It is a hobby to me. All my life I have built flying models. If you want to penalize anyone for drones go hey the offenders that are professionals and idiots and leave the average guy alone to his hobby. All the FAA cares about is money. I for one along with most sport and

RC flying is great hobby for young people and educational. We all need to pass this on to our younger generation without the FAA sticking their nose in something they can never police. They could never hire enough people to police all the flying sites and private property across this country. Even if they could,

Fly for me is a way to get out and have fun with friends. It’s something to build a bond with my family and kids. not only that it is part of my job. Without it idk were I would be

FPV is more than flying. It’s bonding with my daughters, teaching them about electronics and aviation. My 5 year old wants to be an astronaut when she grows up. Having a hobby that can reinforce her love of flight with tangible builds and then flying is very rewarding. Limiting this hobby would limit her exposure

Flying matter to me because my family has been doin it for 3 generations. All we do is have fun. Nothing weird is going on and we aren’t hurting or endangering anything or anyone. Met many great people thought the hobby. Adding all of this is just unnecessary.

I’ve been flying for over 50 years. The vast majority of pilots have always operated in a safe manner? It makes no sense to penalize majority of pilots because of the recent flood of RTF / COTS drones and the few pilots that misuse them. Also, the commercial users like Amazon, FedEx, etc. Should not

I have had a interest in model aviation from the age of 10. I attendend an aviation trades high school, and became a helicopter mechanic/crewchief in the army. I worked for Grumman Aircraft, and National Airlines upon leaving the service, and served in NYC law enforement for 35 years. Upon retiring I resumed my love

I am a full scale pilot that no longer flys due to cost. I use RC flying as a way to stay engaged in aviation. It is also a hobby that I enjoy and use to escape the day to day grind of work and life in general. It is a social and community interaction

In addition to being a fun activity that I have enjoyed from childhood to today, model aviation has provided a vehicle for developing life skills that I have used throughout my home and work life. Activities like following a set of plans, sequences of activities to complete a project successfully, spatial and motor skills development,