Recent content by David Daugherty

To be honest I think the unmanned v. manned argument is a cop-out. Although the naked eye at 500 feet and a drone camera below 400 can see quite a bit more. I think over time it's going to come down to what can be seen with unaided magnification. But then with the new drone zoom cameras that...

Warrantless drone access,

Interesting story on all the things the department is using it for. Great use cases for a lot of departments to learn from, https://thecoastnews.com/oceanside-fire-departments-drone-program-takes-flight/

A new 6 part docu-series on SAR and being able to find lost/stuck/hurt animals with drones, CuriosityStream Announces Launch Date for DOUG TO THE RESCUE Doug may even be on this forum.

Welcome from another fellow Houstonian. Glad to hear the local LEOs are here and using advanced tech.

You can get some great drone shots over the frozen Mississippi in the winter there. How about the bridge construction on the new I74 bridge? There's lots of cool drone shots to take in the QC over winter.

Moved to Houston, TX

Welcome to the forum. I just moved from Davenport.

I'm a part 107 pilot in the Houston area. Can you post a link to tonight's chat? I missed last week because I was in training all week for work. Or PM me please if you don't want it public.

So far every request I've made has been within the AGL limits for that quadrant. I mistakenly assumed that if the limit was 0 I could not even request a waiver

Good information to know. I didn't think I would be able to get authorization with a 0 AGL quadrant.