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FAA Fines Drone Operator For Multiple "Reckless" Crashes In Manhattan
Filed under - WTF Headline of the day. The FAA, for the 2nd time in its history, has fined someone (David Zabdlidowsky) for operating (and crashing) an unmanned drone in Midtown Manhattan:
- FAA FINES DRONE OPERATOR FOR FLIGHT OVER MANHATTAN IN SEPTEMBER
- FAA RELEASES LETTER CHARGING NY MAN WITH DANGEROUS FLIGHT
- FAA SAYS DRONE HIT 2 BUILDINGS IN MIDTOWN NYC THEN CRASHED
The drone was operated in a "careless and reckless" manner, according to the letter below, which is hardly surprising given it took off from 38th near what locals call "Pub Alley." Is this what Obama was worrying about?
Here is the video of the crash...
Full FAA Letter...
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Isn't this a precursor to a demolition event?
So was it OK if he could kill a brown cabbie?
I'd check the FAA's official definition of "aircraft". I'll bet it doesn't include a hobby quadcopter.
I am Chumbawamba.
I'm not seeing where the FAA has any jurisdiction. This would appear to be is an overreach. What's next, paper airplanes?
That is exactly the point.
Actually, it's programming to have us believe that it shouldn't be allowed. They'll then use this to stage another event after which we all go "oh, yeah, they were warning about that!"
Next up fines for paper airplanes.
In totally related news the Montgomery County (north Houston) Sheriff Dept recently crashed their $200k+ helicopter drone bought with a grant from homeland security into Lake Conroe. Think they will be getting a letter from the FAA ?
http://www.click2houston.com/news/divers-seek-250k-police-drone-from-lak...
Just wait until some wacko straps an IED to a COTS drone.
Did I just say that out loud?
The NSA heard you just fine.
Hah.....echelon strikes...
I read the guy's name as Zab Dildo Sky and thought that was funnily apropos...
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People near glass houses shouldn't throw drones...(well, somebody had to say it)
expensive RC model aircraft flying lesson
Bingo! Only "The Chosen Ones" will be allowed to have drones.
You just need to look a little closer. Then they'll poke you in the eye, kick you in the nuts, and arrest you for treason.
If you think jurisdiction means anything, you're not nearly cynical enough (by several orders of magnitude).
Looks to me like the Fed.gov crowd is claiming exclusive rights to fly "drones" into buildings in Manhatten. Just sayin'
Was that Jamie "Fuckmouth" Dimon's Window he kept bumping into?
this is so funny. can't wait until drones are pointed in the right direction. release the krakken!
Probably Bezos fucking around with (AMZN) prototypes while on the leftover pain meds. from his kidney stone surgery...
Reminded me of having sex while drunk.
One of my neighbors was flying his the other day....kind of a neat drone that takes photos or video and can be directed to fly to a GPS location, photo it, and then return home....so the thing has far greater range than just your normal R/C plane.
Knowing that boys will be boys, I expected to be reading about guys flying these things around in the city and looking in windows, etc.
Don't drink and drone.
Can a drone be trained to drop a flaming bag of dog poop onto Bloomberg's front porch after ringing the doorbell? Because that would be a justifiable use of taxpayer dollars....
2 pound drone crashed. Woohoo, everyone run and hide from a falling piece of plastic. A can of soda falling from the sky is scarier than a broken drone. Although people flying these things in cities should be more careful than this guy for sure. Slap him the same way you would slap someone for throwing trash off the 20th floor of an apartment building.
Only hit 2 buildings? LOL
The BBC did report a third building fell down though................
pods
....twenty minutes before it actually fell.
....and changed into a cloud of dust.
Pull it.
A little tiny passport was found, miraculously intact, belonging to a member of Al-Tea Party. Just sayin'....
All of those financial records gone...
..., but not forgotten.
3 more buildings and he will be an Ace.
I'm going to send a $multi-billion fine notice to the DC US for murderous use of drones overseas to bomb people, especially schools and wedding parties.
"Failure to pay will necessitate additional actions up to and including the guillotine."
Damn straight I thought exactly the same thing when reading their letter and posted below before I read this.
Hipocites. Every single one of them!
No, they aren't.
The word you're looking for is "con-artists."
You know they wanted to send this guy to Club Gitmo. 'Don't bring your drones into our house, we don't want to share the air space with John Q. Serf' is the message they are sending. I'm surprised they just didn't buy him a nail gun
If that guy was smart he'd fly his drone through the N.Y. sewage tunnels...I hear all the rats have "U.S.A." lapel pins and cuff links.
Poor dude almost has "dildo" in his last name.
Fuckin freak show, all of it.
it gets better....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTVOK2yvbBM
"5) During the flight described above, while you were operating the aircraft,the aircraft was not flown within visual line of sight of you."
"6) During the filght decsribed above, you operated the aircraft within a Class B airspace area without having recieved an ATC clearance from the ATC facility having jurisdiction for that area before operating in that area"
I bet the military drone operators that are bombing the shit out of far corners of the earth don't get sent these letters.
I think they should need to be within line of sight of their machines before they take out mohammeds + innocent civilians and should definitely need to get clearance from the relevant authorities before facelessly killing the citizens of said areas in their airspace.
Hipocrite motherffers
Quadcopter is now an AIRCRAFT?
pods
Over grown dick head needs to leave city and play in a field.
David Zabdlidowsky? That's a name one makes up when they can't think of a name to make up.
It's been close to 13 years since two buldings in Manhattan were struck by drones and the FAA didn't do shit that time...
They weren't sure who to send a fine to, The Mossad or the CIA
They should split it.
I have one of these and this guy is an idiot. They are very easy to fly. I am surprised at how tough it was after crashing into buildings.
So... you owe him one.
Notice of Proposed Assessment?
Answer:
Please provide EVIDENCE that the FAA has jurisdiction.
see attached Notice of Imminent Tort
He gets fined meanwhile the dude(s) that crashes a drone at JFK remains mysterious? Oh right that crack FBI and nypd team looked into that. I wonder which agency told themto go away.
Next thing you know you will need clearence to fly your styrofoam plane. Those things rocks!
Because flying between buildings in Class B airspace is soooooooo dangerous to other aircraft.
Other drones aiming for siad buildings maybe.
That guy flys like a chinaman drives!
re Drone crashes in Manhattan
I was wondering wtf hit me on top of the head.
Just assumed it was the Rt Hon. Senator for NY Hillary takin' a dump whilst doin' a fly-by on her broomstick...
I'd file that letter in the circular filing cabinet
This guy killed how many?
How many have been killed by Obama's drones?
Who's the criminal here?
I love that they misspelled Federal Express on page 1of that document. "Fedral Express" Really?
Great spotting and these are the guys trying to tell us what to do/ what is right and wrong!
Pulease :(
It was flying over a Pakistani wedding when the accident happened.
I think the "hobby helicopter "drone" operator needs to get out of the city more. He is obviously mentally retarded and needs to get out of his parents basement and grow up.
The FAA had its ass handed to itself over the Swiss guy (Raphael Pirker) they fined $10k for flying his styrofoam "drone" over the UVA. Instead of cowering like most Americans, he picked a lawyer, and fought the bastards. A federal judge ruled last month that the FAA has NO authority regulating model aircraft (including drones). They COULD have the authority, if they actually followed the Congressionally-mandated rules making process (which includes public input) - but until they do, they don't have a leg to stand on. It was a slam dunk. Like any good loser, the FAA appealed.
In the mean time, they continue to send out illegitmate and harrassing cease and desist letters to pilots of model aircraft - and obviously, not giving a rat's ass about what the federal judge said in their first attempt at fining someone, they go right ahead and do it again. Is there any reason ANYONE still thinks this government is for the people?