On 12/15/2015 10:38 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 12/15/15 7:36 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 05:52:36 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/14/15 8:32 PM, John H. wrote:
Today the FAA announced plans for a model aircraft registration
process to begin next
week. The new federal requirements:

All aircraft that are flown using a ground control system, such
as a
transmitter, are required to participate. This includes fixed-wing
aircraft, not just
multirotors or drones.
Any pilot flying models weighing between .55 pounds (or 250
grams) and 55 lbs
is required to register.
You will not be required to register every aircraft
individually. You only
need to register yourself and can affix one registration number to
all your aircraft.
You must mark all aircraft with your registration number. The number
can be inside
the aircraft, such as a battery hatch - but should not require tools
to access.
The FAA plans to launch the online registration website on
Monday, December
21.
There is a $5 fee to register, which is waived if you register
within the
first 30 days.
You only need to register once every 3 years.

The above was copied from an email from the AMA today. Note the
minimum size, and the
fact that every aircraft is included. So if I buy a baby model that
weighs over a
half pound, and give it to a grandkid, the grandkid must be a
registered operator.

How friggin' stupid are the assholes running this government. I
guess they're pretty
smart, they just made the AFGE a lot bigger.
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Ban idiots, not guns!


Why are you whining about government employment? Weren't you a
government employee most of your working life? Wasn't your wife? Didn't
your wife get health plan benefits from an employee union? You're biting
the hands that fed you, eh?

Waste is waste, Krause.

Attempting to solve the drone problem by forcing responsible operators
to register
and then needing a bureaucracy to track the process is stupid.

As usual, you can't discuss the topic without changing the subject.
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Ban idiots, not guns!


If the subject is overreacting government and waste, then your
involvements as a government employee in the war against Vietnam
qualifies as both, and to a much greater degree than an effort to help
control what might be a toy that interferes with safe air travel.


You certainly didn't waste any of your hard earned cash on taxes, didja
sport?