Feds Consider Drones ‘Aircraft’ And Say FAA Can Regulate Their Use
Nov. 21–Drones are aircraft and therefore should be regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board said this week in its long-awaited decision on a 2011 drone incident at the University of Virginia involving Raphael Pirker. Pirker was cited by the FAA and fined $10,000 for operating a small, Ritewing Zephyr unmanned…