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Originally Posted by bblhead672
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I had seen a meme about this recently on Facebook and laughed out loud. As a current drone pilot for recreational purposes operating with TRUST certification and working on obtaining my Part 107 UAV Pilots license so I can use them for work as well, I’m amazed at the lack of public knowledge and media exposure - that while me flying a drone over my neighborhood under 400’ is perfectly legal (as long as I’m not hovering around your windows, swimming pool or other voyeuristic activity) that some of my more vocal social media posters in the neighborhood will say, “if I see one flying over my property, I’ll shoot it down!”
I guess they don’t know that besides some local laws being broken about that, the federal laws will put them in a nice federal prison for five years and fine them up to $250,000 for shooting at any aircraft manned or unmanned. You don’t own the airspace above your property up to infinity. Shine a laser at a drone, same federal offense as shining one on a commercial or private plane.
I have four DJI drones and have flown them in Texas and California so far and they will notify you of any airspace restrictions (airspace classification) or simply not allow you to take off. If you haven’t told the software you have an approved LAANC (Air Control Tower) authorization it won’t fly outside the allowed geo-coordinates, altitude, or allow you to take off.
If the government is so concerned about Chinese aerial surveillance and mapping services maybe they should talk to Google, Tom-Tom and SPOT or the private single engine aircraft that fly over my house (sometimes) below 400’.
As for New Jersey, my first thoughts were “those are commercial aircraft taking off or landing on a new or rarely used runway.” Which probably also created new air corridors for smaller private planes to fly in and out of a multitude of airports in and around New Jersey/New York.
Sheesh, I don’t even know how to turn off the lights on my drones, not saying it can’t be done but the settings don’t have a switch for that.