FAA Approves Drone Flights In Texas
09-13-2014, 02:19 PM
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09-13-2014, 09:14 PM
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09-14-2014, 09:46 AM
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plentiful back in the 1962 plus some period when I was an USAF Instructor in T-33 and T-38. In all out VFR work, teaching students how to escape and evade them was a lot of the practice. That stuff is long gone, yet there is still a bunch of other stuff going on there. About 3 years ago I was invited to get into a group that did a LOT of low level flying (???) in and out of south TX and northern Mexico. I said "No, Thanks!!!"
In addition I stayed away from asking about their cargo. 
IMO, any form of Drone work, not in full radar control, is simply a mid-air waiting to happen.
09-14-2014, 10:01 AM
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While the text states that there is a considerable amount of open land, country, or such BS to that effect, there is much activity in that area. Private airplanes were
plentiful back in the 1962 plus some period when I was an USAF Instructor in T-33 and T-38. In all out VFR work, teaching students how to escape and evade them was a lot of the practice. That stuff is long gone, yet there is still a bunch of other stuff going on there. About 3 years ago I was invited to get into a group that did a LOT of low level flying (???) in and out of south TX and northern Mexico. I said "No, Thanks!!!" In addition I stayed away from asking about their cargo.
IMO, any form of Drone work, not in full radar control, is simply a mid-air waiting to happen.
plentiful back in the 1962 plus some period when I was an USAF Instructor in T-33 and T-38. In all out VFR work, teaching students how to escape and evade them was a lot of the practice. That stuff is long gone, yet there is still a bunch of other stuff going on there. About 3 years ago I was invited to get into a group that did a LOT of low level flying (???) in and out of south TX and northern Mexico. I said "No, Thanks!!!"
In addition I stayed away from asking about their cargo. IMO, any form of Drone work, not in full radar control, is simply a mid-air waiting to happen.
09-15-2014, 11:19 AM
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Private airplanes were plentiful back in the 1962 plus some period when I was an USAF Instructor in T-33 and T-38.
09-15-2014, 11:51 AM
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I live about 15 or so miles from a small public airport and my sky seems full of typical private aircraft. They fly over all the time, I think there are a couple of flying schools operating out of the airport.
09-15-2014, 12:10 PM
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I am going on actual numbers of flying planes. I believe passenger miles are up due to the fast flying jets. But small single engine and possible twin engine are way down. I doubt you would notice much difference near a flight school, but I do not see near as many private prop planes over my house as I did. And most of my friends who used to fly GA as well as myself no longer do so. To expensive, too troublesome, and almost too dangerous.
09-15-2014, 12:18 PM
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It would seem a waste. But I see now it is not an Intruder. They are mid wing and that is shoulder wing. Other than that it does look a lot like the old Intruder pattern plane.
http://ecsvr.com/abm/shopexd.asp?id=2395
http://ecsvr.com/abm/shopexd.asp?id=2395
