Originally Posted by
porcia83
Right, there are tons of reports from different news sites about the same "sighting", they all say the same thing. As of yet, there hasn't been a single confirmed sighting with evidence nor has anyone been caught. That's not to say it isn't happening, but this call for "it's going to happen someday " has been going on for what, 3 years now? Meanwhile, how many bird strikes do we have, or better yet civilian and military aircraft crashing?
I may be mistaken, there was one person caught, it was maybe last year, can't remember. The point being is it still happening, registered drone or not, it's happening. Bird strikes are always going to be a problem, but these quad copters have created a major problem for the RC community and the FAA regarding flight safety, you know that. My question is how do honest and rule abiding RC pilots, avoid prosecution from the FAA regarding this now current ongoing problem with quad copters? Never before, that I know of has this been a problem for traditional aircraft.
Yes, it has been going on for the last 3 years when these things became the problem. I am just saying, if one of the quad copters ever hits an airliner or even a civilian aircraft, the FAA registration process has failed.. The FAA can not make the Idiots obey the rules.
Then they (FAA) will take much stronger action regarding this problem. It only takes one collision to a full scale aircraft, to cause a fatality and then look out, military or not.