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Old 07-26-2014, 11:16 AM
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Cfircav8r, I wasn't looking at legal or not in my last two posts. As of now, as you stated, there are no rules or laws against flying a FPV in an area where landing pads and high rise buildings are in close proximity. My issue has to do with the fact that, to fly around the Space Needle and then around high rise hotels is not only inherently unsafe to the people on the ground, it's also downright dangerous for the licensed news helicopters that are taking off and landing literally only yards away from the Space Needle. The fact that this person's "flight" was reported on a national morning news show makes it that much more of an issue that the AMA, FAA and local government must address before someone causes a major incident and people do get killed because of it.