Originally Posted by Sport_Pilot

That was before there were any rules about BLOS. They cited him for flying dangerously, the Judge threw it out. Adminstrative judges overruled that Judge, but only on the grounds that the FAA has no jurisdiction on model airplanes. The defendant was still going to defend himself on grounds that FAR Part 91 clearly did not cover model airplanes. The FAA backed off and settled for a much smaller fine. I don't think flying BLOS was even an issue.