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Originally Posted by rcooled View Post
I was speaking with a guy over the weekend who owns several drones and he was saying that the software used to control the ones that he flies have virtual 'no-fly' zones built in that are tied to GPS coordinates. For instance, his drones can't be flown within a five-mile safety zone around any airport.
How about hospitals? Just about every hospital has a helipad and helicopters do, on occasion, fly under the 500' altitude limit mentioned in the new regulations. I've already heard of one helicopter that had to abort an approach to a hospital (with a patient on board) due to UAV.
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