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  1. nddons

    DOT Will Require ALL Hobby Drones to be Registered

    Wow that's an awesome looking RC!
  2. nddons

    DOT Will Require ALL Hobby Drones to be Registered

    Mari, I'm not trying to convince you of anything. You asked me a question, and I gave you my thoughts. To answer your edit, I actually hadn't even thought of that until I was formulating my example. I thought it would be a prototypical governmental response. ;)
  3. nddons

    DOT Will Require ALL Hobby Drones to be Registered

    If you were flying into Racine and a drone smashed your windshield leaving you and your copilot unable to see because of the blood running down your face, resulting in an unfortunate CFIT and killing the entire management team of Acme Industries, there can be two outcomes: 1. Without...
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    DOT Will Require ALL Hobby Drones to be Registered

    Even if you try to follow the rules, sometimes you lose positive control of the drone. That happened this week where a drone took off possibly chasing a GPS coordinate in China, were it was built. It crashed at the Racine, Wisconsin airport, which has a lot of GA traffic, including some jet...
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    DOT Will Require ALL Hobby Drones to be Registered

    We are regulated as pilots and our aircraft. There are reasons for that; some are silly, but most are necessary to prevent us from killing each other or ourselves. I think it is appropriate that people that are using the same airspace as us should also be known. If they want to stay 100' AGL...
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    DOT Will Require ALL Hobby Drones to be Registered

    I agree. I'm usually against any govenmental interference, but in this case some if us POA members may die because some dork is getting his jollies flying over an airport environment.
  7. nddons

    It has begun

    Good luck, Ralph. I really enjoyed the precision of IFR training. After you learn flying by instruments, try to get some actual IMC with your instructor. It is invaluable.
  8. nddons

    More on the great controller shortage

    I fly out of a contract tower airport, and we have a great controller who, along with her husband, were both controllers in Iraq and other places in the military. When they got out, they were too old for the FAA. It seems like a waste.
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    Next word that comes to mind...

    Trampstamp
  10. nddons

    DME arcs in San Diego

    Ah, OK. That's right. We did that.
  11. nddons

    DME arcs in San Diego

    It does? I know you need to fly two non-precision approaches and one precision approach, but I don't think the type of approaches are specified. Do you have a page number? I know I didn't have to do one on my IR check ride 5 years ago. That being said, I really like doing them. They are...
  12. nddons

    YouTube training videos!

    I like those videos. Thanks for posting them.
  13. nddons

    NA. CUBS BEAT CARDS!!!!!!

    Woo hoo!
  14. nddons

    Next word that comes to mind...

    PPK..
  15. nddons

    Just feel like venting

    I felt the exact same way. Leaving the nest was one thing. Navigating my way across the horizon and back, all alone, and seeing your home airport appear where it's supposed to be after many hours of flying was the most amazing part of my PPL training.
  16. nddons

    Ask Sac a question

    What do you say to the old, clueless dude in the gym who sits naked on the bench in the locker room just to put his shorts on? It's gross. I already put a towel on the floor so I don't pick up athletes foot. Now I may have to surgically drape the bench as well.
  17. nddons

    Singapore Airlines Gear Collapse

    No, but I'd like to meet him.
  18. nddons

    Singapore Airlines Gear Collapse

    Not sure, but I think his cousin Lee Ho Fooks has a Chinese restaurant in Soho. However watch out for the Werewolves of London getting a big dish of beef chow mein.
  19. nddons

    [rant]Cage free eggs[rant]

    Re: Eggman/ James.. James, I'm glad things are looking up, particularly your health. Keep it up, and thanks for the update.
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