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FAA to Require Recreational Drone Operators to Register
NBC News ^ | OCT 19 2015 | KEITH WAGSTAFF

Posted on 10/19/2015 12:06:46 PM PDT by McGruff

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This is from today.
1 posted on 10/19/2015 12:06:46 PM PDT by McGruff
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"There can be no accountability if the person breaking the rules can't be identified,"
guilty until proven innocent.
2 posted on 10/19/2015 12:08:07 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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That’s gonna go about as well as the attempt to license tens of millions of CB radio operators back in the 1970’s.


3 posted on 10/19/2015 12:09:10 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: JohnBrowdie

First they came for the toys.


4 posted on 10/19/2015 12:09:12 PM PDT by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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The national registry will not hinder efforts to create overarching regulations, Foxx said. The registry task force will be made up of representatives from the federal government and the aviation and unmanned aircraft industries.

It will decide which drone owners are exempt from the registry and whether people who already own drones will be forced to register them.

Drone operators will be hit with “penalties” if they fail to register their drones, Foxx said, although it’s not clear what those penalties will be.


5 posted on 10/19/2015 12:09:19 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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Recreational drones? then i don’t have to register as I use them for “educational studies”...


6 posted on 10/19/2015 12:09:55 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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I am a geologist, so maybe I could get one for scientific purposes...are those exempt?


7 posted on 10/19/2015 12:13:44 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
That’s gonna go about as well as the attempt to license tens of millions of CB radio operators back in the 1970’s.

Or about as well as getting VW owners to take their TDI's in for the 'cure.'

8 posted on 10/19/2015 12:19:28 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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“The FAA announced on Monday that recreational drone operators will be required to register their aircraft.”

That would be pretty much any radio controlled air craft and
can easily include any radio controlled vehicle, even cars
and boats.


9 posted on 10/19/2015 12:25:13 PM PDT by Slambat
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To: McGruff
Make your own:

WWW.DIYDRONES.COM


10 posted on 10/19/2015 12:25:26 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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Merry Christmas Kids and Parents!!

Enjoy the holiday trying to register your new drones.


11 posted on 10/19/2015 12:34:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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Next up: GEOCACHING.

Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.

https://www.geocaching.com/

surprised is hasn’t happened already.


12 posted on 10/19/2015 12:34:53 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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There are three types of drone users.

The vast majority are normal hobby fliers who have no malicious intent in the drone flying.

There is the punk class, that have malicious intent, looking at girls sunbathing, filming sporting events, flying to get attention.

The last, and smallest class, are the people with criminal intent.

This registration will only affect the first group. It's just like gun registration. I

13 posted on 10/19/2015 12:39:33 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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Does the government REALLY expect this to happen. Not hardly. Absolutely unenforceable


14 posted on 10/19/2015 12:45:15 PM PDT by rstrahan
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FCC already regulates certain radio-controlled craft. Don’t know why drones wouldn’t fall into that category.


15 posted on 10/19/2015 12:47:04 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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Drone operators will be hit with “penalties” if they fail to register their drones,
= = =
Do drones float? Mine didn’t.


16 posted on 10/19/2015 1:01:10 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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To: McGruff

If it moves, regulate it.


17 posted on 10/19/2015 1:03:20 PM PDT by IronJack
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This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

You can get toys for less than $50 that you can fly around. They don’t have serial numbers. Millions will be sold this Christmas.

How are you possibly going to register them?
What good would it do?


18 posted on 10/19/2015 1:04:54 PM PDT by skyman
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you completely understand

this is a jobs effort. it’s not about the drones but the paid staff that will be required to do the registration


19 posted on 10/19/2015 1:08:30 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump)
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Fom my cold dead hands!!


20 posted on 10/19/2015 1:10:52 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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