Flying over a neighbor’s house (who happens to be a cop) at 300′ lands man with criminal trespass.
This is quite frankly, something that is terribly disturbing. We have all the great hits here.
We have potential police corruption with an officer instigating this. This is an Inspire 1, it doesn’t have the ability to “spy” at 300′. Another officer comes on site and sees them flying and arrests him.
Several local prosecutors pass on the complaint. They see it is bogus. Just before the complaint is finally dropped, the state prosecutor steps in. At the trial, earlier this year, with Covid and other issues, the drone operator is not able to get his professional witness there, and the court denies allowing him to attend via Zoom or other video conference that many other courts are allowing. Flight logs were not allowed in, showing how high the drone was.
Find out more about this case from Joshua Bardwell:
Help James Benson gain his rights back and overturn this terrible travesty of justice: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-defense-to-cover-wrongful-arrest
Of course, this just sounds completely like the case from Kentucky with yet another judge that was anti-justice and out to hurt drone operators by also denying pertinent evidence.
Read MoreGood Price on the Mavic Pro
Gearbest is coming up on their 4th anniversary. I noticed they have a deal going on, on the DJI Mavic Pro.
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Sold By Air site: Some cool tools for your next flight.
This is more targeted for aerial photographers, but Sold by Air has a pretty cool tools page that shows information about where you plan to fly from. Airports, weather, even the sunset/sunrise. This is a great tool to get a quick rundown of the location you plan to fly from.
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A Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down FAA Rules for Registering Model Aircraft
The FAA has forced hobby UAV operators to register their aircraft for almost a year now. Today, the rule was struck down by an Appeals court that sided on John A. Taylor’s side (and the side of hobbyist flyers across the nation) that the FAA overstepped their boundaries. Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 is pretty specific that the FAA is forbidden “from promulgating any rule or regulation regarding model aircraft.”
This ruling does not affect commercial UAV pilots, only hobbyist operators.
We wait to see the FAA’s reaction and if they will challenge this ruling to Supreme Court.
Read MoreTiny Whoop Race at Hobby Town in Boise.
The local Boise FPV group is putting on a a Tiny Whoop FPV Race on February 25, at 8pm. They will be following the Drone Racing MultiGP rules. Find out more information from this Event Page on Facebook.
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