On Jan 12, 6:05*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jan 12, 6:28*am, Mike the Strike wrote:





On Jan 12, 7:58*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:

Hasn't been keeping up.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinio...1/17-years-faa....

I wouldn't pay too much attention to the Washington Examiner, they
have been rather shrill over this favorite hobby horse for some
while. *Glider/aircraft collisions are hardly the worst thing to worry
about.

I personally am much more concerned about UAVs that are being used
more and more along our borders and likely soon elsewhere. *We've had
a few lost and out of control in the past year or two and it's only a
matter of time before we have a more serious accident than we've had
already.

Mike

However, they do deliver print copies to all of the elected
representative offices.

I agree, I think that's a real concern along the southern border.
There's a pretty strong lobby to get these into state, county, and
local police use. *A large part of North Dakota airspace is already
UAV enabled I believe, but that's for military use and maybe for
border patrol training. *I don't see UAV as an NTSB searchable field
yet and don't recall any FAA prelims since the one hit the telephone
pole here in Colorado.

Frank

Compared to a 1,000 lb glider, a 30,000 lb fully-fueled Predator is a
pretty nasty flying bomb. Still, you don't hear folks talking much
about the incident where a stray Predator shut down Tucson airspace
before auguring into someone's back yard near Nogales a year or so
ago. And there have been plenty of other crashes and mishaps.

No, it's us and our dangerous gliders that need more restrictions!

Mike