>They failed to get FAA approval for the stunt so they have legal issues in their future.
One ought to, when reading this, mentally note that two people endangering nobody but themselves, using property they own, AND having taken the trouble to notify the government, may yet be punished because they did something the bureaucrats didn’t like.
If other posters are right, and they “only” lose their license to operate an airplane under normal circumstances, is no consolation IMO.
What a wierd concept, right, that some stale official somewhere doesn’t have absolute say-so over every possible human action?
Not placing a judgement on it either way. Just stating a likely outcome given the current “variables”.
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