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First, glad you're safe. Just thinking out loud here. If the margins are so thin, and the consequences so severe, is it time to rethink your practicing? What is your goal here? Becoming a more precise pilot is admirable. If it's to get perfect spot landings, perhaps the 1000-foot markers might...

True; However, with traditional sports you're usually admiring the athletic prowess and/or physical danger the competitors are putting themselves in. The big time gamers have some sort of prowess, but it's not one I can relate to much. To each his own.

Congrats. Five years ago this month, I took the trip to Peoria and had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Bruce, spending some time with him, and of course receiving a medical I wasn't sure at first I could get. It really does feel like Christmas! Since then, I've seen several pilots go through months...

Yeah.. Compared to GA, flying drones is cheap, safe, and easy. Moving to "real" flying takes a huge time commitment and cash outlay. I'm not seeing much crossover there. If I were into motorcycles, I wouldn't be too worried. You can still ride fairly cheaply even if the industry shrinks a lot...

Up 'til now my method has been: Windy at the surface? Probably turbulent Airmet Tango? Probably smooth, but you never know. I've gotten a lot more interested in trying to figure out turbulence from Skew-T graphs and the Aviation Weather Center: http://aviationweather.gov/gfa (select Turb then...

I'm sorry, was someone looking for knowledgeable Peeps?

Sad to see, but always good when the pilot survives. In this case, he walked out. Aircraft was "destroyed" due to contact with trees, but no fire or fuel leaks. I'm not sure he would have been so lucky with other aircraft models.

Yes; however, maximum flight altitude (from launch) defaults to around 400 feet. You can modify the setting up to 500 meters (1640 feet). The software won't let you set it above that. There appears to be a hack to get around it, but it's not easy (firmware hack). I've seen a high altitude DJI...

An important point.. we train for full power loss, but often you'll have a partial power situation.

Wow, interesting experience. Any idea what kind of shape it was, e.g. the classic white DJI Phantom quad, or a larger hex or even octocopter? 7500' is pretty high for a standard consumer drone. I'm curious about what kind of drone would be up there.

It looked a bit like a crop duster indicator thingie mounted vertically, but I'm going to go with AOA indicator.

Is this some kind of analogy for your airplane buying experience? :)

Any research or studies out there about these Christmas light displays vs. other lasers at the distances we're talking? I had assumed they were much less powerful, but I could be wrong.

So... time to spare, go by air?

There are many sad aspects to this story. One of them is that the attempt to make aviation interesting/exciting/appealing, especially to younger people, will be dead on one front. There are others, but this was certainly a way to get people excited about flying. It appears to be way too risky...

Skip ahead to 28:40.. yeehaw! It's a lot of fun until it isn't.

I like to sound like the Big Boys, so I always say "Cessna 123 With you at Three point Fiiiiiiive.." (It's a joke)

While the videos do seem to depict high-risk maneuvering, the people filming sure freak out about even the straight-and-level flying at low altitude-- "I never thought they would be allowed to fly that low like that." You can't even have a little fun without people wondering if you're breaking...

Is it really that dangerous in a seaplane? I thought they were made for that. Speculation, but based on the extensive damage I see in the photos, I doubt this is a simple matter of flying fast and low over water. Granted this is the Daily Mail, but headlines like "Recipe for disaster" don't...

Ugh.. if unleaded heads close to $5 again, I don't want to see what avgas does. Good luck finding a reasonable flying option.. kind of crazy to have so few options near GJT.