Oregon teenager's drone worried firefighting crews - Salon

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Oregon teenager's drone worried firefighting crews
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Morgan Tien, 14, told The Bulletin newspaper of Bend (http://bit.ly/VLlSAN) that he had read federal guidelines on when and where he could fly his DJI Phantom, a small quadcopter he fitted with a GoPro camera. Tien's not in trouble for the flight ...

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[Hugh Hemington]

None of these incidents involve safety. It all boils down to TURF. "Authorities" are getting butthurt over citizens taking to the air, albeit by proxy, when government feels it owns the air and everything you can see from it. So I have a response to government: "Check your arrogance."