How You Too Can Be Shut Down By the Feds For Flying Drones 195
An anonymous reader writes "University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Matt Waite waived a government cease and desist letter recently received for his experiments using 3-pound, $500 drones for news reporting (specifically, for a story about drought in Nebraska). He gave journalism organizations the lowdown on what they can expect from the government on this front going forward and said he's posting his experience in trying to get certified by the FAA on GitHub so they can follow along."
Re:Tin foil (Score:5, Funny)
My hobby eye in the sky is legal. His professional eye in the sky is illegal.
Mine is a scale predator drone. I use it to 'real world troll' groups with paranoid populations. e.g. Occutards, gun shows, teabaggers, privacy advocates, protestors in general.
Completely legal as I'm doing it for fun.
Hint for anybody thinking of joining the fun. Put a plant in the group to spot the drone just as it completes an orbit and disappears. Otherwise they won't see it. At 400 feet AGL a five foot wingspan drone is about right.
Re:RC plane? (Score:5, Funny)
My television certainly should qualify, it does nothing but drone when it's on.
In that case, my wife would also qualify.
Re:God (Score:2, Funny)
Which one, Zeus? G-Zeus? Anubis? Yahweh? Thor? Brahma? Quetzalcoatl? Ba`al adh-Dhubab? Vishnu? Me?
My bet is on myself.
ESL? ETL? EFL more likely. (Score:4, Funny)
"he's posting his experience in trying to get certified by the FAA on GitHub so they can follow along."
Likely his problem was that the FAA doesn't use Github for certification. They have their own computers and application forms and stuff.
Re:God (Score:0, Funny)
I'm pink. And invisible. Furthermore, I am a unicorn!