What to do with that eye in the sky

So, you’re out on the beach catching a tan and next thing this whirring, buzzing noise interrupts your daydream. You look up… it’s a drone… and what’s more, it’s filming you! You start waving at it angrily or hurl a stone at it. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but what can you really do about these all-too-popular privacy-invading mechanical menaces?

With new kid on the block Compact Aerial Services, which is one of the first fully licensed and officially approved remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) operators – or drone operators – on the Garden Route, you might just have a way to get this fly off your back.

The company, which is run locally by Rocky Reeder and Simon Walters, is not only licensed and approved by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), but they have a direct line to the regulator and can get “illegal” drone operators into hot water if they don’t comply with regulations.

To read more about how these men can help you, or about what goes into becoming a fully licensed and officially approved RPAS operator, along with what could happen to you should you illegally operate a drone or use an illegal operator, check out the story on www.knysnaplettherald.com - exclusive to our online platform.

Also view more photos and a video interview with Reeder and Walters.

For more information contact Walters on 082 5638781 or email gardenroute@ compactaerial.co.za

More information:

Visit the SACAA’s website at http://www. caa.co.za for more information.

Photos: Stefan Goosen See more photos and a video at www.knysnaplettherald.comRocky Reeder, remote pilot, with the safety box needed for operating a drone commercially. The box includes a first aid kit, fire extinguishers, danger tape and cones among other items.

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by Compact Aerial Services Garden Route.

Photos: Stefan Goosen Simon Walters programming the drone. Simon Walters (left) and Rocky Reeder with drone and high visibility vests – as required by law.