This sign in most cases is a paper tiger Newton, MA —The City Council of this city enacted a highly restrictive ordinance over both commercial and recreational drones.   The  most  draconion parts of that law was just declared invalid by a federal judge.    Among other things the council like many state and local governments recklessly went about regulating or restricting most drone activities such as:   1.  Registration requirement for all drones with the city. 2.  Obtain “permission” from public or private property owners before any flights.. 3.  Outlaws beyond line of sight flying.   State and local politicians are either oblivious or antagonistic to the reality that they have zero jurisdiction over the airspace.  This is the mandated responsibility of the FAA .  They pass laws that result in arrests, search warrants and confiscation of property because of their arrogance and or ignorance.  Art...

Washington, D.C .—We have a full-blown crisis!   We are being told that government must suddenly regulate and register the well over two million drones used by hobbyists, photographers, filmmakers and other ordinary civilians. For over two years now we’ve heard the media tell us how these little pesky devices will bring down airliners, invade privacy and destroy our way of life.   Pulling the puppet strings of the media has been the FAA and DOT .   Chicago’s Mayor, Rahm Emanuel said it best back when he was Obama’s Chief of Staff, “ Never let a good crisis go to waste! ”   This drone crisis is nothing more that a manufactured one. The FAA has showered the media with their “facts” in that they claim there are well over 700 cases of near misses with airliners and other conventional aircraft. Missing from these statistics are a single fatality, serious injury or even a report of notable property damage.   Because drones have driven news stories like w...