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  1. GVDD Scout

    Gather around children, and let me be blunt...

    I agree with you. I'm waiting for Amway or some other pyramid business model to pop up and start 'ground floor' opportunities...As I'm not looking around too hard, they may already be out there. I am blessed in that I fly as part of my regular job. Insurance etc. is not my concern. All I need...
  2. GVDD Scout

    Anyone have any experience with Open Drone Map

    ODM is free, and you know what they say about getting what you pay for... It took me 10 hours to get it installed as a virtual machine on my PC, and then gave me slow and mediocre results. The counter example to that is Drone Mapper RAPID: Easy to get, install and decent results. But since my...
  3. GVDD Scout

    Yielding to manned aircraft

    'Well clear' also depends on the type of aircraft ans noted in the above replies: For me, if I'm 600' to 1000' below a fixed wing craft, I don't worry, and just stay alert. Helicopters, however, in my area of operations have a tendency to enter the my airspace at variable altitude and speed, so...