Reports of close calls with personal quadracopters and other remotely piloted UAVs are on the rise, with the latest scary story coming from the pilot of a SkyLife medevac helicopter in Fresno, California, who says he came “within about 15 feet” of a drone yesterday afternoon before making a sharp turn to avoid a collision.
The helicopter pilot said he encountered the quadracopter at an altitude of about 1,000 feet agl on a mission from the mountains to a hospital in Fresno with two flight nurses and a patient onboard.
