Friday, September 6, 2013

I Saw a Kiosk Vendor at West Towne Mall Operate a Very Small Remote-Control Helicopter Today

It looks nothing like this.  In fact, you could line up about a dozen of them on the rotor blade pictured below.



Remote-Controlled Model Helicopter Fatally Strikes Its Operator. (The New York Times, 9/5/2013)

Which I'm not and never will be:     For those familiar with serious model helicopter piloting, the death of Mr. Pirozek was a grim reminder of the dangers inherent in operating such unpredictable machines by remote.

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