As some of the worst fires in area history raged in Los Angeles, Altadena, and Pasadena in January, two Super Scooper planes on loan from our Canadian neighbors flew down to help.
And then, despite the US Federal Aviation Administration issuing temporary flight restrictions in the area so that drones wouldn't interfere with the operations of first responder aircraft, we reported that some thoughtless individual had apparently crashed their drone into one of the Super Scoopers.
To close out the month, the US States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California officially announced that the operator of said drone has pleaded guilty to the offense. He's charged with a single count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the official release.
