Bill B
First Officer
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davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-4-8 17:48
I'm from New York but moved 10 years ago before droning was a popular hobby. Growing up I did a lot of RC planes and cars inside public parks, mainly Nassau County, and my good friend worked for the Parks and Recreational Department. We never encountered any problems liberally flying or driving inside Parks, but obviously times have changed?
Yes, they have changed indeed. We can still fly the Park flyer electric planes in small open parks, However, the News Media coverage of quad flying has us all painted with a wide stroke of incompetence, ignorance and recklessness. We'll take Casey Nutsac for example. His posts on youtube do little to keep our reputation intact. So I get the need to crack down a bit. But in true NY state style of over reacting to what they don't know or understand, we are handcuffed. You were smart to leave 10 years ago, kudos to you.
I'm on a 3 year plan on going south myself. |
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