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Re:How an RC airplane buzzed the Statue of Liberty, with no ... by MichaelApproved on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:10PM (#1967280)
These planes can fly for miles as did this one in the video. The owner isn't going to be running up to anyone after a crash because he'll have to get in a car first and drive over.

If your going to be flying something though the air that has a large range and can seriously hurt someone or damage property, it's not to much to ask that it be registered somewhere. Simple registration number so we know who the owner is.

Edit: The remote can also lose contact and the owner wouldn't know where the plane crashed to cover property damages.

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Re:How an RC airplane buzzed the Statue of Liberty, with no ... by jrockway on Friday December 03, 2010 @09:16PM (#1968223)
By this logic, people should have registration numbers tattooed on their foreheads, so that if one commits a crime (or just looks at you wrong), we can immediately find it.

Makes perfect sense, right?

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Re:How an RC airplane buzzed the Statue of Liberty, with no ... by mquander on Friday December 03, 2010 @11:32PM (#1968515)
No, that doesn't really make any sense, but having people register long-range aircraft makes sense to me.
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