Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 07, 2016
Transcript:
Janis: The Supreme Court ruled in United States V. Causby that property rights do not extend upward and that air space is public and available for travel and general use. Janis: The 1946 Landmark case was initiated by a North Carolina chicken farmer who said army airplanes from a nearby field were scaring his chickens to death. Janis: The court did agree that, at 83 feet, the planes were causing damage to Farmer Causby's livelihood, and he was awarded compensation. The court did not address how high was 'safe'. Arlo: It's really difficult for the law to keep up with the pace of technology.
LuvThemPluggers over 8 years ago
Ol Farmer Causby must’ve had a freezer full of chickens.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Interesting … it is pretty much illigal for any private person to use a drone here, unless you got a permit – and even then it is still within a given area where you can´t see into other peoples property.
Varnes over 8 years ago
I’m sorry, but illustration of the dead chickens is crackin’ me up!
Varnes over 8 years ago
Is that plane a Hell Cat or a P-39?…Hawker Hurricane?….My favorite? Curtiss P-40…The Flying Tigers plane….Awesome machine, the best at the time…..
Varnes over 8 years ago
OH, BTW, the last panel is true, and it’s going to get worse…
ScullyUFO over 8 years ago
Except the issue is not property rights but privacy rights. We’re not claiming to “own” the imaginary prism extending from our real property outline into space.
When you use a public washroom, you don’t “own” the cubicle. But you have reasonable privacy rights.
Mike Albrecht over 8 years ago
P-51 Mustang
footballhead55 over 8 years ago
Yep. P-51 Mustang. Good job Mike, beat me by a minute.
Ham_Gravy over 8 years ago
Please, please, please lose this computer lettering. It can actually suck all the joy from a comic strip.
ARLOS DAD over 8 years ago
Not respecting boundaries is the reason for law…
ralphyork666 over 8 years ago
In reference to one of my comments yesterday. Apparently, using correct medical terminology for body parts when making a comment doesn’t make the comment immune from censor. I wonder how many times the censor had to look up words that I have used in my comments. If he/she did then at least I have accomplished something in expanding the censor’s vocabulary. Another teachable moment.
sbwertz over 8 years ago
Looks like a P51, but the angle is such that you can’t see the “pregnant guppy” profile.
linsonl over 8 years ago
It is illegal for me to fly my airplane within 500 feet of any man made object, except for take off and landing.
Petersenbus over 8 years ago
@VarnesWhat’s cracking up is the eggs! Didn’t you notice the shell fragments lying on the ground?
hippogriff over 8 years ago
The Abbotsford Airport in BC is surrounded by egg farms. A former announcer at the annual air show had a standard line for particularly loud aircraft: “They’ll be laying square eggs in the morning.” .Outside prescribed (no drones) areas surrounding airfields, aircraft must not fly lower than 2,000 feet over populated areas or 500 feet over open terrain..VarnesEliminate the F6, no radial engine. P-51 is questionable, the radiator should be visible. P-39, cockpit wrong, same with Hurricane, plus not flown by US. P-40, definitely not, no chin, same for later Hawkers (Typhoon, Tempest, etc.). Probably just an electric model, but should be rather hot to control.
KEA over 8 years ago
Arlo is right.
darthnul over 8 years ago
Looks mostly like a P-51D given the canopy profile, but the scoop is missing from the bottom.
Get fuzzy 4527 over 8 years ago
It’s settled: IT’s a CARTOON / COMICS PLANE!!
dvoyack over 8 years ago
I got shotguns. They’ll make great target practice.
cosman over 8 years ago
The sound of those Packard V-1650’s i used to hear from my rear lawn porch when i was young coming from the old-school hydroplane races 3miles away.. http://bit.ly/1Wg6rOd
sanford0510 over 8 years ago
On the good wife there was an episode about drones And they used this case in the court trial
RH3 over 8 years ago
And Jimmy Johnson gives a lesson on U.S. law.
Brenda Sherrod Premium Member over 8 years ago
This new font is difficult to read.