NTSB Rules Drones are Aircraft and Subject to FAA Rules

[NACBA]

The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The FAA had fined Raphael Pirker, an aerial photographer, $10,000 for operating his Ritewing Zephyr in a reckless manner on the University of Virginia campus in 2011. An administrative law judge with the National Transportation Safety Board, which hears appeals of Federal Aviation Administration enforcement actions, sided with Pirker earlier this year, saying the FAA hasn't issued any regulations specifically for drones and therefore can't determine their use.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ntsb-drone-flights-are-subject-faa-regulations-n250876

 

[Grenadine]

Does this apply to all drones? Even tiny ones I can buy in a toy store?

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Gov’t board: Like a drone, your RC aircraft is regulated by law, so pay up
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ur-rc-aircraft-is-regulated-by-law-so-pay-up/

-t