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Is to take it out of VLoS. That means flying it so high it can't be seen [regardless if it can be heard or not], and/or it is flown to such a distance it cannot be seen [in which case one definitely could not hear it]. It's like driving a vehicle. On a street, vehicles have the right of way over pedestrians. In the sky, airplanes have right of way over drones.
There are ALOT of private aircraft in the sky, and I for one, encounter them more often than not. These private planes are the ones that one must really be on the lookout for, because they just 'pop' up, like, "where in the heck did he come from!", type 'pop' up. And they like to fly low, too. And they like to circle about. And none of these things will you know about if you don't have VLoS of your drone.
Now, what REALLY exacerbates this issue, is that the modern drone has gotten smaller and smaller, which makes it harder and harder to keep VLoS of. There are more than a few folks out there flying these things literally MILES away from the home point, and as anyone over the age of 6 months knows, luck runs out...
Be smart, and do yourself a favor; don't fly the drone so far away you can't see or hear it. If [yes, the biggest word in the dictionary] there are any aircraft, of any type, INCLUDING other drones, in the vicinity of your flight path, you won't know it. And likely no one else will know it either...until it's too late. A risk that, quite simply, isn't worth it.
There are ALOT of private aircraft in the sky, and I for one, encounter them more often than not. These private planes are the ones that one must really be on the lookout for, because they just 'pop' up, like, "where in the heck did he come from!", type 'pop' up. And they like to fly low, too. And they like to circle about. And none of these things will you know about if you don't have VLoS of your drone.
Now, what REALLY exacerbates this issue, is that the modern drone has gotten smaller and smaller, which makes it harder and harder to keep VLoS of. There are more than a few folks out there flying these things literally MILES away from the home point, and as anyone over the age of 6 months knows, luck runs out...
Be smart, and do yourself a favor; don't fly the drone so far away you can't see or hear it. If [yes, the biggest word in the dictionary] there are any aircraft, of any type, INCLUDING other drones, in the vicinity of your flight path, you won't know it. And likely no one else will know it either...until it's too late. A risk that, quite simply, isn't worth it.
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