Extremely pathetic.
Even in the normally paranoid Saudi Arabia, the authorities have gotten beyond their phobia, so now there is one more activity to do in the Magic Kingdom besides shopping and wasting away at shisha cafés.
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How did they do it? They got one of the 5000 or so Royals involved, made a requirement for RC pilots to undergo a security background check and get a licence.
No wonder bored youth in Bahrain spend their free time cruising Exhibition Avenue or racing on the freeways. RC provides ambitious young people an avenue to explore aviation. As it is, not here.
