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Old 01-04-2015 | 08:45 AM
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I saw a video piece from an old RCM Video magazine VHS tape back in the mid 80's of a guy using FPV and flying 20 miles away from his take off point. The plane was transmitting the video signal back to a television in his van so he could see where he was flying. I knew back then that this was one day going to be an issue that we would be worried about. It is really a shame that people seem to not have any common sense anymore, and think about what they are doing. I am fortunate to live in one of the least populated states in the country with only a few cities over 50,000 people and airports that have more than 10 gates. I live about 90 miles from Yellowstone National Park and there was a gentleman this last summer that took a quad-copter into the park and it malfunctioned and went into one of the geyser pools. It was of course destroyed but has prompted the "officials" to impose all sorts of regulations now as to what is allowed into the park. If RC pilots aren't concerned, we really should be. I think that this is really going to affect the higher populated areas. For me and my fellow Montanans probably not so much. So I am very grateful for our wide open spaces.our open slopeOur open LZ on our slopeAnd our views.
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