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<p class="MsoNormal">John brings up very valid and important points, but the media will never make that distinction and even if they did the public will never take the time to read past the headline or sensational .gif image.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Like it or not, we've been permanently lashed to these guys, commercial and rouge. I doubt the AMA will be able to do much about it through no fault of their own.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On a lighter note, I was able to convince the Indianapolis FSDO to schedule two Aerobatics Qualified inspectors for the 2016 Nats to serve as judges and monitor scoring at Sites 1 & 3. They couldn’t spare a third body for Site 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">Paul Lukas via NSRCA-discussion</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, December 24, 2015 10:04<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">'General pattern discussion'</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] The Moment A World Cup Skier Was Nearly Hit By A Drone Falling Out Of The Sky</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Govt Video Expo and “National Drone Show”. While walking around the drone booths, I got into a conversation with a gentleman who was advertising his services
and explaining how a video drone can be used by a tower crane operator to do inspections. The guy from the construction company was enthralled. I jumped into the conversation and mentioned that the construction site under the crane would have to be cleared
of workers to allow safe operation of the drone. The pitchman was insistent that it was not necessary. I got into a long conversation with him about safe operation and use. He ended the conversation by saying how he has 3,000 hours experience flying the
drones, he is an experienced drone pilot, and he can fly a drone just 5 feet over the heads of kids at a skateboard park. I called him irresponsible and walked away shaking my head.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It’s not just the rogue operators, but professionals that think they are too good for anything to go wrong. Watching that video clip of the skier, it seems to me that the drone came straight down. It should
never have been flying directly over the race course, but off to the side away from spectators and athletes as well.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Does anyone remember the cable camera that came down on the field in the middle of a NFL game? Almost hit a player if I remember. Anything hanging or hovering can come down unexpectedly at any moment.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Gayer via NSRCA-discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 24, 2015 12:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] The Moment A World Cup Skier Was Nearly Hit By A Drone Falling Out Of The Sky</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">This was a commercial operation by the video provider of the race in Italy using a 22 pound drone. It was fully authorized by the FIS which puts on world cup races.
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That takes this incident completely out of the realm of the rogue hobbyist. Of course the FAA might use the incident to further delay their commercial drone regulations.<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On 12/23/2015 7:55 PM, Keith Hoard via NSRCA-discussion wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I do believe this was a “bite the pillow and enjoy the sting” moment.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><sigh> </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">(slinking off to get my registration number)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/22/the-moment-a-world-cup-skier-was-nearly-hit-by-a-drone-falling-out-of-the-sky/">http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/22/the-moment-a-world-cup-skier-was-nearly-hit-by-a-drone-falling-out-of-the-sky/</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="">--Keith Hoard<br>
<a href="mailto:--klhoard@outlook.com">--klhoard@outlook.com</a></p>
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