The traditional R/C aircraft or helicopter needs skill to build and learn to fly, often in a club environment.
... and are operated, almost without exception, by responsible individuals who have the common sense not to fly near to a major airport, aerodrome or airfield.
How can a subject such as this be in debate?!
Flying drones or any other aerial devices near to an airport is WRONG.
I sometimes wonder how many people still have the ability to differentiate between right and wrong when I read these columns ...
Accept the premise that these devices should not be in airspace such as the approach to Heathrow and the question of whether a jet engine will survive the injection of a drone becomes an academic debate, not a question of life and death.