Third drone park opens in Florida

SEFFNER, Fla. — Putting connected peculiar goggles, you tin spot what it looks similar flying a drone done the obstacles astatine Mango Park.

Some of the racing drones that tin beryllium flown tin scope much than 100 miles an hour.

“If you deed this one. Your drone is decidedly broken. You’ve got to hole again,” said Tilly Koester.

The Cigar City Multirotors nine members said they are blessed to yet person a spot to alert and contention wherever they won’t beryllium chased away.

“We’ve been flying astir successful antithetic spots sometimes getting the stink oculus and worldly due to the fact that of being determination erstwhile we shouldn’t beryllium there. Or radical feeling we shouldn’t beryllium there,” said Eric Dederichs.

“The champion portion is having a dedicated abstraction wherever we are not conscionable tolerated, but we are encouraged to travel retired and amusement disconnected our drones amusement disconnected what we do,” said Koester.

There are much than 896,000 drones registered successful the U.S. by the FAA. And thousands much that aren’t registered.

It’s not ever casual to find a spot to fly, which is wherefore astatine Mango Park successful Seffner Hillsborough County, officials created the archetypal dedicated drone parkland successful Tampa Bay. And 1 of conscionable 3 successful Florida.

“We consciousness harmless that we tin alert here. It’s intended for america to beryllium here,” said Dederichs.

“Seeing the drone flyers is perfectly amazing. The accomplishment and the technique. The quality to marque thing determination truthful accelerated and truthful effortlessly. And I haven’t seen anyone clang yet,” said Jason Mackenzie, Hillsborough County Park Planner, and Development Manager.

Members of the nine said it’s an fantabulous hobby for those who similar to tinker with mechanical things.

They besides said they similar gathering others who emotion to alert and teaching those who privation to learn. They picture it arsenic a real-life video game.

“The adrenaline that’s what gets maine the astir close there. Just taking the helmet, and my hands are shaking from it still,” said Dederichs.

Erik Waxler astatine WFTS archetypal reported this story.