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FAA inspectors DO make phone calls to gather information in investigations. A letter will certainly be sent when enforcement proceedings begin (formal charges are being brought) but initial investigations may be done by telephone. You should always ask the investigator's name, title, and which...

Let me offer some advice as an attorney who has represented pilots charged with violations of various Federal Aviation Regulations, or FARs. Please don't make the investigator's case for him or her if/when you get a phone call. Admit NOTHING. In order to prove a violation, they have to prove...

Upgraded to a P3Pro from a P1 this week. Updated firmware on Phantom, camera, and remote, calibrated compass, and made a very uneventful first flight. A few hours later, same location, began a second flight using "auto takeoff",and the craft rose a few feet, then began flying circles on its own...