Please leave your drone at home.Wouldn’t it be great to get an aerial view of Zumwalt Campground? If you are considering bringing your drone you will want to reconsider. The sponsor of Zumwalt Campground, the City of Veneta, doesn’t have any explicit prohibition against the use of drones or UAV’s on their event webpage. However, Lane County makes it clear that operators need a special use permit to fly UAV’s in County parks. PrivacyThat said, many people find UAV’s noisy and annoying. People don’t like it when ski boats zip by the beach or an ultralight airplane goes overhead. Chances are really good that there would be numerous complaints if there was a buzzing quadcopter flying over the camp. People stay at Zumwalt Campground to take some time away from the default world and let their freak flag fly in the company of like-minded folks. It just good manners to ask before taking pictures of people and it’s pretty darn hard to get consent from people while flying a drone. SafetyMost people see quadcopters as flying lawnmowers and rightly feel unsafe with one in a hover overhead. Thankfully, most easily portable drones have hinged rotors and are not strong enough to actually cut someone, but getting a finger or worse, some hair in a flying drone rotor is painful and a quick way to ruin someone’s good time. Additionally, FAA regulations clearly state UAV operations over a populated location are prohibited and Zumwalt Campground is a three day community of over 1500 people. It would be very challenging to safely fly with the park full of Fairies. Take homeSo there you have it. UAV’s are way cool, fun to fly, and can capture amazing images. But they just are not a good fit at Zumwalt Campground. While it might be tempting to get that great shot from above, please leave your drone at home.
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Author: El Scorcho (not his real name)Been camping for Fair at Zumwalt since 1994 and still haven't seen it all. Why else have a blog for something that lasts three days, once a year? I am not an employee of the City of Veneta and have no affiliation with the Oregon Country Fair. Well, I go to Fair and I do volunteer stuff at camp, but that in no way makes this website and blog official. Consume with caution! Archives
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