Drone for leisure a common sight in Korea - 흔해진 레져용 드론

  Drones are becoming a common sight at city parks in Seoul Korea, with the small unmanned aircraft emerging as anew toy for 'kidults'- adult enjoyinghobbies considered better suited to children. Korea's largest onlineshopping mall 11st said it saw drone sales rise 560 percent from January to April this year compared to the same period in 2014. Park Seung-wook, 29, a researcher at a chemistry company, si one of the many 'kidult' enjoying the hobby. "I like sound of the propellers, which makes my heart beat. As I get older, there are fewer things that make my heart flutter," Park said. "I also feel like I am riding a plane while operating the drone by seeing the monitor in tje real time," he added. He is spending most of his weekends flying his AR Drone made by French company Parrot along with other members of his drone clib called "Drone, a camera flying sky"  

  For some, flying a drome is a life-changing experience. Lee Jung-hoon, who used to be a career soldier aspiring to be an unmanned surveillance vehicle pilot, became a drone importer after first learning about the new devices three years ago. Last March, he set up drone club Phantom Drone to share his experience with others, and it has now become Korea's larset drone club with 3,400 members. "Flying is not sometu=hing easy to experience. While flying my drone, I get a vicarious thrill," he said. 

 

 

 

1) drone : [낮게] 웅웅거리는 소리, (꿀벌의) 수벌(worker), 무선으로 조종되는 무인비행물체

2) unmanned : (기계, 차량등이) 무인으로    cf an inmanned space craft : 무인우주선

3) flutter : (빠르고 가볍게) 흔들리다. 펄럭이다, 떨다. 심장이 고동치다(beat) 날개를 퍼덕이다.

                cf. be in a flutter : 흥분하여 가슴이 두근거리다. 허둥거리고 있다.

4) aspire (to sthc): ~을 열망하다.   cf. aspiring : 장차 ~ 가 되려는,  an aspiring youth / 청운의 뜻을 품은 청년

5) surveillance [s3:r^|veɪləns]: 감시      cf. under ~ : 감시하에

6) vicarious [vaɪ^|keriəs] : (느낌, 경험을) 간접적으로, 대리로   cf. get vicarious satisfaction : 대리만족.