Jonathan Hair is a drone pilot and aerial photographer from Detroit, Michigan, who recently ran into a confrontation while flying his drone at a public field. Hair, who has been working with radio-controlled planes, helicopters, and multi-rotor aircraft for the last twenty years, was confronted by a man who suspected that Hair was recording a girl’s soccer game, suggesting that he was a pedophile. Hair stood his ground, responding in a professional manner and capturing the entire confrontation in the 5-minute video above.
Throughout the entire confrontation, Hair deals with what he calls “drone paranoia” in a safe and respectable manner. Luckily, the altercation did not break out into any violence, but it is a reminder that people can get very concerned with new technology that threatens to invade their privacy – even if it is at a local public field.
“Model aircraft are not a crime. This is a public field,” says Hair. “I was testing my camera and gimbal settings on my quad and hexacopter. I fly here often, as do many others. It is a safe and wide open area to fly.”
At the end of Hair’s video, he posts the GPS log to his flight that, does indeed, showcase that he was quite far from the children’s soccer game. “Anyone that has a problem with my flying can come and talk with me about it,” he notes. “So long as they don’t imply I am a pedophile, it is likely to be a pleasant conversation.”
Hair ends his video by saying that others should not “feed the drone paranoia. Model aircraft are a hobby, not a spy device.”
(via Jonathan Hair via Reddit)
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