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Old 06-23-2016 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by franklin_m
This is hardly a one off event:
"In 2014, there were four known instances of drones interfering with aerial firefighting operations" http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechc...f-firefighters

"FAA probes drone near miss with Reno Firefighting helicopter" http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-cou...ighting-copter

And now this. Five events that interfere with events that put people and millions in property at risk are hardly "one off".
Would two or four off be better? Cherry pick til you're hearts content....here's a stat to work on. Take the number of commercial flights per year and match that up against all of the alleged "sightings" over the past 3 years. What's the percentage?

You have more of a chance causing damage flying your heli in a park as a drone has of hitting a plane.