And in a side light, the FAA has just required me to register the radio control airplanes I've flown for 30 years as "drones." Because Congress specifically in their 2012 FAA Act forbade the FAA from making any new laws regarding model airplanes, our Christmas present was that they unilaterally redefined what we've flown without incident for 80 years.
Now we're registered drone pilots, brothers to registered sex offenders, treated equally by our nanny government. Part of their justification was a collision between a drone and airliner two years ago: a US military drone the size of a Cessna 172, not a toy quadcopter! Of course when they cite the incident they don't mention the particulars and blithely pretend that a 2 lb toy is equal to a thousand pound military drone in hazard to others.
My model airplanes never were and never will be drones, but I'm registered on threat of a $27,000 fine for violation. Registered drone offender FA377YHFNC. Oh joy.
Happy New Year!
