filmfly
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Sunday Aug 17, 2014
Warm sunshine, a light breeze, and white, puffy clouds high above the corn fields of Central New Jersey provided a pristine backdrop for today’s fly-in of the New York City Drone Users Group, or NYCDUG. UAS hobby pilots and enthusiasts came together on short notice this weekend to take up the invitation to fly their aircraft over a corn maze at Stony Hill Farm in Chester, New Jersey. The group hosted by Meetup.com has grown quickly in recent months to include more than 700 local members, and even at the somewhat distant location 50 miles from New York City about 20 people and their guests responded to organizer Steve Cohen’s announcement of the event just one day prior.
In addition to seizing the opportunity to fly together and show and tell about their aircraft, members of the group spoke with a photographer from the New York Post who was there taking pictures of the group’s activities following up on an interview given to the paper recently by Cohen. Pilots posed with their aircraft for a group photo, and spoke in support of community efforts to prioritize safety and emphasize the variety of uses and positive impacts UAS can have.
Some users tested out new systems on the sidelines, a few DJI Phantom pilots hovered over the area and tracked waypoints around the designated flight area, and a couple of the more experienced operators showed off their flying skills and more capable aircraft, sometimes while broadcasting video which was shared among the group via several FatShark headsets and monitors. A few people at the meetup were not yet pilots but were simply interested in learning more, and helpfully the other members of the group were happy to answer questions.
Although for many owners of UAS who live in cities or dense urban areas finding a safe and appropriate location to fly can be difficult, the members of this group have proven that when a good opportunity arises to fly together they are willing to make the effort even on short notice to come together to share their passion for multirotor flight as a community.
Congratulations on a very successful and fun fly-in - with such a great location, great conditions, and great people involved we can only hope for more of the same in the near future!
David T
Warm sunshine, a light breeze, and white, puffy clouds high above the corn fields of Central New Jersey provided a pristine backdrop for today’s fly-in of the New York City Drone Users Group, or NYCDUG. UAS hobby pilots and enthusiasts came together on short notice this weekend to take up the invitation to fly their aircraft over a corn maze at Stony Hill Farm in Chester, New Jersey. The group hosted by Meetup.com has grown quickly in recent months to include more than 700 local members, and even at the somewhat distant location 50 miles from New York City about 20 people and their guests responded to organizer Steve Cohen’s announcement of the event just one day prior.
In addition to seizing the opportunity to fly together and show and tell about their aircraft, members of the group spoke with a photographer from the New York Post who was there taking pictures of the group’s activities following up on an interview given to the paper recently by Cohen. Pilots posed with their aircraft for a group photo, and spoke in support of community efforts to prioritize safety and emphasize the variety of uses and positive impacts UAS can have.
Some users tested out new systems on the sidelines, a few DJI Phantom pilots hovered over the area and tracked waypoints around the designated flight area, and a couple of the more experienced operators showed off their flying skills and more capable aircraft, sometimes while broadcasting video which was shared among the group via several FatShark headsets and monitors. A few people at the meetup were not yet pilots but were simply interested in learning more, and helpfully the other members of the group were happy to answer questions.
Although for many owners of UAS who live in cities or dense urban areas finding a safe and appropriate location to fly can be difficult, the members of this group have proven that when a good opportunity arises to fly together they are willing to make the effort even on short notice to come together to share their passion for multirotor flight as a community.
Congratulations on a very successful and fun fly-in - with such a great location, great conditions, and great people involved we can only hope for more of the same in the near future!
David T
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