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Ha, that is true. I had to join a club before I even knew what to buy...
That sounds rubbish to be honest.
It was an official TV-video-quadcopter from an Italian local TV company. The FIS was initially okay with it. The quadcopter operater has a pilot license and was suposed to fly only in a specific corridor with no visitors nor athletes underneath. Though, the quadcopter (intentionally?) left the corridore several times in the minutes before the crash (for better videos?). https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl…
Looks like the italians have something against us austrians..
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And there's no single word for Schadenfreude in English, but it exists there as well ;) IIRC, it's a traffic offense in Germany, too (as well as here in Prague ;)). While city centers may be pedestrianized again, it's bound to be an uphill battle for some time.
I'm more partial to Fremdenschämen myself. Also fits in this situation :)
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In the US, maybe, but for sure not in Europe. We don't even have a word for "jaywalking" in Germany.
And there's no single word for Schadenfreude in English, but it exists there as well ;) IIRC, it's a traffic offense in Germany, too (as well as here in Prague ;)). While city centers may be pedestrianized again, it's bound to be an uphill battle for some time.
At 3am with no traffic light near you, or the traffic lights being off? just go.
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In the US, maybe, but for sure not in Europe. We don't even have a word for "jaywalking" in Germany.
And there's no single word for Schadenfreude in English, but it exists there as well ;) IIRC, it's a traffic offense in Germany, too (as well as here in Prague ;)). While city centers may be pedestrianized again, it's bound to be an uphill battle for some time.
Bad risk taking drone pilots are incredibly irritating, because they will ruin it for the decent pilots.
This is very relevant to your comment. "In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error, also known as the correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics (personality) to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than considering the situation's external factors." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attributi…
He was risking it for better shots.
If he was in his zone, then malfunctioned then it would not have crashed there.
I used to fly remote control aeroplanes as a hobby. There's a really strong culture of having a licence and insurance before you're allowed to fly solo. You have to pass a test before you can get insurance, and there are more tests if you want to fly around spectators (stunt shows, etc). This seems to be completely missing in the drone community. I quizzed some drone enthusiasts about it and they responded with "meh"…
Bad risk taking drone pilots are incredibly irritating, because they will ruin it for the decent pilots.
It is only a matter of time before decent pilots make mistakes. So what you are saying is that the risk-taking pilots are closing the "window of unregulated flying" a little bit faster than you'd like to see. Eventually, that window will be closed nonetheless.
It was an official TV-video-quadcopter from an Italian local TV company. The FIS was initially okay with it. The quadcopter operater has a pilot license and was suposed to fly only in a specific corridor with no visitors nor athletes underneath. Though, the quadcopter (intentionally?) left the corridore several times in the minutes before the crash (for better videos?). https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl…
I'm having trouble understanding why the last part of this comment is relevant...?
It was an official TV-video-quadcopter from an Italian local TV company. The FIS was initially okay with it. The quadcopter operater has a pilot license and was suposed to fly only in a specific corridor with no visitors nor athletes underneath. Though, the quadcopter (intentionally?) left the corridore several times in the minutes before the crash (for better videos?). https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl…
Looks like the italians have something against us austrians..
Thank you,
a fellow European (specifically, from Austria as well)