This morning I was flying my drone to take some Arial photos of the fields behind where I work as a new bypass is due to be started in the next few months. I met 2 groups of walkers who like to walk through these fields and are upset that they (the fields) will soon be gone. Both groups thought it was a good idea to record how the countryside will change over the next year or so as urbanisation is spreading into green belt land. This is my first encounter with Gen public whilst flying and after hearing some horror stories it was a pleasant surprise.
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Good to hear, i have had more people ask about the drone and a few Karens/Kens, just brush them off, well off is one of the words 
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They’re not all bad @abt 
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I have been flying over some fields at the end of my road, recording the loss of farmland to housing development. Mini 4 pro doing a way point every week. Word has spread via my neighbour, and others are asking to be posted the footage as it goes along. I intend when finalised to share it with the local press and the protest groups that tried so hard to block it.
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I have had quite a few people come up to me and ask what I’m doing. All of them have been very positive. They are usually quite surprised as they don’t even know the drone is there until I reduce altitude to let them see it.
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I’ll be honest and say in my 3/4 years of flying, I’m yet to have a negative interaction. I get approached by many people at my regular flying location with many looking to purchase their first drone.
It’s all about how you as a flyer engage with people as well… If somebody is a little doubtful and ill informed, send them on their way with the knowledge you have gained about drones and the rules rules surrounding them. Always remember we are ambassadors to this great hobby. 
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Hi @PeterA, it looks as though you’re quite new here 
Why not nip over to the Introductions page, and say hello properly and tell us a bit about yourself. 
That’s been my experience too. Maybe it’s the areas in which I fly - fairly open and used by walkers and dog owners but having said that, with my Mini 4 Pro being very quick to get flying and legal in all areas I am flying more amore in urban areas and still with the same result, people show interest and stop for a chat.
I think part of it is how you present yourself. If you stand, confident in your right to be there, people sense that. One thing I often do is to turn the drone to look at me and the interested party so they can see themselves - and wave at the drone!
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just had 2 really good interactions on Morecambe prom. one guy had a drone but never flown it. but was somehow impressed with my flying skills 
so encouraged him to get out into a field and get it in the air.
the other guy has been contemplating getting one for a while. stop flight and landed
gave him some advice from a Lito to a mini 5, and a brief insight into the air 3s as that was what i was flying. then gave him a go of the drone. gave him details of GADC. Then a flight of mine.
could have a new member soon as his missus seemed agreeable so you never know.
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but was somehow impressed with my flying skills
And what did the Labrador think
Good interactions what us needed 
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labrador had a white cane.
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Speaking of white canes, I once nearly caused an accident in Bootle (Liverpool), was instructing a blind person in the use of one. I turned up near their home, got out the car (drivers side), un-folded a white cane and set off down the street as if using it. (Liked to keep my hand in, makes it easier to instruct). The driver passing gawped and swivelled head through 180 deg watching me and nearly crashed his car, oops!
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