Attack of the Drones
#11
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Joined APC: Aug 2009
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Its increasingly looking like a case of Mass Hysteria / Delusions.
There were no drones at all. No confirmed sightings, no radio signals, no radar returns.
https://www.secretflying.com/posts/p...twick-airport/
There were no drones at all. No confirmed sightings, no radio signals, no radar returns.
https://www.secretflying.com/posts/p...twick-airport/

#12
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#13
Prime Minister/Moderator
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
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Yup. Just like throwing barrel size objects in the strait of Hormuz. Insurance companies will tell the oil tankers to stay away.
#15

Forget about the evildoers. I imagine one jerk who buys a house under the departure (who has only been there during a lull) and is P.O.ed that
"all those d--ned airplanes are flying right over" his house. He is the guy I envision messing with traffic.
"all those d--ned airplanes are flying right over" his house. He is the guy I envision messing with traffic.
#16
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 5,596

We've been seeing quite a bit of this on fires over the past few years; air operations being shut down because some yahoo is flying his little quad copter or remote control airplane around the fire area.
Law enforcement has managed to cite a few of them, most just disappear. I think in one case fire crews downed a "drone" with a hose.
Law enforcement has managed to cite a few of them, most just disappear. I think in one case fire crews downed a "drone" with a hose.
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