Bird plane runs afoul of federal regulators

AP ^ | 01/07/2012 | By JOAN LOWY Associated Press

[redreno]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ten young whooping cranes and the bird-like plane they think is their mother had flown more than halfway to their winter home in Florida when federal regulators stepped in.

[redreno]

[null and void]

Classic.

[gorush]

They’ve been doing this for at least a decade...turns out it is illegal. Thank God, I feel much safer now.

[Pikachu_Dad]

The federal government can be such asshats.

[hinckley buzzard]

We need a law specifying when bureaucrats can be executed for malignant stupidity.

[microgood]

when federal regulators idiots stepped in

[org.whodat]

Just illegal for the guy flying the toy to charge a fee, he needs to give the money back, and then when he gets back home sell the organization a box of over priced candy. Fixed it!!!!

[paul51]

at least they didn’t scramble jets and shoot the thing out of the sky

[G Larry]

FFA Regulators, as Gov’t employees, have been rendered incapable of reason and logic.
Obama would replace them with computers, but is concerned about the impact on unemployment.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Just illegal for the guy flying the toy to charge a fee, he needs to give the money back, and then when he gets back home sell the organization a box of over priced candy. Fixed it!!!!

Nice idea, but from the article:

FAA regulations also prohibit sport aircraft - which are sometimes of exotic design - from being flown to benefit a business or charity.

All Federal regulations should have a ten year expiration date to at least limit the damage they do.

[NonValueAdded]

Pencil-necked geeks.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3

[Dysart]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

at least they didn’t scramble jets and shoot the thing out of the sky

That will be after Obama is coroned early in 2013.

[GlockThe Vote]

LOL!!

[DoughtyOne]

This doesn’t surprise me. What does surprise me is that my congressman and senators haven’t told me precisely how many squares of T.P. I can use after I do my business.

Gosh, they’re slipping...

If we were governed back then the way we are today, the Wright Brothers would never have made news, unless they were shot dead for flying experimental aircraft without a license.

I don’t really give a damn if this person was flying solo to lead the flock where they needed to go. Frankly, I don’t care if he gives rides either.

Our government is making decisions about our lives that are way beyond their need to.

[leapfrog0202]

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[moovova]

Was there a dog onboard?

[diogenes ghost]

"FFA Regulators, as Gov't employees, have been rendered incapable of reason and logic."

Yup, reason and logic would seem to be a prerequisite for Future Farmers of America.

[org.whodat]

Proof positive that the wright brothers would have been regulated out of business had the FAA had anything to do with it.