Trappy's NYC flight under FAA investigation

Gary at sUAS News reports:

"sUAS News recently asked FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Peggy Gilligan about the First Person View flight undertaken in New York by Austrian Raphael Pirker.

As Associate Administrator, Ms. Gilligan leads the organization responsible for setting, overseeing, and enforcing safety standards for all parts of the aviation industry – airlines, manufacturers, repair stations, pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers, and any person or product that operates in aviation. These programs have a direct impact on every facet of domestic and international civil aviation safety.

We are very grateful that Ms Gilligan took the time to answer, heres what she said.

“This event remains under investigation by FAA as well as by some law enforcement organizations in the NYC area. We do intend to notify the operator of the investigation — although I understand he is not a US citizen and we believe he is not in the US”

It will be interesting to see which particular rules may or may not have been broken during Trappys flight."

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Chris Anderson February 11, 2011 at 7:23pm

I'm going to close this thread this evening. I think everyone has had their say.
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Chris Anderson February 11, 2011 at 7:22pm

bGatti: You wrote "This thread was started by Chris - as a personally directed comment on a political / government investigation. Though most threads avoid the personal and political, this thread, by its title would appear (to its subject), as little more than a Roast."

Please examine the post again. There is absolutely no editorializing from me. I simply quoted Gary's post verbatim with as factual a headline as it is possible to write. Are you confusing Gary's words with mine?
trappy February 11, 2011 at 3:45pm

you speak of the future as if it were the past. once the FAA ruling comes out you'll look like an idiot. I honestly have no idea what people like you get worked up over, as you have absolutely ZERO clue about how the law looks like, and you have ZERO insight into why the laws are being made. yet you come in here handing out (and taking away) respect like anyone gives a shit. you're despicable.
trappy February 11, 2011 at 3:19pm

HappyKillmore, shun me from the community I love? You've got to be kidding. First of all dont be so melodramatic. Secondly, the majority of "the community" stands behind what I do. You can shun me all you want, you're shooting into your own foot. The laws are coming, NYC or not. The more you blow this out of proportion and the more you press on the issue, the weaker your case gets when the laws do come.
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Robert Krogh (hooks) February 11, 2011 at 2:14pm

I'm sorry! Just my opinion about this discussion!

Trappy!

I know you know all about how to setup Analog video link, with good results! Can you tell more about how to do? :-) We all have so much to learn.
trappy February 11, 2011 at 1:07pm

Time for my favorite movie quote of all time.
Well ... thats just ... your opinion, man.
Brad Smith February 10, 2011 at 6:33pm

loved the video Trappy maybe you should post under anonymous next time ,,,,but keep posting.... and to all of you sheep waiting for "your government" to tell "you" what you can do go crawl in a hole and hide your messing the world up for your rest of us still willing to push the boundaries ... trappy should sue all the naysayers for harrasment and show them in their face what over legislation has done for this country ,,,you think this is bad try to go rockfishing or duck hunting ,you can get a ticket if you shoot the ducks in the wrong order !!! now back to the weather........
Brad Smith February 10, 2011 at 12:38pm

just stick the SKS in the gun rack and nobody will even ask about the plane ...works for me
Drol Vlieger February 10, 2011 at 5:50am

It's a good thing I live in a real land of the free. There are too many uptight people and there's too much bureaucracy in the land of the not-so-free. Trappy deserves to have a bronze statue of him holding a Zephyr placed in his town square for all the enjoyable videos he has posted.
Andrew Rabbitt February 9, 2011 at 9:50pm

Do R/C "aircraft" require an Airworthiness Certificate? If not, then it could be construed not to be an aircraft, legally speaking.

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