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Officials probe first possible drone-related aircraft crash in the US

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Yup...

”why were you pushing things?  Why did you hit that tree?”

”uhhhhhh....there was a drone!”

So not near an airport...at 50’.  I’m going to call shenanigans. I considered right of way rules, but since a helicopter can hover, I guess it could go either way?

There is no minimum altitude for helicopters outside of the required lateral distance from dwellings and people. We fly at 50 feet regularly.

34 minutes ago, Breckey said:

There is no minimum altitude for helicopters outside of the required lateral distance from dwellings and people. We fly at 50 feet regularly.

Define regularly

4 hours ago, uhhello said:

Define regularly

Probably between 30 and 60% of scheduled lines, as a guesstimate.  Personally, I tend to favor 100ft for low-level so I have a little more reaction time for EPs and am less likely to wire-strike an uncharted line.  (Lots of 30-50ft lines out there.)

Edited by raimius

Daytime Rage time.

 

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