[GreenKeys] Good part time retirement job

[Richard Knoppow]

      Well, sometimes OT is interesting.  I was at the park not long ago 
where there were a bunch of radio controlled model airplanes. Some are 
fairly large.  I don't know how high they get, I don't think any of 
these were over perhaps a couple of hundred feet. Also, not long ago I 
was in Long Beach with a friend just looking around.  I saw a wedding 
being photographed by means of a radio controlled model helicopter.  Do 
any of these qualify as drones? Does a drone have to be a full-sized 
aircraft?   You could do a lot of damage with with a model airplane.


On 3/14/2015 1:59 PM, W2HX wrote:
>
> Awesome. Very cool (and scary).
>
> On a side note, the videography company actually broke the law by 
> doing this (don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger!)  The FAA has 
> banned the use of drones for commercial use until at least 2017 while 
> they figure out what the laws should be. Drones for home use are 
> allowed but there are restrictions including that they cannot be flown 
> higher than 500 feet (clearly, this one was 1500 or more feet).  A 
> commercial exemption can be granted by the FAA but to date, only 33 
> (or something like that) have been granted. AND the grant only allows 
> you to fly as experimental aircraft on only 6 airfields in the US. So 
> this guy did break the law, technically speaking. The FAA has fined a 
> small handful of people for doing this.
>
> Europe is much more progressive here and they have a permit process to 
> allow commercial drone use.
>
> Eugene
>
> PS This is WAY off topic, so if you have any questions about this, 
> contact me directly. Thanks you (and the list members will thank you too!)
>
>

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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL

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