The same to you! Every club operates under a different set of circumstances. For some it's the size of the runway, noise or like us, operating so near people and full scale aircraft. From day one we have worked to have a good relationship with our neighbors. This past August at our annual air show, our Town gave out 1100 hot dogs and we put up over 100 kids and adults on the buddy box. We have many local politicians attend as well, which helped our cause when the County drew up "drone legislation." Because of our relationship we were able to meet with the legislator and county sheriff that put the law together. We reminded them that we hobbyists operate under the AMA Safety Code and are not the people peeping in windows and dropping contraband over the county jail. As a result, at each public hearing that was held the person who penned the law was a great cheerleader for our club and air show.

With the amount of "drones" that have been sold for Christmas this year, it's inevitable that there will be more incidents in the news. What we need to do is get the public to our flying fields and show them responsible behavior. If your club allows FPV show people the way it's done, with a spotter keeping it line of sight and not flying over people. People shouldn't just worry about the FAA, but their local municipalities that write laws to ban R/C flying. Albany County was a good example of that.