Blue View – Flying Our New Drone

Blue View – Flying Our New Drone

From a previous blog regarding our new drone: “I'll be learning how to fly it this week. I'll let you know how I did in next week's Blue View, unless I crash it or it flies off over the horizon - in which case the subject will never be discussed again.” We finally had some good weather on our way back to Las Vegas, and we found a couple of isolated spots that looked perfect for drone flying. There was no wind. It was sunny. I couldn’t come up with any more reasons not to take the plunge…

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Blue View – Before You Fly a Drone

Blue View – Before You Fly a Drone

I had planned to do this week’s Blue View on learning to fly Marcie’s new drone. I thought I’d have all kinds of cool video footage by now, showing all the impressive aerobatics I had mastered with the new drone. But, alas, it wasn’t to be. It’s not that it crashed and burned or got stuck high up in a tree. It didn’t fly away over the horizon in search of a new and more talented pilot, nor did an osprey swoop down and take it home…

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