Police Chief vows to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle despite contentions

Larry Dighera wrote:
[ Quoting from an article by J. D. Gallop: ]
"We control the airspace, and we control who can fly what, where,"
said Les Dorr, a spokesman for the federal agency.

Um, that statement makes a seriously incorrect claim by the FAA. Flights
routinely enter the airspace at arbitrary times and relatively arbitrary
places without any specific permission requested from the FAA for those
flights.

I believe this is what is known as "regulatory overreach."

On Feb 12, 11:20 am, Jim Logajan wrote:
Larry Dighera wrote:

[ Quoting from an article by J. D. Gallop: ]

"We control the airspace, and we control who can fly what, where,"
said Les Dorr, a spokesman for the federal agency.

Um, that statement makes a seriously incorrect claim by the FAA. Flights
routinely enter the airspace at arbitrary times and relatively arbitrary
places without any specific permission requested from the FAA for those
flights.

I believe this is what is known as "regulatory overreach."

The average cycle for an ag pilot is around 8 minutes.
Are Les Dorr and his workmates aware of all those movements they don't
boss ?
Or microlights?

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:20:22 -0800, Jim Logajan wrote
(in article ):

Larry Dighera wrote:
[ Quoting from an article by J. D. Gallop: ]
"We control the airspace, and we control who can fly what, where,"
said Les Dorr, a spokesman for the federal agency.

Um, that statement makes a seriously incorrect claim by the FAA. Flights
routinely enter the airspace at arbitrary times and relatively arbitrary
places without any specific permission requested from the FAA for those
flights.

I believe this is what is known as "regulatory overreach."

No, but they do control the airspace, as provided by Congress. And they do
control who can fly and what they can fly. The statement is quite accurate.

The FAA has allowed, up until now, radio controlled aircraft to fly. Guys
like this police chief could get them all grounded.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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snip:
: I believe this is what is known as "regulatory overreach."
:
: No, but they do control the airspace, as provided by Congress. And they do
: control who can fly and what they can fly. The statement is quite accurate.
:
: The FAA has allowed, up until now, radio controlled aircraft to fly. Guys
: like this police chief could get them all grounded.
:
: --
: Waddling Eagle
: World Famous Flight Instructor
:

Now that I agree with. I remember during the 2002 Olympics in SLC that RC planes were 'grounded' in a TFR-like
regulation for something like 50 miles around the Olympic site. As far as I know no-one challenged it?!?!