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FAA does it again
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. |
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#2
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FAA does it again
On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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. Pretty cool. |
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#3
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FAA does it again
On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people here .... including me. Don't like ladders. |
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#4
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FAA does it again
On 12/13/17 11:29 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people hereÂ* .... including me.Â* Don't like ladders. Maybe Sikorsky down in Stratford will sell you last year's demo model... |
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#5
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FAA does it again
On 12/13/2017 11:30 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/13/17 11:29 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people hereÂ* .... including me.Â* Don't like ladders. Maybe Sikorsky down in Stratford will sell you last year's demo model... Memories. Used to drive by there often when I lived in Woodbridge and then visited there several times years later while in business for some technical discussions. |
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#6
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FAA does it again
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:29:12 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people here .... including me. Don't like ladders. It may be too late for those of us who didn't develop it when we were young but ladders are an acquired skill. I really got over my problems with them when I put on the 2 story addition in Maryland. The peak where I was hanging aluminum siding was about 25 feet up That was 40 years ago tho. I carried 9 square of shingles up a ladder too. (27 bundles) but it was only up one story on the ladder off the deck in the rear and another story up the steps. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/1977%20house.jpg |
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#8
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FAA does it again
On 12/13/2017 1:24 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/13/2017 12:59 PM, wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:29:12 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people hereÂ* .... including me.Â* Don't like ladders. It may be too late for those of us who didn't develop it when we were young but ladders are an acquired skill. I really got over my problems with them when I put on the 2 story addition in Maryland. The peak where I was hanging aluminum siding was about 25 feet up That was 40 years ago tho. I carried 9 square of shingles up a ladder too. (27 bundles) but it was only up one story on the ladder off the deck in the rear and another story up the steps. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/1977%20house.jpg When I was young ladders didn't bother me at all, nor did standing near the edge of a high roof top. I didn't really notice a "problem" until much later in life and the first time was scary.Â* I didn't expect any problem but when it hit, it was hold on, close my eyes and wait until it passed. Was just remembering one of my last adventures in the Navy. It was during my last year and I wanted to climb one of the 800 ft towers that surrounded and supported a 1200 ft ELF transmitter antenna. I got permission to climb it and did so. Made it to the top and replaced the red beacon light while I was there. The decent was much, much more tiring than the climb up. Going up the ladders, you are using leg muscles mostly but coming down you are using your arms much more. By the time I got to the bottom I was shaking from muscle fatigue. Learned some respect for the guys that do that on a regular basis. Of course, I was about 29 years old then. Couldn't even think about it now. |
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#9
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FAA does it again
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:33:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 12/13/2017 1:24 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/13/2017 12:59 PM, wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:29:12 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people hereÂ* .... including me.Â* Don't like ladders. It may be too late for those of us who didn't develop it when we were young but ladders are an acquired skill. I really got over my problems with them when I put on the 2 story addition in Maryland. The peak where I was hanging aluminum siding was about 25 feet up That was 40 years ago tho. I carried 9 square of shingles up a ladder too. (27 bundles) but it was only up one story on the ladder off the deck in the rear and another story up the steps. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/1977%20house.jpg When I was young ladders didn't bother me at all, nor did standing near the edge of a high roof top. I didn't really notice a "problem" until much later in life and the first time was scary.Â* I didn't expect any problem but when it hit, it was hold on, close my eyes and wait until it passed. Was just remembering one of my last adventures in the Navy. It was during my last year and I wanted to climb one of the 800 ft towers that surrounded and supported a 1200 ft ELF transmitter antenna. I got permission to climb it and did so. Made it to the top and replaced the red beacon light while I was there. The decent was much, much more tiring than the climb up. Going up the ladders, you are using leg muscles mostly but coming down you are using your arms much more. By the time I got to the bottom I was shaking from muscle fatigue. Learned some respect for the guys that do that on a regular basis. Of course, I was about 29 years old then. Couldn't even think about it now. I notice that on a lot of things. Those 80 pound bags of concrete seem to be getting a lot heavier but I do try to keep my climbing skills intact. I was up in the oak tree next to house with a chain saw after Irma cutting out broken branches. I did lower the saw on a rope tho because I agree, down is harder than up. I do have a decent climbing harness tho and I tied off. I ain't plumb dumb. |
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#10
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FAA does it again
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/13/2017 1:24 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/13/2017 12:59 PM, wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:29:12 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/13/2017 11:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/13/17 11:01 AM, 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.Â* 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.Â* Easier and safer than a ladder. Pretty cool. Now if they could only come out with an inexpensive drone powerful enough to lift some of the people hereÂ* .... including me.Â* Don't like ladders. It may be too late for those of us who didn't develop it when we were young but ladders are an acquired skill. I really got over my problems with them when I put on the 2 story addition in Maryland. The peak where I was hanging aluminum siding was about 25 feet up That was 40 years ago tho. I carried 9 square of shingles up a ladder too. (27 bundles) but it was only up one story on the ladder off the deck in the rear and another story up the steps. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/1977%20house.jpg When I was young ladders didn't bother me at all, nor did standing near the edge of a high roof top. I didn't really notice a "problem" until much later in life and the first time was scary.Â* I didn't expect any problem but when it hit, it was hold on, close my eyes and wait until it passed. Was just remembering one of my last adventures in the Navy. It was during my last year and I wanted to climb one of the 800 ft towers that surrounded and supported a 1200 ft ELF transmitter antenna. I got permission to climb it and did so. Made it to the top and replaced the red beacon light while I was there. The decent was much, much more tiring than the climb up. Going up the ladders, you are using leg muscles mostly but coming down you are using your arms much more. By the time I got to the bottom I was shaking from muscle fatigue. Learned some respect for the guys that do that on a regular basis. Of course, I was about 29 years old then. Couldn't even think about it now. Sort of like the steep stairs to the Control tower at Travis AFB. That was a tiring climb. |
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