On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 11:32:37 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 08:01:35 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote:

On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 10:54:52 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:36:13 -0500, John H
wrote:

http://www.modelaircraft.org/aboutama/faa-uas-faq.aspx

"On December 12, 2017, President Trump signed legislation that will reverse the earlier court ruling
in the John Taylor case and restore the FAA’s UAS registration requirement, including for AMA
members.

AMA believes that registration makes sense at some level, but has pushed for a more reasonable
threshold. While we address these issues, members will be legally required to comply with the FAA
registration requirement."

Glad I wasn't one of the those who wrote FAA for a refund and cancellation of my number. But, I have
to admit I've not been doing much flying lately anyway!

I got my number for free during the initial offering but I don't have
a drone yet. I am still not sure why I want one..

I justified mine by doing my own roof inspection.

Actually, a co-worker had some roof damage from a storm, and when the roofing company came out to quote the work, they used a drone to inspect the damage. Easier and safer than a ladder.

I am not afraid of ladders but I can get up on my roof without one.
The edge is only about 7-8' off the ground.
I might play with a drone out in the mangroves but if it went down it
is probably gone forever.

My house is a two story on a sloping lot with the garage under the ground floor, so that roof is 3 stories up. Combined that with the extreme pitch of the roof, and I'm not getting up there.

My wife and her siblings had the idea of getting a canvas print made of their parent's house. After Thanksgiving lunch there, we loaded up in the car to come home. We drove to the end of the block, then I got out with the drone and flew it back down to their house so they wouldn't know. I took several shots, we picked the best one, and with a bit of photoshopping it was ready to send to the printers. We did a 24x30 and it came out great. Getting a little elevation in the perspective makes a big difference.

When we had the full eclipse back in August I went to my wife's place of employment to view it with her at their eclipse party. The president wanted a picture of all the employees, so after the eclipse they gathered them up and I got a shot of them from above looking up with their eclipse glasses on. They ended up getting it printed on a 30x40 canvas for their lobby and it appeared in their company newsletter (multi-national company).

Their are a lot of cool things you can do with one besides spying on your neighbors.