Recent content by hank970

For sure, furtive behavior on the part of pilots who think their activities might be intrusive or offensive is more likely to attract unwanted attention than not. Sneakiness invites suspicion. If you're acting responsibly and operating where you have every right to be, project that confidence.

That's been my experience in the US. I suspect that most people have the same concerns and levels of curiosity and tolerance no matter where they live. The most aggressive reaction to the presence of my drone has been a neighbor's border collie.

The imposition of tariffs should be a serious matter, but then an unserious man proposes levying a 50% tariff on Brazilian products because he thinks former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a kindred spirit, has been unfairly accused of corruption and other crimes. Bolsonaro awaits trial on...

Yes, I think you took my remarks too seriously.

The same could be said for non-native Norway Rats in New York City. They define many neighborhoods in NYC and thrive in a variety of habitats. Their nativity should be irrelevant. They've been part of the environment for hundreds of years. That the city wants to eradicate them in the...

It would be interesting to compare the subsidies aimed at the green energy industry with the subsidies enjoyed by the oil and gas industries since...forever.

I like trees, but if I lived beneath a major airport's flight path, I think I'd be more concerned about constant noise than the fate of a few trees. I wouldn't want to live downwind of pig or chicken farm either.

Nobody is going to shut down the 0 to 400-foot-altitude airspace to drones. That would adversely affect the few people who use drones of domestic manufacture as well as those of us who fly DJI. YMMV, but I've never encountered any public hostility when flying my drone. The few folks who've...

There's no debate, and it was you who brought national parks into this discussion, not me. The NPS isn't obligated to accommodate every popular new toy. Be content to fly where you can.

Red Rock Canyon, even when framed by quotation marks, isn't a part of our National Park System. Neither is it administered by the National Park Service (NPS). It's administered as a National Conservation Area by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). There's a big difference in NPS and BLM...

Well, then, this non-lawyer thinks that the quotation, whether in Latin or English, is imprecisely worded to achieve its intended meaning. For sure, its origins in English common law predate and couldn't have envisioned the Wright brothers' rude incursions into the sky. They even predate...

Pay attention. My post didn't mention the word "drone."

There's no doubt that we have the engineering expertise and manufacturing capabilities to design and build drones. What we lack is the long-term vision, the will, and a sense of urgency (because it's easier to let George do it at a lower cost). Our seeming inability to compete in some sectors...

Economics 101: Talk is cheap because, as regards the utterances of Sec'y Hegseth, supply exceeds demand.

Life was simpler when we only had to worry that there might be a commie behind every tree.