Australian Aviation Authorities Investigate Man Fishing While Being Carried By Drone
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority is currently investigating a video that appears to show a man using a drone to lift himself off the floor in a chair before casting out a line and going fishing.
Of course, this sort of thing could only happen in Australia. He's even got a bottle of Victoria Bitter in a cup holder next to him. Strewth.
Whether or not this against any aviation laws is not yet clear. You've got to admit that it looks like a whole heap of fun, though.
The footage was uploaded to the Facebook page of a Brisbane-based drone seller called UAV Me earlier this month and it shows the bloke sitting in a metal chair, being carried several metres above the waters of the Upper Coliban Reservoir in central Victoria state.
He's got his beer, he's got his fishing rod... he's got it figured out, you'd have to think.
In the video the man even appears to get a bit of success with his rod.
The guy reels in a fish on his line before being carried back to shore by the drone.
This brave chair-borne airborne maverick is identified in the video as Sam Foreman. That's about all we know, really.
Naturally, the authorities have been quick to say that this is - of course - a really silly idea.
For the record, LADbible does not encourage you to strap yourself to a propeller-powered drone - or a propeller-powered anything for that matter - and go floating around above bodies of water.
CASA spokesperson Peter Gibson told Aussie news channel ABC: "It's really not a sensible thing to do in any way, shape, or form; there's lots of things that could have gone wrong, someone could have been seriously injured."
Oh, and if they're found guilty of any law-breaking, they could be in for a decent whack of a fine.
Oh, and if they're found guilty of any law-breaking, they could be in for a decent whack of a fine.
Severe breaches of aviation regulations often carry fines that are greater than AUD $10,000 (£5,500 / US $6,700). So, while it's a funny stunt, it could yet prove to be an expensive one.
Gibson continued: "It'll take some time for us to gather the information, analyse all that [and] determine what the appropriate course of action is."
It's worth remembering that this is, after all, a fairly dangerous activity.
Gibson pointed out: "For the person on the chair, the risk could be computer errors where the aircraft flies away, [or there] could be motor failures where the aircraft ends up in an uncontrollable state.
"Best-case scenario is the battery sets die and it plonks straight into the water."
Surely the best case scenario was that he enjoyed a beer, caught a fish and went back to the shoreline?
Eli Young
image needs a shitposter artistic rework
Luke Miller
What the fuck kind of drone can lift a whole person in the air with his lawnchair and fishing rod??
Adrian Clark
An australian drone. They're poisonous too
Dominic Green
i dont know but one thing is clear, we need to address the Australian Question
They have industrial drones that are big and can carry a lot of weight, but they start at like 40,000 dollars so he probably just nigger rigged some hobby drone and risked his life significantly
>it's dangerous we're going to fine them if we can find them and find a regulation that allows us to do so sadly this won't wake any of these useless cunts up
>we dont know if its illegal but were going to make sure it is
Dominic Jenkins
well, if this shit is true, then huge kudos to aussies for taking the ridiculous to a whole new level. just watch out for salties.
Kevin Powell
>risked his life
Literally worst case scenario is the drone dies, and he falls into the water below. Considering people jump into water safely from 20m and above, he probably would have survived his 2-3 meter drop into water without any issues.
Alexander Rodriguez
GIVE THIS FUCKING MAN A MEDAL AND LEAVE HIM ALONE
Jacob Long
Why would they want a man to get wet just for enjoying himself. That's sick
Zachary Rodriguez
This.
Hunter Jackson
>he could've gotten hurt absolute nanny-state.
Noah Perez
>have fun >get fined The Australian ruling caste needs to go.
Bentley Stewart
>Literally worst case scenario is the drone dies, and he falls into the water below And then drone and a bunch of wires fall on him
Dominic Hill
VB is owned by a Japanese company how un Australian can you be?
Joseph Bailey
>literal "No fun allowed"
Jace Reed
>find new application for existing things >s-stop it, m8 we're gonna make it illegal
Henry Phillips
Please don’t drone Guatemalans over our new glorious border wall...
worst case scenario is his drone dies and he falls into a school of box jellyfish, sparking a weeks-long search that goes nowhere because a croc ate his remains
Leo Jenkins
>Someone does something fun >The authorities immediately try to pick through and fine/ jail him
Typical. Careful Aussies your country is not far off from looking like the Kiwis'.
James Brooks
Underrated
Luis Myers
kek
Jonathan Bell
Literally need a licence for it
Brody Fisher
>High intelligence + alcohol you might be onto something
>breaking news: authorities see man having new type of fun and scramble to make new laws or investigate him in other aspects of his life
John Lopez
>Something new and untried happens >"IS IT ILLEGAL??" Fucking christ, if there was ever proof that we live in a hand-holding society
Owen Thomas
>fishing from a drone what the fuck kind of drone was he using?
William Flores
>Severe breaches How severe could this be?
Oliver Garcia
>Gibson pointed out: "For the person on the chair, the risk could be computer errors where the aircraft flies away, [or there] could be motor failures where the aircraft ends up in an uncontrollable state. >"Best-case scenario is the battery sets die and it plonks straight into the water." Thats true of almost ANY plane or helicopter. Fucking things run out of gas all the time. Do you think the controls are all mechanical still? Operated by servos. Even if they are mechanical the linkages could fail. better ban 747s
Noah Hernandez
I know right? How about a thumbs up to this guy
Adam Perry
>"look, there's no way an aussie can be more of an aussie" >"hold my VB"
