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Wintermute  ·  3206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Drones cause fire planes to abandon fire.

People who do this give all UAV operators a bad name. That said, from a purely technical standpoint 11,000 feet is seriously impressive for a hobbyist pilot.

These kinds of near misses are disappointingly common, but sooner or later there will be an incident where the human pilot doesn't spot the UAV and it isn't a miss. When that happens, I expect the FAA will come down hard on UAV operators who don't follow the rules.