Originally Posted by
049flyer
As a professional pilot for over 40 years, I refuse to register with the FAA for the "right" to operate my model aircraft. I am now part of the 250 gram and under club. I also fly control line.
What a sad state of affairs for our hobby and our country. I pray for new leadership on both counts.
Well, the short of it is that I have you beat with more that 40 aviation experience, not counting USAF service.
But, I did register with the FAA, as that seem to become the norm and was getting feed back that clubs I belonged to was going to require the FAA registrations to fly at their fields. One of the reasons I had no problem registering with the FAA was due to the fact that they already had all of my information, thus what more could they add to it ?
I will consider to fly my larger models, but I to have looked at the smaller electrics, especially since during the winter, indoor flying in our area is becoming quite popular. Again, like you I have looked at some U-Control models as I started with U-Control and may very well end up with them. I may be wrong with this question, but I thought you also had to register U-Control with the FAA ?
Will definitely agree with you that it is a sad state of affairs for our hobby, but I think that it is even sadder for the country.
I just hope that somebody out there ......... DUMPS TRUMP !
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