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Old 07-18-2016, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by H5487
And that's how AOPA has been able to successfully argue against increased scrutiny and regulations against small GA aircraft. However, remember the story two or three years ago about the engineering student who tried to buy two turbine models for a planned terrorist attack against a government building (either the White House or Congress, I believe)? While I don't remember whether he was a wanna-be terrorist or connected to any of the mainstream terrorist groups, it DOES show that the idea of using model airplanes for an attack is out there.

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That was the thought I implied.