Originally Posted by
BarracudaHockey
I dug into this and all I can find is hearsay other than the supposed club involved is 1.8 miles from an airport
Figured as much. More he said I heard from someone they said type of stuff. Not a shot at Mongo either for passing the info along, but this is something that we should all be concerned about, the "stories" that are going to be told. Earlier in another thread a member noted that the FAA had been repeatedly visiting that club but gave little details as to what could be the cause of that. He did show a business card of someone from the FAA, but there was little context as to how these multiple visits came to be. Just a personal opinion but there it's almost impossible that an agency of this size would just pick a random club to keep visiting over and over. Something is behind that. The same with this most recent alleged visit. At least the proximity to an airport might be a clue.
I'm not saying clubs will never get a visit, but it would certainly help to have those actually involved write about it here, or RCG, or even the drone sites so that we can all understand what went down, how it was handled, and most importantly what might have triggered the visit. I'm going to go out on a limb and note the visits will probably be as a result of someone doing something wrong, or a report of an issue.
Contrary to a few comments about standing your ground, cops don't have a right etc etc, that's all fine and well to say if you aren't flying at a club, or better yet own the property. For many of us, we're on town/city/state property. Thumbing your nose rarely works well in these situations. Answer the questions, show your cards if asked, and if you didn't do anything wrong, there won't be any issues. Yes Yes, a sheeple approach to some, but it's the reality of what we're dealing with. If you think you've been wronged somehow, file the appropriate complaints.