What other activity
is only legal is you do it for free?
I came to this conclusion a while back but I was talking
with a lighting contractor who is fascinated by unmanned technologies and she
asked me “Is there anything that is illegal if you do it commercially and legal
if you do it for fun?” I laughed and told her “Sex”. Isn’t that ridiculous? I
figured out that the Future Farmers of America, the FFA would fall under the
first judge’s reasoning that it doesn’t violate the FAA mandate of no
commercial UAS operations. I call MAPPS to see if there were any organizations similar
to FFA for students pertaining to geospatial and they told me 4H. Sure enough
there are geospatial 4H groups all over the country. Then I talked to my
brother whose birthday is today and I remembered that he was an Eagle Scout and
there is an aviation badge and agriculture badge.
One of my SEAL buddies who is a professional UAV pilot has
been telling me for almost three years “It is going to get like the cell phones
where they give you the phone and charge you for the service”. I can see
Trimble/Gate-wing, Hexagon Metrology, Optech and John Deer amongst other
companies sponsoring Boy Scouts, FFA and 4H to fly for free and they provide the
technology, airframes, sensors and cloud services to these kids and get this
party started.
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