Reminder: Hobbyists are banned from flying any type of unmanned aircraft in D.C.

Last December, the FAA extended the ban to 30 miles, causing some hobbyist parks to shut down.

The Capital Area Soaring Association and all other hobbyist parks within 30-miles of the city are shut down.

A Florida man received a cease-and-desist letter after posting drone footage on YouTube.

Drone on, but basically make sure it’s in your sight and below 500 feet, the FAA says, basically.

But it’s $25 if you’re a fed.

And illegal.

The Washington Nationals got into a bit of trouble for using a small drone to take publicity photos of the team during spring training.

Virginia Tech was one of six sites selected by the FAA to test the development of drones to be integrated into the U.S. airspace.

Bridle uses publicly available resources like Google Maps and social networks “to investigate, visualize, and call attention to otherwise unexamined information about the worldwide military application of unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to a release.