> My club was near an air force base and it was a pain to fly there
> because of the primary rule which was to require a spotter when
> flying

I remember Mythbusters being given an altitude restriction with their
helium balloon lawnchair, even though they were many miles from any
established fllight paths

It's a little hard to believe that the Australian incident is carelessness,
although he may have simply wanted a bird's eye view of airport
activity. But you might attach a better camera for good stills

The flyer would be well aware that the airport is nearby. Having a
video camera on-board was surely to record passing aircraft and
even casual observation would have told him how aircraft approach
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