You can't make waves without rocking some boats... The drone guys can be crazy, so can manned pilots, just keep doing you and know it comes with the territoy. That shot was so rad, makes me want to go fly and that says something. Cheers bud

Joe, I am an R/C Pilot, drone pilot and Private pilot, I think your shots of the plane slipping in are fantastic buddy !

Fun Story, glad it worked out! 2 months ago I got a letter from a FSDO in Texas about violation I have made doing low altitude aerobatics. That was a fun battle proving I was not in Texas, my airplane has never been in Texas, in fact hasn't left PA since 2019 and I was working 300 feet underground in a coal mine at the time of the complaint! But, you are right, they have to investigate every complaint, he told me that as well.......

2:48 "I should have called a lawyer but I didnt because I knew I didnt do anything wrong". This is when you should REALLY call a lawyer!

It's the internet. Do not expect reasoned, educated, sensible, intelligent or common-sense responses. Very nice slip btw!

Probably the same guy who thinks slips are dangerous

I got a phone call from the sky police over a photo I posted to a pilot group of flying through IMC. I was not the pilot operating the aircraft at the time, my instructor was. I asked him to take the controls so I could snap a photo. You can even see his hand on the yoke in the opposite seat in the photo. FSDO bro called me and after some back and forth, he told me he's actually in the same facebook group (local pilots) and saw the photo long before the complaint came in and thought nothing of it

Never underestimate the revenge of a troll. They live on social media 24/7. We really need troll police.

I get a call every now and then from the FAA for flying my drone at night. Somebody reported me and the FAA has to follow up which I have always been in the right as you are allowed to fly your drone at night as a hobbyist as long as your aircraft is properly marked for night flying.

Keep doing what you LOVE ! We appreciate the time it takes and the effort to put these videos out !

You have the best aviation footage on the web! The shots you get are meditative. Keep them coming!

Probably a junior captain at your airline trying to get you in trouble and move up in seniority. People are so petty. Love the channel. Keep this content coming.

Never underestimate the passion of ignorant people!

Hey Joe, thanks for taking the time to post your experience. I’m also Certified Part 107, and I think it’s important to make these posts to share with the community of pilots. Not to mention what to expect should you get a call from the FAA. I was a flight engineer in the Navy and like to think I am very cautious about the rules and guidelines. But there are a lot folks out there that are not aware of the FAA rules and fines to ruin your day. I will share if you don’t mind. Stay safe out there and head on a swivel.

Great slip! It’s true. Part 61 pilots definitely can have certificate action taken on their part 61 certificates for part 107 violations when they should have known better and were especially egregious. It’s in FAA order 2150.3C for those who care to confirm. I think it’s in Chapter 9. It’s no joke.

Thank you for posting this, you’re a good guy. I love aviation, this is how conversations should play out.

I'm sorry to hear that you've been through a situation like this. I just hope you don't stop making those beautiful videos that I enjoy so much.

What a joke. Who would actually believe that you were flying an aircraft and a drone at the same time? That person is not very intelligent. By the way, the video of the slip to land that you filmed was just awesome!!! I can tell you have complete control of that aircraft ith that precision slip landing.

I was in training for human factors Investigation and all I could think was this was freaking beautiful! Good coordination between your buddy and you for this amazing shot! 🎉

Crazy they reported it to your Airline. Glad you came out of it clean! Thanks for the helpful information!

I love your work. I hope everything turns out right for you.

I was going to comment, but after watching the whole video I decided not to 😂. All I can say is that I enjoy watching your videos and have learned a lot from them. Keep up the good work!

I love your videos! Glad you got past that with no real issues. One thought, if someone reported that to your airline it seems like it was someone who knows you? Some people have no life, keep the awesome videos coming.

I have a big appreciation for you making this video to talk though the process.

I learned early on, "you never know who's out there". Keep the videos coming Joe, we all love them, and I'm sure all your regulars are behind you.

CYA is absolutely spot on! Didn’t realize what you said about whatever you get dinged on your drone license will carry over to your pilot’s license either!😳

That was a BEAUTIFUL shot. I got no words to describe the way the drone and aircraft movement, along with the transition into the focusu area. Have a sweet song going in the background, slow the replay down a little, and color the video a little bit warmer, and you have movie magic.

Well done handling the situation. Hope you keep making the awesome videos.

I'm sorry you had to make this video instead of sharing the usual amazing footage we so much appreciate. Keep the great work!

Your videos are awesome and most of us appreciate them, but some people just have nothing better to do.

Very informative Joe! Thanks so much for posting this!

My first time seeing your channel and that opening video was fire

Hey Joe, drone pilots are just jealous because yours is bigger than theirs! From a fellow ATP.

Hey Joe, I'm both a private pilot and drone pilot for network tv in Los Angeles. I've talked to many momma's basement drone guys that seem to have a bit of hidden jealousy for PP along with drone guys that are fortunate enough to fly their stuff for the big screen, but somehow think their day in the sun comes from being the worlds drone police. Wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some of that peppered in. On another note, while only a complete idiot would try legal or not, flying a drone, composing and hold a tracking shot while side slipping into a greased landing on a soft field in a tail dragger you should be elevated to God like status for both manned and unmanned aviation a-like (assuming you live) Sorry that happened to you brother. That is one awesome shot!

Great video appreciate you sharing both sides of the story. I have often wondered how you pulled off some of the shots they look awesome. Looking forward to seeing more.

Joe, I watch all your videos. All pilots love this view of flying and landing. Since I can remember I've always wanted to be flying my airplane and also be on the ground watching. That's why these videos are so cool and Pilot's that matter love them. Keep making them!

Honestly, this is one heck of a beautiful video. Haters will hate, and whoever reported you has a very sad and pathetic little life. I for one thought it was one of the most beautiful, professional and well made aviation videos ever!

*_"The_** F.A.A. **_is not happy until_** YOU **_are not happy."_* *EDIT:* I posted this comment BEFORE Joe said it....

I understand everything that happen but not the airline motives. Now you know where you stand with the airline. BTW I loved that video. (PPL here)

Awesome video brother, I am studying for my pilot's licence and I'm actually learning a lot from your videos. Keep up the awesome work from 🇦🇺

I’ve heard the same from other KZfaqrs. That’s crazy tho that your airline didn’t reach out before hand reporting it.

Great shot and story. It is unfortunate that we live in these times where someone can jeopordize your livelihood.

Pilot here. Excellent shot. As long as you two were coordinating and were taking precautions, you did everything right.

Hell of a gorgeous video. A truly unique angle of my favorite maneuvers.

Joe, Great video, great Post. Thanks for sharing. There are Drone pilots out there freeking over the FAA's obvious attempt to over regulate the drone world but this may have been one of those Karen's who try and go out of their way to make Drone Pilot's lives hell because that is their hobby (They have no real life). We all get uptight when we see the obvious rule breakers going 1500 meters up into man'd airspace because we know that means more heat on those of us trying to follow the rules. It is nice to know that the FAA does follow up on all complaints, just sorry some scatter brain tried to take a shot across the bow and made you a target. People need to grow up and get a pair. If they have a problem with something you post they should have the guts to reach out to you before screaming the sky is falling. Thanks again for a great post.

I'm starting to really dislike people. There are some winners looking to crush your happiness. Having said that I noticed that you cleared your throat at 7:06 and I found that to be offensive. I'm going to be taking the necessary steps to make sure that doesn't happen again lmaooooo. Great video man. You're a true professional and I have even more respect for you

It was a great shot of the slip. It's a good thing the FAA called you to give you some more content around this nice, but very short, slip-clip.

Thanks for the heads up on this. My son operates a drone under 107 and sometimes shoots me landing in my cub in off airport areas. I will keep this in mind.

I'm studying for 107 and am in several FB groups for drone pilots. Man can some people get hot under the collar if they *think* you broke the rules. Best advice I can give is just just do what you do and not engage negativity. Thanks for the vid!

Why can't Karen and Ken mind their own business???

Actually, that was an awesome shot. The first thing that went through my mind was COOL. Thanks for taking the time to do that shot. Just know, there are plenty of people out there who are really jealous, and can't resist striking out at someone who's more talented than they are. Someone making a big budget movie sees your clip , you may get offered a job to shoot a scene for a movie. Trent Palmer mix airplanes and drones all the time. So, all is good. Awesome shot.

Can you tell me the link of you landing after that slip (video in question). I think I've seen in on Facebook & for the record, that's one of the greatest (ya, really) shots of an airplane landing. Not to mention your super extreme precise control of the thing touching down and command of that rudder. You're next level!

Honestly... There are people who will go far and beyond to mess up peoples lives. Having everything on ur facebook is a Spammers dream as well... Careful y'all. Love ur content man. Takes me always from the mess Im in at the moment. Frim brazil with Love.

Your videos are awesome. Your photos are next level. Your piloting skills are...Well, I don't know what to believe anymore after thinking that you were flying the drone from the rear seat of a Cub, only to find out that you weren't. I was hoping that I could go find an instructor that would work on that skill with me, but now I guess I won't because APPARENTLY that would be frowned upon:(

That actual drone video is beautiful! And that plane behind you is gorgeous!!👍🏼👍🏼

Hello Joe, thanks for explaining how the call turned out, glad it ended up not affecting you or your license. Nice looking plane and a cool video. I’d love to see more videos like this so keep it up. Matt

Man this is crazy. You'll pribably find the complainer has been caught out by the FAA in the past.

Thanks for sharing your experience, as a drone pilot myself from a photography perspective, just a beautiful shot. Unfortunately there are a lot of new technologies changing things. FAA just wants to keep the skies safe, but has gotten a lot of drone pilots radicalized “if you see something, say something” mentality.

I do tons of air to air work with helicopters and airplanes with my drones (DJI and my FPV drones) and I am always super cautious to post any thing from it because of people who see something and feel the need to report everything they see that they feel might be a violation of some rule. Drone police are a pain in the ass and make life a lot less fun. Thanks for the video and I always enjoy your work! If you ever make it up to Alaska let me know. It would be fun to link up and do some stuff together!

Before we had LAANC, I spoke with FAA reps a few times. They were always extremely helpful and encouraging.

As a drone and a recreational private pilot there are a lot of drone operators that have that complex.

Drone pilot here. Love big machine content in general too. Drone pilots get heated about rulefollowing because we don’t want to draw fire from the FAA. *Any* time someone does something stupid with a drone, it gives the government ammunition to restrict drone pilots more. The hobby is very much at risk, and people get mad when they think someone might be giving a bad image. Edit: I think that’s all really dumb and that’s a super cool shot.

Thanks for sharing this insight. I was slightly worried I would get a follow up after breaching Austrian height regulations earlier this year.

This was a great video. I think your planning and intentions were sincere. i think it reflects well upon the FAA, your company etc. This is an example of the system really working including up to the point of the pilot intelligently discussing it. By the way, during my training, I had to fly with the chief pilot at my flying school prior to soloing. I loved landing exactly the way you did in your video, come in high and then drop down fast (under good control) and then flare. My instructor had not complained about it, but the chief pilot exclaimed "What are you doing! Landing on a carrier ?" He didn't like it much. I thought it was great, perfect control.... anyway, I like the way you handled this.

Unfortunately there are a^$@holes out there. We recently had a similar incident in a different industry where someone decided to report us just to be difficult. We came out of it without a problem but it was just both time consuming and annoying. All I can say is that revenge is best served cold!

Great story. I just have one minor correction. It's not "drone pilots are a different breed". It's "DJI drone owners are a different breed". They really are a petty bunch of non-pilots. lol.

Yes, some people won’t hesitate to try to destroy someone and/or their livelihood. Good video.

Great story! Just found your channel. Bottom line … some people are very unhappy in life and have nothing better to do but complain and whine! Kudos to you and the drone pilot! Great capture! Fabulous slip to touchdown! Blue skies from Canada!

It has become immensely frustrating how every single time I see a mildly interesting aviation reel on either Instagram or Facebook, the comments are invariably filled with the same "Hope the FAA doesn't see this..." comment 100 times from armchair aviators. Sometimes it's an unfunny joke, sometimes it's a passive aggressive criticism, but it's unfortunate how these nagging commenters can have real-world impacts for those of us who actually do fly and do so safely.

That’s bananas !

Nice footage! I've been wanting to get some drone footage of me flying my paramotor. I'm not coordinated enough to fly both either lol. (Although drones can pretty much park in the air) Love it!!!

Great video of a slip! You are so right about social media where anyone with a keyboard can become an anonymous troublemaker

There are a lot of folks out there that4 will complain at the drop of a hat. A neighbor works at a local FSDO and he told me you would be surprised at how many frivolous complaints they get. About 90% of the complaints are bogus.

Haters gonna hate! Great video and very informative. I truly appreciate everything you do and find your content very inspiring. It amazes me how negative and petty folks on the internet can be. Most if not all would certainly not have the testicular fortitude to confront you to your face about it. There are few good men left in the world today unfortunately. Please keep up the good work and know there are many of us standing by and cheering you on!

It's the same people that will jump on their phone and call 911 without having a clue what's going on.

I never realized this about flying. Why do they have to investigate every complaint? That just seems ridiculous. It's about money. It looks like they're doing more because they're doing stuff they don't need to be half the time. Which means more fines. It's all about what they can make us do, what courses, what licenses or taxes they can add to literally anything. Land of the free?

Thank you for sharing this. Your interaction with the FAA investigator was incredibly eye-opening. Thanks again for sharing.

I was on an airliner once studying with my light on and a passenger asked if I could turn it off. I told him I was using it to read. Once we landed he asked me in a snarky attitude if I enjoyed my read and what I was reading. Told him I was reading over aircraft information and he got super excited. Then he said “I’m a pilot too, a drone pilot.” I wanted to laugh so bad. 😂😂😂

How do you run an investigation but not WATCH the video, literally the evidence

The video of that landing is awesome ! I wish I could fly like that ! 🙂

Hmm it’s almost as if we don’t have the freedom that we’re supposed to

That’s scary when your hobby starts to have potential consequences with your day job! People are basically crazy 😀. I am going to vinyl wrap my experimental airplane, so I posted a question on a vinyl wrap fb group. These people did not answer my question, but instead, started preaching about FAA rules and regs… stuff they had NO idea what they were talking about. Lesson learned!

Thanks for sharing, great to know how careful we need to be about posts!

I loved the shot with the music from the KZfaq short. It's crazy that someone went to the effort of making an official complaint. Negging someone on a forum/reddit is one thing, but taking up a level to formal complaint is nuts. I agree, the drone guys can be super "goody two shoes", but i think this comes from the fact that so many drone "pilots" are actually doing the wrong thing, and no-one wants their hobby banned or whatever because some moron is breaking the rules.

Doing anything differently and confidently nowadays attracts the attention of people. There are always people who try to bring others down! Keep up the great work! 👍

Wow! Unbelievable! There are a bunch of idiots on the internet! Love all your content, Joe! Don’t be deterred by these keyboard warriors! Thanks for sharing!

You’re dealing with nerds with keyboards that will throw you under the bus in a millisecond.

That was a beautiful landing!!! Nothing beats the J3 on a rural grass strip.

Awesome plane and that shot is epic. Honestly, what you were doing was very out of the ordinary and that’s why it’s so cool. You’re a pilot so it is par for the course for you, but very rarely would a situation like what happen for a normal drone pilot. I can totally see why it would raise some eyebrows. Glad you were able to get it straightened out without much trouble.

I fly drones and model aircraft, but I’m not a pilot. I’m not going to speak for the entire community but I find that people who genuinely love to fly rc take it upon themselves to police others because our hobby is under constant attack from the FAA. People posting obvious violations just make it harder to defend a hobby that some of us hold very close. That being said, it’s incredibly sad that somebody went after your livelihood for something that could have been explained in a dm (if necessary). This is the exact reason I don’t post any flight footage. That shot was amazing btw. I’m happy that the incident is resolved. New sub.

Thanks for sharing. ATP with a part 107. Never thought any drone action could carry over. Good to know! Lot of Jealous Karens out there. Always call an attorney first, why we pay for the AOPA Pilot Protection. You have a nice Plane there; The Video was a really cool shot!

What a nightmare. Love you videos, wishing you the best.

I’m sorry you had to go thru this. As a recently retired airline guy with 38yrs in the business, I can only imagine what you went thru. Like you said, petty people with vindictive personalities. Glad it all worked out. And yes...retirement is great, Lol. Enjoy your videos. Best.

I would have just said, "Cool shot!" And, "Amazing piloting!" Some people need a life so tjey don't harrass people on the internet. Thanks for sharing this.

I thought the video was computer generated at first. That is a great video!

Great video and explanation. My husband is a drone and private pilot and was cited by FAA, currently in court case and so far FAA is losing the case.

The funny thing is here in PA there are security companies that boast having anti drone capacity around construction sites. I know one person that had that happen to them and tried using PA law to get the person charged, but the DA said no, so they went federal. Dam shame for the poor guy with the anti-drone gun.

Thats pretty crazy story. People just feel its there job to control you.

Just found you on KZfaq, thanks for sharing. People suck brother, keep on keeping on.

The _real_ lesson, kids, is _Don't ever get on social media_ - not FB, not IG, not SC. Ever.