HONG KONG, January 22, 2015 Team BlackSheep lead pilot Raphael “Trappy” Pirker has settled the civil penalty proceeding initiated by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in 2013 concerning his flight of a styrofoam Zephyr II model aircraft (or “drone”) at the University of Virginia in October 2011. The favorable settlement, involving a payment of $1,100 USD, does not constitute an admission of any of the allegations in the case or an admission of any regulatory violation.


Read the entire document: http://www.team-blacksheep.com/docs/pirker-faa-settlement.pdf

I'm surprised he managed to settle for so little.  Federal prosecutors are like Hyenas competing with Jackals to see who can tear off the biggest chunk of flesh.