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FAA research confirms what pilots deem as very real threat to planes
New research commissioned by the FAA finds a high-speed collision between a drone and an airliner would be worse than a bird strike. Newly-released animation shows how a drone could cause significant damage to a plane's engine or tail area. This year, the FAA has received an average of 250 reports of drones near airports every month, up from 159 for most of last year. (www.msn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
A report doesn't mean it was actually a drone. For instance there were over 50 claims of drones in one year in the US that were all over 30K. A dji phantom or anything similar is not flying that high. The actual likelyhood of a collision is significantly less than a bird. I am so tired of the agenda against evil drones when the reality is I have been flying them for over 20 years at clubs near airports without a single incident; but they have only recently been put into the publics eyes so everyone is freaking out now...
I suspect that you Sir will never be part of the problem, nor will your contemporaries. Drive the friendly traffic of Dallas these days and you quickly realize that the zanies now rule the roads and those of us that have insurance and drive defensively are more defensive than ever. I got green lasered going into DAL several years back in the left seat of a C650 on a left base to 13L. Hostile territory below. They buy drones too. And they will be much tougher on the fan and compressor section of a TFE731 than a 2.5 pound dove. Just sayin.
Using your logic, my friend who has been driving drunk for the past 20 years without causing an accident is justified in his assertions that drunk driving is really OK and people should just leave him alone. Sounds flawed to me.
Dont even get me started on the ignorance of MADD and the law enforcement idiots why buy into it.
Before you ask, yes I have seen the 'other side'. Working in the L1 trauma center we get plenty of DUI cases. None, I mean NONE of them are .08. In reality they are almost all .2x and above. The real issue is elderly drivers. Far more dangerous than some housewife with a glass of Pinot in her gullet. But, that is not an exciting story.
Before you ask, yes I have seen the 'other side'. Working in the L1 trauma center we get plenty of DUI cases. None, I mean NONE of them are .08. In reality they are almost all .2x and above. The real issue is elderly drivers. Far more dangerous than some housewife with a glass of Pinot in her gullet. But, that is not an exciting story.
Sir, please do NOT let rumor, innuendo and hysteria get into the way of the realities proported by the 'Fake' News...now, back to my Sheeple to graze on some Soylent Green....
Nice to see you admit you are sheeple.
I am nothing if not compliant. Thank you sir, may I have another? ;-)
I have seen others that folded wings and dove down to miss me. Sully on the Hudson was a once in a lifetime occurrence where they encountered too many at one time and in both engines.
The last thing we aviators need are more uncontrolled objects in the sky. You drone "operators" are a real threat. Most of you are not aviators and have no idea what the Hell you are doing.
Get a private, commercial and instrument rating. Then, fly your drone no higher than about 150 feet.