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Tuesday morning was very iffy weather wise so I took the opportunity to take the drone down to Happy Bay in the very early hours. I was concentrating on video but took a few photos as well. People love the views of the Friars to Happy walk and here’s some from the sea bird’s perspective.

Enjoying this fast vacation as sloooow as we can.

Paul--are those final two pictures of items left from the music festival? Thanks for the pics.

Carol, yes, there’s actually a fenced in area with more of their stuff too

OK thanks

I'm not really a fan of Drone use, due to privacy issues, those are nice pictures.

Do I understand that you're staying at Villa Canoua? We stayed at Villa Happy Bay, right across from Canoua, in April. What's the status of the construction below you? They had just started it when we were there, so I'm curious.

Thanks for the pics. Enjoyed the walk over. Last time I was at Happy Bay, I only had to walk down the hill from Villa Canoua.

Scuba--he said the pictures were taken in the very early hours, as in, before anyone was about.

I just have a thing about the use of Drones. This last May while at the Flamingo pool there was a person sitting pool side with his Drone swooping everywhere next to balconies and such. By the time security showed up after many others complained he had it put away and was spoken to. Just like that previous thread on this Forum where a drone north of Orient was swooping in on another rental place while patrons were there. Not OK in my book.

And, again, Ollie said it was early, and the pictures did not show anyone around.

As I stated in my previous post I complimented him on his pictures but just have issues with drones.

Yet often you drone on and on!

👍👍👍

Like a lot of others on this forum which makes it interesting. 😉

GaKaye, the construction beside us hasn’t bothered us in the least. We hear a little hammering in the morning but a little soft morning coffee music cures that. It’s a very small work crew. The owners told us that the dust was horrendous earlier in the year when they were digging.
Scuba, I totally understand your complaints about Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. I surely would not want one buzzing around when I’m on the beach. The ONLY time I fly in built up or busy areas is for real estate photos/videos..with a safety vest for visibility….and that’s in Class G airspace or with approval from NAV Canada in controlled airspace…or with a “Special Flight Operation Certicifate” from Transport Canada. I’m summoned all the time to help look for missing dogs. I walked my drone down to Happy Bay early in the morning to make sure nobody was on the beach instead of sending it from the villa. I hold the highest certification in Canada for RPAS under 25kg. It’s not easy to get…only 10% of people pass the written test and then there is a flight test after that. There have been commercial airline pilots fail the written test on their first attempts. I follow ALL the rules that include controlled/restricted airspace and privacy rules. RPA systems are used for farming, organs for transplant from hospital to hospital, mapping for roads and on and on. Painting your wide brush on all RPAS pilots is not fair. And before you say “you’re not licensed in the EU”, I use my micro drone (under 250g) down here which is not bound by airspace rules. I also have the Grand Case airport in my contacts in the event of a lost link or flyaway.
The type of pilots that you are referring to piss me off too.