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FAA rules alone won't prevent a drone-jet collision Quadcopter drone One of the hottest-selling toys this holiday season has been a quadcopter drone, a lightweight craft. The FAA is trying to develop rules that will allow commercially flown drones as heavy as 55 pounds to share airspace with airplanes. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune) By Robert P. Mark Air Transportation Disasters Air Transportation Industry Air Transportation Federal Aviation Administration US Airways Anyone can purchase a drone and begin flying immediately. And that's dangerous. Drones near airports and no training for operators: What could go wrong? The FAA is trying to develop rules that will allow 55-pound drones to share airspace with passenger planes: This holiday season, one of the hottest-selling toys has been the quadcopter drone, a tiny remote-controlled helicopter that carries a small video camera anyplace the ground-based operator sends it. While some of these brightly colored quads weigh less than a pound, they can still deliver a pedestrian a pretty ugly whack in the side of the head if the operator loses control.