(kmcc*@*ail.com)
This hobby is my livelihood and I believe this will have a severe impact on my family if passed as it is written. The aircraft
Adam Salt (salt*@*ail.com)
Flying is my therapy, I generally fly small park sized planes and drones. When you’re flying, you have to focus on only that and the
Mark Snowden (msno*@*ail.com)
Now that I’m an empty-nester, I’m finally fulfilling a dream to build and fly RC planes. I carefully select planes that help me tell the
Ryan Ewbank (ryan*@*ail.com)
My father was a naval aviator, he taught me to fly with RC aircraft, learned all about the physics of flight and learned to build
Rob Thome’ (robt*@*ail.com)
Flying drones for business or hobie has changed my life. And created some long lasting friendships. I would be fighting some serious depression right now
Michael (mlt6*@*ail.com)
I am 52 years old and have been flying legacy (line of sight) remote control fixed wing aircraft off and on since the 1980’s. This
(fibe*@*aol.com)
Been a RC pilot since I was 13 and know 57. This a great hobby for family and friends. I also run a RC business
Joseph Jobe (joey*@*ail.com)
Me personally I fly at our local club that I’ve been a member of since I was 13, I am now 28 and have always
Jim Stewart (js52*@*ail.com)
As written, the NPRM contains a number of misunderstandings about the model aircraft hobby and will cause serious harm to hundreds of thousands of modelers/pilots.
Erik Novikoff (enov*@*ail.com)
I fly because I like the competition of pilots pitting their skills against each other.
Anthony Ramirez (antr*@*aol.com)
Flying and building got me and my family into a great hobby and peaked my interest into becoming an engineer
Ronnie Espolt (airs*@*aol.com)
I started as a child in model aviation. From skills learn I own a aerospace machine shop. Manufacturing many parts for aircraft and space programs.
Pete Miles (pete*@*ail.com)
I fly to have fun with fellow pilots we hold events to get more people interested in our hobby. Safety is our first concern. Multi-rotor
(chri*@*ail.com)
I have been flying model Aviation since I was 16yrs old. My father introduced me to model aviation. This is now my 19th year flying.
M L (info*@*irs.com)
I have always been interested in the amazing act of flight. When I was 10 I found Flite Test and started the downward spiral into
Stephen Tanner (me+f*@*air.com)
I work for the state of Virginia, both writing software and flying drones. I also present to schools and student about drone technologies. If the
Brenden McCormick (bren*@*att.net)
I have submitted two responses to the FAA. Simply, separate drones and quad copters from fixed wing and heli. Separate the fact we fly from
Donald Willie (dona*@*ail.com)
Thank you for providing a forum for me to express my deep concern over the proposed rules regarding UAV. Aeromodeling has been in existence longer
New Partnership March, 2022
We want to announce an exciting new partnership with the FPV Freedom Coalition (FPVFC) that we have been working on for some time behind the scenes. The FPVFC is a likeminded non-profit organization that has a commitment to support everyone involved in recreational radio control and first person view small
Washington DC Trip – Quick Update
On Feb 18 we had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC to meet with the heads of the UAS integration office from the FAA. We were warmly welcomed and the meeting went fantastic. Although we are not out of the woods, I am optimistic that we have not only the right message, but
Trip to Washington DC, planned for Feb 18th-19th
UPDATE: Josh Bixler is heading to washington Feb 18th-19th to meet with several key people from the FAA and hopefully also with some congressmen and senators. We are hoping to fill these two days in with as many meetings as possible to turn the current proposals to a positive direction.
The Flite Test Community Association Website goes live!
This is our community home. Here you will find amazing people and their stories, directions to our free services and content, updates and upcoming events, answers to your most frequent questions and a lot more! This is just a start. We have a lot of ideas and content being currently