Rodney Thomas
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[Travel] Drones spotted at LGW.
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4 for me (so far)
Are you going somewhere nice?
TWOCHOICEStom
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Policing drones is a very very difficult thing to do.
Disabling them remotely or creating no-fly zones is all well and good, IF the drone you're flying is made by a manufacturer who has complied with the law. Nothing at all stopping you from buying parts and making your own or importing some crap from China.
The reality is that as batteries and wireless chips have improved, drones have got easier and cheaper to make.
I really hope they catch these morons responsible for this though. If there's any consolation at all it's that the people affected will still get where they're going before Christmas.
Disabling them remotely or creating no-fly zones is all well and good, IF the drone you're flying is made by a manufacturer who has complied with the law. Nothing at all stopping you from buying parts and making your own or importing some crap from China.
The reality is that as batteries and wireless chips have improved, drones have got easier and cheaper to make.
I really hope they catch these morons responsible for this though. If there's any consolation at all it's that the people affected will still get where they're going before Christmas.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Depends if it is a dweeb in his underpants in his bedroom, or a terrorist incident.
Perhaps stringing them up from the highest yardarm would learn them.
Odd that it’s been going on for so long.....seems lie the airport first shut around 9pm last night, but drones still being seen this morning.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It is now being classed as deliberate sabotage.
I’ll pass your sentiments onto the missus.....who now has to endure me at home for another day.
Keep her away from the knife drawer.
Publius Ovidius
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Why doesn't a police marksperson shoot the bloody thing down?
Or any hard blunt objects.
According to the BBC the police are concerned about stray bullets.
Rodney Thomas
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Flying back to the UK for Christmas
Publius Ovidius
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So they take out a few local residents...tough...it's Christmas...people need to get away for their holidays.
Personally I would use the anti aircraft missiles that are stored in southwick tunnel .
We spend all this money on weapons and then don't use them.
Barber out!
GOM
living vicariously
Must be a lot of people involved, I thought the batteries on these things lasted less than 15 minutes !
Don Tmatter
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Do you know where he’s been since last night?
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
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the sun is over the yard-arm somewhere!
We demand an increasingly sozzled and ranting blog of your day, starting from around your third alcoholic drink (ie now).
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As they're unlikely to be standing by the perimeter fence then I don't see how they can catch them, maybe they're daft enough to fly them back to where they are, dunno.
The whole drone thing is a ticking time bomb. If anyone wanted, they could "paralyse" pretty well anything with little fear of being caught. I'm surprised that as soon as they came to market there wasn't an immediate intervention to understand the implications and react in some way (recognising that extremists will always find a way around)
It's a personal pet peeve of mine
Now you come to mention it ......