Canadian Railroads > Stupid Drone Trick

Now that drones have become relatively inexpensive, it seems a lot more folks have them. And some are doing really, really stupid things with them.....dumber even than some of the free agent contracts handed out yesterday (not naming names, but, seriously Brian Burke, seriously?)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drone-seen-flying-in-path-of-landing-planes-at-vancouver-airport-1.2693601

Under Canadian rules, if a drone is under 35 kilograms, operators are only required to maintain a line of sight and avoid getting too close to congested areas or restricted airspace like an airport.

In the U.S., the rules are much more strict. Drones cannot travel within eight kilometres of an airport without permission from the control tower.

"The technology at this point is sort of surpassing the regulation, it's moving at a pace that has significantly outpaced the legislative ability to keep up to it," said Mauro.


BobE, whose favorite team may or may not have "flown a drone into an airport's restricted airspace" yesterday.