent pilot who holds a license to do this, or someone that can walk into a hobby shop grab a heli, camera and have 5 hours of training on G3. Could be, errr prolly is one of the main reasons the FAA wants to put licenses in the hands of commercial UA pilots. Makes total sense. We are not talking about RC fields here, but places where people live, work and play. There should be an operational standard for sure.