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Hmm I’m not sure that’s true. All I know is I calibrate every new location because I fly all over the country and magnetic interference is different even with polarity. And I’ve never had a flyaway, which I can’t say for people who don’t do the same.

Drone Opping is about 40-50% of my job working in film, otherwise cinematography and directing.

Follow up, flew in Atlanta with zero issues. Definitely a location issue. They also say it’s haunted, so... @R.Perry good to know re: Scott’s Valley. Thank you!

Hi @Timinator — I had flown about three hours previously with zero issues. Was taking off from the ground. Won’t have another chance to test until tomorrow in Atlanta. Will follow up with results.

Hello fellow pilots! Just spent about thirty minutes trying and re-trying to calibrate compass at the Savannah River Walk to try and get that gorgeous sunset behind the bridge, but repeatedly the compass calibration would fail due to magnetic interference. I moved multiple times, away from the...

Ooh, @jack.s I'd also love to hear what you are doing for flight logs. I'm using Kittyhawk at the moment, which is nice for my own records and maintenance, but not sure what Canada would be looking at, and I'm planning a trip up to Vancouver and am looking into getting a flight authorization -...

I got direct authorization to fly at a golf course by calling ATC directly - The golf course is very close to the Carlsbad Airport, which is Class D. I spoke to the airport manager first, who was upset that I called him at all, but his number was listed. Then he gave me the number to ATC, and...

Woot!

Yeah! I fly in the IE often, as well as the nomadic lands between LA and San Diego, and then the deserts to the East. Best to get out of the ish airspace here, although hopefully the AirMap digital notice system will go through for us soon, esp the smaller airports - its hard to drone real estate!

Nice to see another intrepid adventurer in the crazy SoCal skies! Hallo!

Hallo! I'm an aerial cinematographer in LA and mostly work on commercials, music videos, film shoots, weddings, and real estate. Definitely digging this forum. Would love to hear if anyone is flying in Vancouver?

Wow! Forensic architecture is an application for commercial droning that I didn't ever consider. Also from the Left Coast, hey!

Oh hey! I'm a drone op, or aerial cinematographer, in the good old L of A, Los Angeles, the city of angels, and the mass spread of unaffordable housing and ridiculous drone regulations. Regardless, I'm not leaving, except for some trips here and there for drone footage for a burgeoning stock...