FAA Stops Beer Drone Delivery

BREITBART ^ | 30 Jan 2014 | ELIZABETH SHELD

[MeshugeMikey]

The Lakemaid micro brewery started delivering beer to ice fishers using drones, at least until the FAA coldly shut their operation down. The FAA is currently reviewing their policies. According to the beer company’s president, Jack Supple, “They think it’s a great idea, though they’re telling me to stop.”

[tcrlaf]

“Do I need their permission to fly a kite? An RC plane? A hobby rocket?”

Actually, you do, if it’s in certain areas, or over certain altitudes.
BATF is the primary controller of Model Rocketry, for example.

[imardmd1]

Beer bombs.

[dfwgator]

What about hawks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPHlb6ukdek

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Dodging beer drones doesn’t sound like an activity that mixes with fishing.

[NonValueAdded]

OMG, it’s like the beer fairy!

[Rio]

Homing pigeons sure wouldnt work

Maybe not American homing pigeons, but what about AFRICAN homing pigeons?

[imardmd1]

BATF is the primary controller of Model Rocketry, for example.

Intercontinental Beer Missiles -- there's an answer waiting for a question --

[Cyber Liberty]

If it flies, we are your master?

I dunno. Might be why it's called "Federal Aviation Administration?"

[Joe Boucher]

as a pilot who flys real planes I worry about running in to some of this crap.

[andyk]

So your answer is yes. They have absolute dominion over a drone within one of the several states that picks something up, flies up to 30-40 feet in altitude over a distance of several hundred feet, and lands.

At least I know where you stand.

[Cyber Liberty]

You don’t know chit about where I stand, Skippy. I didn’t say I agreed with it.

[Cyber Liberty]

(If I had to hazard a guess, as you did, I’d say you don’t know chit about chit. But I gave that up years ago.)

[andyk]

So dont buzz the ice fishers on this lake. Otherwise, I’m not sure how the constitution empowers the FAA to micromanage this type of activity.

If it was right next to an airstrip, then state authorities would be rightfully concerned. But not the FAA.

[TurboZamboni]

Brewery is testing beer delivery by drone
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:45:38 PM · 3 of 15
TurboZamboni to cripplecreek

“Could cut in the State revenuer’s ability to give DUIs to snowmobilers and will therefore be prohibited.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3117138/posts

[andyk]

If you don’t agree with it, then say so. Otherwise by saying that’s why its called the Federal Aviation Administration, is a coy way of legitimizing their actions.

[null and void]

Fly below 50’ much?

[G Larry]

Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell

[Mercat]

I was thinking large tiny helicopters.

[Mercat]

Thanks. That was great. I had forgotten that commercial.