Matt Herron Jr. wrote, On 8/29/2013 6:01 PM:
I just read in the local Palo Alto Daily Post (P.7) that the National
Guard is using a Predator Drone to relay live rimfire imagery to the
firefighters in the Sierra Nevadas around Yosemite. The drone is
operating out of Victorville airport in LA, which means it must fly
up and down the Sierra Nevada range every day (22 hrs aloft max.).
It must end up passing near Inyokern, Lone Pine, Bishop, etc. if it
take a direct route.

Do these things pose a danger to gliders in that area? Do they fly
only through MOAs? Is a TFR corridor established for transit? when
they are going from point A to B, how hight do they like to fly
them?

I read it is escorted when not in restricted airspace.

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