ORIGINAL: init4fun
ORIGINAL: littlecrankshaf
I remember that incident...I also remembered the perpetrator didn't have the intelligence to pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the heel...The government just found some idiot to prove their usefulness... to those dumb enough to believe all the crapola...and there are plenty...
[8D] Hi Guys ,
I live about 25 miles away from the town of Ashland , Massachusetts , and I'd like to let you all know of the great job the local media did of not lumping ALL of us RC hobbyists in with this guy . They even went as far as interviewing a couple of local flying club members and protrayed us in a most favorable light . To see the proper reaction , blame the wrongdoer rather than the hobby at large , really gave me hope for our hobby's future . I will admit I kinda expected the sensationalist headlines like " Mini terror from the skies ! " Or some such , but they really handled the story respectfully for us .
Also , for a bit of background on the guy that was charged and convicted here , He had been involved in several , escalating events related to militant muslin activities . He made himself a target of the federal investigation , and not the other way around . He wasn't some ignorant innocent led down the wrong path by the big bad Govt. like I'm sure some will believe . He made his own bed , and now it's his to lay in ....
As for the the Feds not leading him down the wrong path, Read the Federal Indicement
it goes into great detail they did on getting him to try a differant explosives than Hand Granades and how they Financed the plane/s
Case 1:11-cr-10331-RGS Document 6 Filed 09/29/11 Page 1 of 23
http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/...nt_Ferdaus.pdf
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">We had just the opposit happen with a local TV Station during our Jet Rally 2 years ago where the young Female Reporter even when it was explained that what he planed was almost an imposibility with an experianced RC much less someone that has never floewn any RC model. Her only question over and over was "How Much Explosevies can U get in one of these planes".</span></span></span>
To state my position AGAIN The AMA Comunity Based Orgination is our best chance of not being lumped in with private or comericial sUAV/Drones as the public refers to them.