As of Feb. 1, there were 49,857 commercial drones and 664,688
hobbyist drone owners registered with the FAA.
Not exact matches
The effort is intended to educate
drone owners and prevent smaller aircraft from flying too close to planes and jets — a move that has angered some
drone hobbyists.
For
drone hobbyists and all of the soon - to - be
owners of the estimated 400,000 small unmanned aircraft that will be unwrapped this holiday season, the clock is ticking.
Because
hobbyists get one ID number for all the
drones they own, the FAA estimates
owner registrations represent 1.6 million
drones.
A federal judge in Louisville has dismissed a suit seeking damages against a property
owner who shot down a
hobbyist's
drone in 2015.