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So a couple days ago I heard through some friends that in a couple weeks during a upcoming very popular festival there will be a man with some sort of rc helicopter to drop ping pong balls filled with prizes over a possible crowd of people being 500 to 3000. I immediately did some digging, and found out it was true and the local girl involved with marketing the village told me" we need to bring back numbers to the festival , and since our last idea was reported to the FAA after a couple years of success, we want to try this. "" they hired a local helicopter pilot to hover 20 feet over the city block with three story buildings on each side and a plethora of power lines , while a dood scooped balls out the open door. So a few years went by and they had devices that air powered the balls out and they used the city's brand new 90 foot 1 million dollar ladder truck to deliver it. For some reason they need a helicopter. I assured her this is not a safe idea AT ALL .
The air powered devices worked perfectly by the way and everyone crowded the streets, the year the helo was reported they flew in at least 25 mph and the helo was extremely shaken and almost took out power lines and trees . It scared several people , and resulted in a random phone call to the FAA .
I'm buds with all the EMS, FIRE, Police up here since I was a EMT-p . Should I mention it to more of them, I don't want to effect my business either. It's a very small community in fact island. I can't find any info of this man or his device, she made it sound like a multirotor and capable of GPS . He is not getting paid according to her. I have a wedding that day to film so I cannot attend . How much further should I go? If it does go down I will make sure it is filmed including the pilots face and I will post it everywhere! Any advice.
Goes down meaning "if it happens" I'll have a buddy or two film it with iPhones for me
The air powered devices worked perfectly by the way and everyone crowded the streets, the year the helo was reported they flew in at least 25 mph and the helo was extremely shaken and almost took out power lines and trees . It scared several people , and resulted in a random phone call to the FAA .
I'm buds with all the EMS, FIRE, Police up here since I was a EMT-p . Should I mention it to more of them, I don't want to effect my business either. It's a very small community in fact island. I can't find any info of this man or his device, she made it sound like a multirotor and capable of GPS . He is not getting paid according to her. I have a wedding that day to film so I cannot attend . How much further should I go? If it does go down I will make sure it is filmed including the pilots face and I will post it everywhere! Any advice.
Goes down meaning "if it happens" I'll have a buddy or two film it with iPhones for me
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