Oregon Drone Pilots: Stay away from Forrest Fires

If you have been paying attention to the news outside of Oregon, you may have heard stories of drones being flown over or within close proximity to wildland fires. While this may seem harmless, the reality is that firefighting aircraft have been forced to abort their current missions and dump their fire retardant so that they could return and land within legal landing weight conditions. This wasted thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money and allowed the fires to spread further, putting ground crews at greater risk.

Here is one of the recent stories


Oregon Drone pilots should take special care to avoid flying anywhere that may conflict with air traffic. Please fly no closer than 5 miles to the nearest airport.