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Old 01-29-2016, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by franklin_m
Mike, There's really no valid excuse for an airline pilot to ever see a non-commercial sUAS anywhere, let alone in the airport traffic area
Like wise of the 519 towered airports in the USA with their combined ATA covering a combined Area of 5 x 5 =25 x 3.14159 = 78.53975 SQ Miles x 519 = 40,762 SQ miles of "NO FLY" area for R/C TOYs of any Kind. That includes the air space extending at a minimum of 3,000' to 10,000' AGL.

Now WHY can't we R/C TOY Flyers have a miniscule amount of Air Space protected from full scale aviation? All we need is 1/4 mile radius around all Designated R/C Flight Areas. and only upto 1500'. Half the Height and covering less than 2/10 of a SQ mile in area. Being 2400 Registered R/C Flying fields they would cover about what just the area 6 airport traffic areas cover and infinitesimally easier to circumnavigate than any towered airport.

If the FAA includes R/C TOYs as things controllable by the FAA and subject to the FAR then the NAS is also ours. We must, as a member of a CBO demand our Small Share of the NAS. After all it's our tax dollars that support the FAA in the first place.

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