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10-17-2015 | 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by franklin_m

WSJ article from yesterday...looks like the feds will require registration of commercial AND recreational drones. It's looking like that $1,000,000 was well spent, as it's been successful in keeping the DOT / FAA from issuing regulations like this!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/drone-ow...ces-1445041576

According to Marketwatch, "A Department of Transportation spokesperson told MarketWatch that U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Administrator Michael Huerta of the Federal Aviation Administration will release more details on Monday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time."

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/all...ion-2015-10-16

We all knew this had to be coming. The AMA can only do so much and, with the proliferation of quads being sold almost on every street corner, the Feds had to do something. Now the question is "How are they going to enforce the requirement of being registered?"

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