Another Drone Pilot does it Again
#3026
What's unfortunate is that the only reason there wasn't serious damage is luck...
#3027
And yet another stupid drone pilot and this time it is really serious. How much good will letter writing do now? When the clowns in DC latch onto this there will be no coming back. 180,000 AMA members won't mean Jack *hit compared to losing an airliner full of passengers. They will pass whatever law they deem necessary to keep the skies safe.
Last edited by raptureboy; 04-18-2016 at 05:04 AM.
#3028
And yet another stupid drone pilot and this time it is really serious http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04...l?intcmp=hpbt2
#3029
Keep telling yourself that. Perception is everything, and Joe public will not take the time to research the facts, stories like this is all it takes to make people start demanding the government do something. You will never hear about it if they discover it was not a drone incident this is all people will remember.
#3030
Keep telling yourself that. Perception is everything, and Joe public will not take the time to research the facts, stories like this is all it takes to make people start demanding the government do something. You will never hear about it if they discover it was not a drone incident this is all people will remember.
BTW what damage was done to the plane?
#3032
They don't know it was a drone. Far more likely it was a bird. Press and others getting over anxious to report a drone strike.
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Keep telling yourself that. Perception is everything, and Joe public will not take the time to research the facts, stories like this is all it takes to make people start demanding the government do something. You will never hear about it if they discover it was not a drone incident this is all people will remember.
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It seems like once an RC'er attaches a camera to a plane then the beyond line of site shenanigans ensue. I go to the field to watch my planes fly, not to watch the field or myself from the plane.
#3036
Total BS. 99% of drone sightings are fiction. The modern version of the UFO phenomenon.
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#3041
PS , I LOVE your idea of "wing cams" , just for capturing the terrified looks on the birds faces .002 seconds before impact ...... Ewww ..
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Deleted the Nasty stuff sorry But
We should just keep keeping on and stop making judgement and forget it all. U behave your self and nothing will happen. If U must go sit a mile off any runway and catch some one flying a quad there and turn'em in Maybe U will get part of the fine imposed as a reward.
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#3046
Sorry I don't think so for got to check. I drove about 1432 miles since Friday morning -AJ THRU El paso Fredericksbur to Austin thru next day then thru Huston Sunday Morning to Galvistion Island to see the TARHEEL HAL P-47 at Lone Star Museum of flight then on to to Bossier city Lots of detail pics of TAR HEEL As I said I did go past your field. Maybe next year or next Fall if I reside to take the long way from WI to AZ.
Sorry about the off topic.
Mike
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The captain of a British Airways Airbus A320 flying into London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday afternoon told authorities he believed the front of the airplane was hit by a drone on approach. The airplane landed safely and it was examined carefully by engineers. It hasn't been reported what damage they found, if any, but they cleared the aircraft to take off on its next scheduled flight. "It is totally unacceptable to fly drones close to airports and anyone flouting the rules can face severe penalties including imprisonment," Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement after the incident.
Paul Rigby, a spokesman for the drone industry, said such incidents are preventable. "We should have geofencing for consumers that are embedded into the drones," he told the International Business Times. "The burden is definitely on the manufacturers to take responsibility for the capabilities they're introducing." Such features could be turned off for trained commercial users. A recent analysis by Bard College found 188 "close encounters" reported by pilots to the FAA between August 2015 and January 2016. So far no drone-aircraft collisions have been confirmed.
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The captain of a British Airways Airbus A320 flying into London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday afternoon told authorities he believed the front of the airplane was hit by a drone on approach. The airplane landed safely and it was examined carefully by engineers. It hasn't been reported what damage they found, if any, but they cleared the aircraft to take off on its next scheduled flight. "It is totally unacceptable to fly drones close to airports and anyone flouting the rules can face severe penalties including imprisonment," Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement after the incident.
Paul Rigby, a spokesman for the drone industry, said such incidents are preventable. "We should have geofencing for consumers that are embedded into the drones," he told the International Business Times. "The burden is definitely on the manufacturers to take responsibility for the capabilities they're introducing." Such features could be turned off for trained commercial users. A recent analysis by Bard College found 188 "close encounters" reported by pilots to the FAA between August 2015 and January 2016. So far no drone-aircraft collisions have been confirmed.
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The captain of a British Airways Airbus A320 flying into London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday afternoon told authorities he believed the front of the airplane was hit by a drone on approach. The airplane landed safely and it was examined carefully by engineers. It hasn't been reported what damage they found, if any, but they cleared the aircraft to take off on its next scheduled flight. "It is totally unacceptable to fly drones close to airports and anyone flouting the rules can face severe penalties including imprisonment," Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement after the incident.
Paul Rigby, a spokesman for the drone industry, said such incidents are preventable. "We should have geofencing for consumers that are embedded into the drones," he told the International Business Times. "The burden is definitely on the manufacturers to take responsibility for the capabilities they're introducing." Such features could be turned off for trained commercial users. A recent analysis by Bard College found 188 "close encounters" reported by pilots to the FAA between August 2015 and January 2016. So far no drone-aircraft collisions have been confirmed.
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The captain of a British Airways Airbus A320 flying into London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday afternoon told authorities he believed the front of the airplane was hit by a drone on approach. The airplane landed safely and it was examined carefully by engineers. It hasn't been reported what damage they found, if any, but they cleared the aircraft to take off on its next scheduled flight. "It is totally unacceptable to fly drones close to airports and anyone flouting the rules can face severe penalties including imprisonment," Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement after the incident.
Paul Rigby, a spokesman for the drone industry, said such incidents are preventable. "We should have geofencing for consumers that are embedded into the drones," he told the International Business Times. "The burden is definitely on the manufacturers to take responsibility for the capabilities they're introducing." Such features could be turned off for trained commercial users. A recent analysis by Bard College found 188 "close encounters" reported by pilots to the FAA between August 2015 and January 2016. So far no drone-aircraft collisions have been confirmed.
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I guess they can still use this so-called incident to push their agenda.
#3049
It was announced today that the aircraft may have hit a plastic bag, not a drone.
I guess they can still use this so-called incident to push their agenda.
I guess they can still use this so-called incident to push their agenda.
#3050
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It was announced today that the aircraft may have hit a plastic bag, not a drone.
I guess they can still use this so-called incident to push their agenda.
I guess they can still use this so-called incident to push their agenda.
The news agencies should apologize for overreacting and causing unneeded alarm.
but what will happen when terrorists start flying radio controlled sacks?!
Last edited by Flight Risk; 04-21-2016 at 07:30 PM.