Thanks!
I would predict anti-drone drones for any decent sized airport at some point in the future.
… or just legalise shooting them if they are over your property, and make shotguns more accessible…
AdamFrisch wrote:
Even if it means NSA and MI6 will know my every move from that moment on.
Are you completely nuts?
Airborne_Again wrote:
I think that authorities are rapidly losing control of the drone situation
I think no. Drones in all shapes and sizes are here to stay. So far no serious accidents has actually occurred, so the problems with drones are so far just fantasies from an objective standpoint. Accident will of course eventually occur, but I think those will be drones falling down on people rather than colliding with aircraft. A camera drone weighing 30-40 kg will easily kill a person when falling.
People using drones to fly near aircraft is already illegal, and such an act is far from “accidental” in any case, but a serious crime.
Drones in all shapes and sizes are here to stay. So far no serious accidents has actually occurred, …
Exactly. Radio controlled model aircraft have been around since the 1950ies and I am not aware of any serious accident. There is – at least in this part of the world – enough legislation controlling their usage. And a “normal” drone is no big risk for an airliner anyway. It can cause expensive damage to an engine or shatter the outer glass screen of a windshield, but that’s about it. Aircraft do not crash because of that. And the real heavy drones used for TV broadcasts are very expensive and operated by qualified personnel who know the rules and who know the consequences for violating them.
QuoteRadio controlled model aircraft have been around since the 1950ies and I am not aware of any serious accident.
I don’t agree with the notion “nothing has changed, move along”. Three things happened in the last few years.
These three things conspire to the point where we are now: Where drones are going to be a significant hazard to aviation. Near misses have occurred, aerial firefighting operations have been halted. We’re just waiting for the first serious accident.