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jorno67 (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:49 PM Original message |
Response from the Model Aircraft Industry about Attack Plot |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. And when will the TSA start requiring scans before enthusiasts can fly model planes? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why didn't they think of this first? It could have opened up a whole new market |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. How much explosives could a model aircraft hold anyway? |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yep. Thank God the terrorists are always morons. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. That's what happens when your best and brightest are always picked for suicide missions. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. His plan was for them to hold 5lbs of C-4 each |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Certain designs could hold quite a lot |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Are you speaking of the larger planes? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Not at all.... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. The "Patriot Act" harshly cracked down upon model rocketry, especially the sale of engines. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Actually, that was because the chemical propellants could be remixed to make bombs. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I own a couple of RC helis, and I am also not a member of the AMA. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. If the other airfields around the country are like the one DH flies at |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. See, I don't like being told what to do, so I fly in parking lots and empty fields. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. What if someone flies a model aircraft into the Empire State Building? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. My husband is a member of the AMA |
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jorno67 (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You're correct! Plus there was already a vague blanket threat from the FAA |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I may have to tighten my tinfoil hat |
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