Originally Posted by
rgburrill
Actually it is a federal crime to damage and aircraft. But only if you get caught.
And do you really think the feds would have brought those charges if this rich celebrity had blasted the spying intruder drone on his own property , really ? Sorry RG , I don't . I think since he's a rich celebrity he'd have been let go Scot free and the drone operator would be the one facing charges . This nonsense of a hobbyist's model plane or a hobbyist's drone being a "real aircraft" akin to full scale manned craft as defined by law is perfectly ripe to be shot down by the next hotshot "F Lee Bailey" type lawyer who takes a case of some trespassing unmanned picture taking toy getting blasted outta the sky , and to me it can't happen soon enough so we stop hearing the "toy plane = real aircraft" nonsense the FAA has chosen fit to hide it's latest regulatory power grab under the guise of .