I read your editorial "The Drones Are Here" with interest. You asked the question "When was the last time you flew below 400 feet away from an airport?" My answer is: yesterday. As a seaplane pilot, I do this all the time over bodies of water. So do thousands of other seaplane and helicopter pilots. There is no way on earth that we would ever be able to "see and avoid" these tiny toy aircraft-at least not in time for the "avoid" part-and for sure, their untrained operators would not be likely to anticipate and avoid us. It is not a matter of if, but when someone will be killed by these dangerous drone operations. I guess our lives are less important than the interests of hundreds of thousands of drone hobbyists.
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