This 'ere drone thingy at Gatport Airwick....

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  1. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

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    A bit like zonal marking.
    Or posibly Thiam running at goal.
     
    Old Goat, Dec 20, 2018
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  2. ryhilltyke

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    I don’t believe for 1 minute a couple of drones have called all this chaos. Someone is hiding something.
     
    ryhilltyke, Dec 20, 2018
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    There has also been reports in both France and German of individuals known to the authorities scouting De Gualle and Stuttgart airports....
     
    DEETEE, Dec 20, 2018
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  4. North Yorks Red

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    Its weird, Sussex Police said it was not terror-related but a "deliberate act" of disruption, using "industrial specification" drones.
    Why would anybody spring for a drone of that quality and then virtually ask for it to be confiscated or destroyed, surely there is more involved than just some local idiots?
     
    North Yorks Red, Dec 20, 2018
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  5. Dragon Tyke

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    surely the airports bird control team could just shoot them down, problem solved.
     
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    And the feckers using them.
     
    Xerxes, Dec 20, 2018
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    This should open your eyes.

     
    thetykester, Dec 20, 2018
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  8. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    I fully understand the implications, but thanks for pointing that out.
    All I was saying is that is it really beyond the whit of a seriously technologically based organisation to shoot the thing out of the sky..... using the latest gadget type thing, whatever that might be.
    I bet that if I flew such a thing over my neighbour's garden and he took offence then he'd probably blast it with his rifle. (he's a competition shooter by the way, not a loony!)
     
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  9. Gally

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    Russia?
     
    Gally, Dec 20, 2018
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    Gally Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Suspect we’ll see that action now the army are involved but they need to be careful not to endager life at the same time.
     
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  11. Glo

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    They could shoot rockets from the sky in World War 2 from miles away so surely these shouldn’t have proved to be such a big problem.
     
    GloucesterRedsBigBro, Dec 20, 2018
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  12. Sup

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    You don't think that flying large metal objects in front of planes as they try to take off from a runway could cause planes to be grounded?
     
    SuperTyke, Dec 20, 2018
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    Got sent this earlier which made me chuckle...[​IMG]
     
    nezbfc, Dec 20, 2018
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  14. Winker

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    I read somewhere abart BIRDS of prey being trained to take out drones, obviously it didnt work, or its work in progress, also ANTI drone jammers were being installed around Airports.
     
    Winker, Dec 20, 2018
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  15. DusThaNoIII

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    Yes, bring back firing squads for owners of drones PLEASE
     
    DusThaNoIII, Dec 20, 2018
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  16. tingleytyke

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    It’s just our country’s ineptness in dealing with it that’s causing the problem.
    We only have to tip some leaves onto the railway lines and thats the rail network fecked.

    As a note I have about 15 drones.
     
    tingleytyke, Dec 21, 2018
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  17. David_Upper_East

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    Amazing how many people on here have got the answer to this problem! Shooting rockets; rifles; using radar. I think if it were so simple then these things would have been done.
     
    David_Upper_East, Dec 21, 2018
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    This must be a smokescreen for something else... maybe so it knocks something else off the front page.. or maybe there will be some strict expensive drone license brought in that will now have public support as images of children missing their trip to Santa front up the legislation.

    I have a drone, and use it responsibly. It’s a fun toy, and has a pre programme function that I can use to send it off for a mile or so. However I rarely use that, as regulations state that the drone should be in sight at all times. There will be many thousands more given as Christmas presents, but they don’t provide any regulations of flights with them. You have to look them up.
     
    Austiniho, Dec 21, 2018
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  19. Sup

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    Am I right in reading that as because you use yours responsibly then the person who has done this must be fictitious?

    I drive my car responsibly but I'm not going to claim that drunk drivers are a smoke screen for something
     
    SuperTyke, Dec 21, 2018
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  20. Dan

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    I'd ban them. The negatives far outweigh the positives.
     
    DannyWilsonLovechild, Dec 21, 2018
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