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  4. What did you fly today?

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    Posted · Edited by Oliver

    And the journey continues...

     

     

    BCS3084

    "EUROTRANS" THREE ZERO EIGHT FOUR

     

    DEP: ULLI (Sankt-Petersburg, Russia)

    DEST: LOWS (Salzburg, Austria)

    LEVEL: FL380

    ROUTE: LISNA B141 RANVA P863 RESMO N619 TIGNU B73 RANOK P861 RASAN UP861 RAK UT108 NIRGO T108 OSTES T700 SBG

     

     

    Commencing pushback from stand 701.

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    Engines running, so it's time to call for "Before Taxi" checklist!

     

     

    Quick look at the scenery. X-Plane airport addons keep getting better and better...

     

     

    With favourable winds en-route, in less than two hours we fly the arrival segment into Salzburg.

     

     

    Long final, on the ILS runway 15. Still, this won't be a simple straight-in approach this time around.

     

     

    Flying special circling procedure for runway 35. Overflying Salzburg city with the airport in the background.

     

     

    Right base to runway 35.

     

     

    Vacating runway via taxiway Bravo. Another successful landing ;]

     

     

    This scenery has to be one of the freeware jewels. Blends nicely with HD Mesh and World2XPlane autogen.

    Available from Austrian Xplane Design Group - http://www.x-plane.at/drupal/node/202

     

    You take some truly breathtaking shots. 

  9. South Florida Flying

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    Very nice!! I could introduce you to my Swiss, Canadian and German subscribers, you will be famous in one day :D

    :D Wonderful! YouTube is the only social platform that I've never fully tried to grow. What's your channel? Would love to see your videos! 

  12. South Florida Flying

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    Posted · Edited by Oliver

    Took a friend for a short sunset flight to share with him the beauty of flying. Seeing the smile on someone's face as the wheels leave the ground is truly the best feeling. 

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  16. What did you fly today?

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    Posted · Edited by Oliver

    Not today, but on Saturday I did some airwork in preparation for flight grading this Friday in Bankstown

     

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    Over Tsim Sha Tsui

     

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    "Cessna India Victor, leaving Harbor, squawk 5277, 1500 feet on QNH 1017"

     

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    Minimum level ops over port shelter (500' AMSL)

    Be careful about posting real life photos... You're going to make the petulant child angry again...  :P 

    Beautiful shots nonetheless. What are the airspace restrictions in HK? Similar to the US (Class B over cities) or similar to certain European countries with Class A over major cities? 

  18. What did you fly today?

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    Seeing as it's not about what xplane we flew today, I flew a radio controlled shark. 

     

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    tomorrow I'll show me flying it to the local pizzeria for lunch. :lol:

    You're one bitter little child. You must really be displeased with your life. FYI, perhaps your little mind wandered past the description of this thread - "What did you fly today?" No more, no less.

    Some advice... Stop bitching about every single post I make on this forum and you'll learn to enjoy life quite a bit more. 

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  19. What did you fly today?

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    Sneaking in just before official night?   :P

    Nah... just a routine flight to my favorite restaurant. Actually was my first flight with an issue. Landed and got comms issue with the G1000. Had to get light signals from the tower. Eventful flight but I definitely learned quite a bit.  :P

  22. FAA Drone Regulations

    in General Discussion

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    You don't get it, kid.  You don't have a market.  The FAA kicked the rug out from under you.  

    I never said that I do adhere by such practices, I simply said that they do occur far more than you can imagine and that hundreds of people get away with them because of the lack of proof that can be determined.

    I truly do appreciate the kind words, nonetheless. As far as me stating "We", it's because I don't feel the need to justify myself, my companies, or any personal matter to someone like you. The company has more than myself but it isn't relevant to the conversation at hand.

    Believe it or not, the majority of the time, making assumptions can make you look like a monumental imbecile. Perhaps you could remember that next time you assume things about one's life.

    Cameron/Other admins: Feel free to close this thread, I've received the necessary advice from informative and intelligent forum members. 

  23. FAA Drone Regulations

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    Posted · Edited by Oliver

    If you honestly believe making a commmercial video for a commercial company that you own isn't commercial, then you have a lot to learn.  It's not about money changing hands, it's about pecuniary gain that defines the act as being commercial.

    Real estate has sold perfectly well for decades without videos. Just saying the pecuniary gains of making a real estate video are far outweighed by the red tape you have to beat just to get off the ground.

    We've got less rules than you, and there isn't exactly a queue of people rushing into the take-videos-for-real-estate business.  Probably because there's no more money in it than the real-estate-without-video business.

     

    Also "We"?? How many of you are doing this?

    I never said it didn't, but if you fly in real life you'll understand that although the FAA is clear on the laws of commercial flights there are still legal ways to bypass them. I'm not saying I have before, but I can definitely assure you that the FAA will not be able to prove a correlation between your flight and your friend gifting you $500. As aforementioned, it'll be clear, but there won't be any direct proof that the flight was actually compensated.

    I learn every day, that's why I came to this forum (and others) to ask for advice. Perhaps since you aren't in the real estate market or in the business world you don't see that evolution is necessary in any market in order for it to continue growing... Much like in this case. Real estate has sold for decades because drones weren't around to provide aerial shots of properties. When the transition began in the aviation market from props to jets, I'm sure many people believed that it wasn't necessary because props were able to get the job done. It's the evolution of the market. In such a competitive world (real estate), if you don't differentiate yourself from your competitors, it's highly likely that you'll be blown under the rug by your competition. Also, perhaps in your area there isn't a demand, we're based in Florida where you have properties located right on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. A lot of our french clients purchase the investment properties purely by looking at the pictures we send them. Most don't even come visit the properties. A video would be a huge selling point because pictures can only speak so many words.

    I digress...

    As aforementioned, the reason I'm coming here is to get advice on how to do this operation LEGALLY. Clearly I could have already gone out, bought a Phantom 2, jeopardized my licenses and future with the FAA, but I didn't. 

    We = the company. I'm the only one with licenses.

  24. FAA Drone Regulations

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    I think it's more about having a level of intelligence and responsibility than aeronautical knowledge. They're trying to weed out the type who thinks it's funny to stick a firework up a cat's backside, or whose favourite line is "watch this!"

    As an rc heli pilot of 7yrs, I've watched from across the pond how the FAA wasn't going to be happy until the rc hobby was gone. And that was really before quads came along.

    Then FPV arrived and suddenly idiots could fly beyond line of sight and wham, that got the FAA the excuse they needed and now you've got the rules you have.  And that's just the beginning.

     

    I've also watched it with interest because - from the other end of the scale - the legislation really started here in the UK. It's £200 for a commercial licence (to film something), with something like 30 days notice, and there are so many conditions such as not within 50 metres/150ft of buildings, people, vessels etc.  And you need to apply (and pay) for each incident.

    The cost is minimal compared to yours, but the rules are just as restrictive to the point where many would just say Why Bother?

    From the outlay you mentioned, is a real estate video really going to bring you enough income in to even cover its costs?

     

    Oh by the way, if the FAA follows the CAA route, "commercial" means use in the commission of a business. Strap a camera to your drone and take vids for your personal album, that's non-commercial. Use it to take videos that are clearly for (your) business's gain, then it's commercial.  It'll be a miracle if the FAA see it any other way.

     

    Then it goes far past the definition of the commercial... for example, if a non-commercial pilot flies his friend around at a cost of $500, he must pay the pro rata share with his copilot. Now, what if his friend decided to "gift" him $500 because of their wonderful friendship? In theory, this isn't gain or compensation for the flight, but with common sense, this is clearly gain or compensation. 

    The main purpose of the videos would be to showcase the homes. We deal with clients in France (we're located in Florida) so videos can be essential to sell clients on these investment properties. I'd be interested to see what the process is behind getting authorization for a commercial flight. Perhaps I'll call the local FAA office and get more info. 

  25. What did you fly today?

    in Screenshots

    Posted

    Ah! Took a guess from your flair, never seen a 172 with the side vents...

     

    I'm jealous of how much you've flown... I'm at 60 hours and not escaped the 152 yet... aren't really any better options where I fly, whatever you hire will be guaranteed to have 20 years under its belt and only enough work done to keep it airworthy! Still great fun to fly though  :D

    Well give me a shout if you're ever in the Sarasota, Florida area and we'll take a 172 to lunch somewhere!  ;)

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