Drone flight prompts FAA alert at Alabama airport
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An Alabama man is keeping his drone aircraft closer to the ground after a high-altitude flight prompted a warning to pilots at Birmingham's airport.
Michael Mayhew posted a video on YouTube in late May showing a drone flight that soared thousands of feet off the ground north of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
The video doesn't show any airplanes nearby, but pilots later received an automated warning from the Federal Aviation Administration about unauthorized drones.
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The problem is that the drone was in airport airspace, and FAA rules limit the altitude of such flights.
Mayhew says a user on an Internet forum reported him after seeing flight statistics online. One video by Mayhew says a drone reached an altitude of more than 3,600 feet.
Mayhew says he's now limiting his flight altitude.