--HELP SAVE OUR HOBBY MISSION STATEMENT AND EVENT INFO--
Since the dawn of time man has dreamt of flying… This history of human flight is wrought with invention and stubborn determination. With repeated attempts and failed creations flight was achieved… Hobby aviation has been a deeply important part of American culture for nearly a century and has driven innovation and brought joy to millions of people.
The FAA has proposed rules in their NPRM for Remote ID, which will severely impact the future access to hobby aviation to make way for commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems. To this goal, their rules would go so far as to ban you and your family from flying a home built RC airplane or drone anywhere outside of a predesignated area. This ban would even include your own backyard… The only way to use the airspace for hobby flight will be to purchase a prebuilt craft from an FAA certified manufacturer and that craft will need to be registered(FEE), have a “remote ID tag license number(FEE and COST)”, and an active connection to a cell data plan(COST). These rules will destroy access to the long tradition of hobby aviation as well as limit the ability for open research and development around these technologies.
The UFDA CREW decided we needed to do something more than just comment on the NPRM. We decided we needed to organize the hobby flight community around a peaceful protest to preserve our rights and access to the sky! To tell the FAA that their NPRM goes too far in restricting access to a hobby that has one of the best safety records of any that exist.
To this end we have created Help Save Our Hobby to lead this protest movement forward and help organize our collective voices into reality in Washington DC, directly outside the FAA HQ, in Hancock Park on February 28th and 29th!!! We have now just gained the ability to fly like birds as we have always dreamt of… We cannot allow the FAA to take that all away for false security or commercial benefit.
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WARNING | WASHINGTON DC IS A NO FLY ZONE | WARNING
-----EVENT INFORMATION-----
WARNING | WASHINGTON DC IS A NO FLY ZONE | WARNING
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This is a family friendly rally against the over regulation of hobby aviation. A peaceful protest and show of community in support of preserving access to hobby flight and public airspace.
-We will peacefully assemble to make our voices heard
-We will work to get the word out about the NPRM to the general public and media by showing up at the FAA HQ!!!
-We will organize comments on the NPRM
-We will organize letter writing to congress
-Signs and materials to make your own *supplied*
-Rally with directions about the protest
-Picketing actions around the FAA Headquarters
-Speeches and discussion panels
-Music
-Informational displays
-Sim stations
-Maybe the largest hobby flight meetup in HISTORY with ZERO FLYING! lol
----- SCHEDULE-----
UFDA Help Save Our Hobby Rally Schedules
FRIDAY Feb 28 (Welcome to DC Rally at Hancock Park, Picketing in front of FAA building)*
12:00pm to 4pm
Picketing
SATURDAY Feb 29 (Help Save Our Hobby Rally and Picketing)
9am to 5pm
9:00am
Music to gather
10:00am
Rally begins
10-11am
Picketing and Picketing
11-12pm
People Speak/Panel and Picketing
12:30pm-1:30pm
Band at lunchtime
2-3pm
Discussion Panel and Picketing
3-4pm
People Speak and Picketing
4pm
Music to gather and Picketing
4-4:30/5pm
Rally Closes
Event ends
-----PLEASE NOTICE-----
-ABSOLUTELY NO FLYING WILL BE TOLERATED
WASHINGTON DC IS A NO FLY ZONE DOWN TO 0ft
-Please DO NOT BRING RC aircraft or equipment
-No Littering
-No Alcohol
-No Drugs
-No Tobacco or Vape Products
-No Pets
-No Aggravated Protest
-----THINGS TO KNOW-----
-It will be cold out so dress accordingly
-There will be food trucks in the vicinity
-Bathrooms in the park
-Metro stop directly next to Hancock Park
-Bus stop directly next to Hancock Park
-Friday set up around 10am
-This is not a protest for civil disobedience but to make our collective voices heard, disrupting the FAA is not useful.
-BEING SEEN AND HEARD BEYOND THE COMMENT SECTION IS USEFUL
-Personal homemade signs welcome, please try to keep them safe for families with children.
-Please help clean up after yourself and others.
-This event will be judged by the way we all act and are perceived.
-Lets make it clear we are responsibly asserting our 1st amendment rights respectably.
-Thank you for helping make this inclusive and safe for everyone
-----LINKS YOU MIGHT NEED-----
HELP SAVE OUR HOBBY OFFICIAL SITE
www.helpsaveourhobby.com
HELP SAVE OUR HOBBY FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/HelpSaveOurHobby/
HELP SAVE OUR HOBBY EVENT RSVP PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/events/2237167766575565
UFDA CREW OFFICIAL SITE
www.ufdacrew.com
