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3 Days ago, I flew my P4A from my doorstep to take a few photos of this cloud formation (see below). I was airborne for less than 10 minutes, I didn't take any video (only about 5 still shots) and the drone flew at about 20 meters on take off and then averaged about 80 meters high during the flight time.
Within half an hour someone I don't know, who lives 600 meters away, down another road was at my door, not keeping her 2m social distance and angrily tell me that 1) i knew her and knew her family and knew where she lived - on a camping site near me, 2) she liked to sunbathe in her garden and that I was breaching her privacy and 3) that next time I wanted to fly over her house, I must ask her permission. She did not say how that might be achieved, nor did she offer me any contact details.
I replied: 1) I did not know her, her family or where she lived or about the camping site. 2) I was not aware of flying over her house, because I didn't know where it was and that the drone was probably too high to see it (or her) anyway and 3) I rarely go out these days, I'm over 60, with some medical issues and I was just taking the air (and to the air) on a nice day. She became more aggressive and I finally asked her to leave, after telling her 3 times to keep her social distance. FYI, I now know the location of the property and had seen it, but didn't know it was a camping site or who owned it.
I called the Gardi (Irish police) to complain about her intrusion. They took no sides and said that it's understandable that a woman might feel vulnerable about being photographed sunbathing. After a long discussion (at least 45 minutes), they said that I knew more about drone laws than them, and that they would call her. They did and came back saying she thought I was "creepy" and probably keen to see her sunbathing.
Anyway...I have spoken to 4 people who know her and based on the (same) information they all gave me, followed up by calling the county council planning permission enforcement department. It turns out that there have been 2 complaints about illegal building work on property in the area of her camp site (they couldn't be specific without a zip code (Eircode) ). They said that they are still in the process of following up the 2nd one. The property is heavily secluded at ground level by concrete block and it is impossible to see inside it from the ground. But...not from the air, obviously.
Having spoken to someone else, just now, who has had bad dealings with her, I'm satisfied that she was calling me a pervert to cover up her non-compliant operations. It may even be that she's got people staying there now, against Irish lock-down rules. This has kept me awake for 2 nights, but I promise her that I'll have the last laugh.
Within half an hour someone I don't know, who lives 600 meters away, down another road was at my door, not keeping her 2m social distance and angrily tell me that 1) i knew her and knew her family and knew where she lived - on a camping site near me, 2) she liked to sunbathe in her garden and that I was breaching her privacy and 3) that next time I wanted to fly over her house, I must ask her permission. She did not say how that might be achieved, nor did she offer me any contact details.
I replied: 1) I did not know her, her family or where she lived or about the camping site. 2) I was not aware of flying over her house, because I didn't know where it was and that the drone was probably too high to see it (or her) anyway and 3) I rarely go out these days, I'm over 60, with some medical issues and I was just taking the air (and to the air) on a nice day. She became more aggressive and I finally asked her to leave, after telling her 3 times to keep her social distance. FYI, I now know the location of the property and had seen it, but didn't know it was a camping site or who owned it.
I called the Gardi (Irish police) to complain about her intrusion. They took no sides and said that it's understandable that a woman might feel vulnerable about being photographed sunbathing. After a long discussion (at least 45 minutes), they said that I knew more about drone laws than them, and that they would call her. They did and came back saying she thought I was "creepy" and probably keen to see her sunbathing.
Anyway...I have spoken to 4 people who know her and based on the (same) information they all gave me, followed up by calling the county council planning permission enforcement department. It turns out that there have been 2 complaints about illegal building work on property in the area of her camp site (they couldn't be specific without a zip code (Eircode) ). They said that they are still in the process of following up the 2nd one. The property is heavily secluded at ground level by concrete block and it is impossible to see inside it from the ground. But...not from the air, obviously.
Having spoken to someone else, just now, who has had bad dealings with her, I'm satisfied that she was calling me a pervert to cover up her non-compliant operations. It may even be that she's got people staying there now, against Irish lock-down rules. This has kept me awake for 2 nights, but I promise her that I'll have the last laugh.