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A lot of people definitely will be inspired by this...

Since you can disrupt freely for days without being tracked and catched and with drones costing next to nothing... well, let's go ahead.

And why not arm them with gas cans?

Shocked and surprised there's nothing in place to track, prevent and stop this kind of terror.
 
DiffractionLtd said:
Badwater said:
philm5d said:
Gatwick International Airport ( south of London) - It was bound to happen one day. Unsurprisingly the authorities seem to have been caught completely with their pants down. No Jamming system in place, no-one willing to shoot them down for fear of stray bullet damage (ever heard of shotguns???). Chaos for thousands at the start of the holidays, see,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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Yea, I saw that on the news in the US. Seems people will go out of their way to screw up everything for others. Karma is a MF.

That's the reason I refuse to get a drone. Too many limitations due to idiots screwing it up for everyone.
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There are parallels , small groups of moronic scumbags ruin everything for others. The entire legal system is to deal with a minority of trash that make freedom for the rest of us impossible. But at the same time, the legal systems and politicians often go overboard with rules, creating a kind of buffer zone of rules that infringe on what could be perfectly reasonable uses of drones for example in order to contain the actions of imbeciles.
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I agree. So far in the US every National Park I've been to has banned drones, even Death Valley. Also beach areas, and lakes. I know there are tons of people fearful and paranoid about drones crashing into them or being spied upon by unwanted eyes. And they too create a atmosphere of paranoia and fear.

Nevertheless, there are people that break the rules, and get good drone footage. And, enforcing the laws of drones are impossible in some places. It would be easy to break the drone rules in specific locations. However, I rather avoid the confrontation of drone haters, and the authority that may want to show use of deadly force.



Also, at one time drone video was some cool and exciting cinematic stuff to view, and the pics some do are really amazing. But like anything popular and good, the masses started flooding they YouTube with the common drone shots and over time drone shots become boring, and the value goes down significantly when the servers are full of low quality drone shots. And like anything it makes good quality drone clips harder to find.


The future of drones are likely as restrictive as it will get, and the excitement of it all will continue to fade as well. Perhaps, I'll look into a long Jib for my drone shots while keeping my feet on the ground.
 
dave said:
Mika Y. said:
Janoch said:
Police has arrested two men for the disruptions...

Wonder how big the fine will be? 120.000 passengers delayed for days, hundreds of flights cancelled...
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The article I saw about the arrest today seemed to indicate a man and his wife as current suspects:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/drone-suspect-was-kent-security-guard-195865/
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Now released without charge
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Yes, Merry Christmas to them.
 
philm5d said:
Gatwick International Airport ( south of London) - It was bound to happen one day. Unsurprisingly the authorities seem to have been caught completely with their pants down. No Jamming system in place, no-one willing to shoot them down for fear of stray bullet damage (ever heard of shotguns???). Chaos for thousands at the start of the holidays, see,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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"DRONE GROAN Gatwick drone detectives sensationally admit ‘there may NEVER have been a drone attack’ as cops slammed over couple quizzed for 36 hours"

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8050136/gatwick-drone-boss-arrested-soldier-reveals-agony/

Not sure what to think at this point...
 
foot said:
philm5d said:
Gatwick International Airport ( south of London) - It was bound to happen one day. Unsurprisingly the authorities seem to have been caught completely with their pants down. No Jamming system in place, no-one willing to shoot them down for fear of stray bullet damage (ever heard of shotguns???). Chaos for thousands at the start of the holidays, see,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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"DRONE GROAN Gatwick drone detectives sensationally admit ‘there may NEVER have been a drone attack’ as cops slammed over couple quizzed for 36 hours"

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8050136/gatwick-drone-boss-arrested-soldier-reveals-agony/

Not sure what to think at this point...
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You do realise that the Sun was the newspaper that published it had found a London double decker bus on the moon, believed by many of its readers. Most intelligent people in the UK totally ignore anything published in the sun. :-)
 
dave said:
foot said:
philm5d said:
Gatwick International Airport ( south of London) - It was bound to happen one day. Unsurprisingly the authorities seem to have been caught completely with their pants down. No Jamming system in place, no-one willing to shoot them down for fear of stray bullet damage (ever heard of shotguns???). Chaos for thousands at the start of the holidays, see,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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"DRONE GROAN Gatwick drone detectives sensationally admit ‘there may NEVER have been a drone attack’ as cops slammed over couple quizzed for 36 hours"

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8050136/gatwick-drone-boss-arrested-soldier-reveals-agony/

Not sure what to think at this point...
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You do realise that the Sun was the newspaper that published it had found a London double decker bus on the moon, believed by many of its readers. Most intelligent people in the UK totally ignore anything published in the sun. :-)
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Most 'intelligent' people in the UK know that was a headline from the Sunday Sport, a completely different newspaper.
 
DiffractionLtd said:
dave said:
Mika Y. said:
Janoch said:
Police has arrested two men for the disruptions...

Wonder how big the fine will be? 120.000 passengers delayed for days, hundreds of flights cancelled...
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The article I saw about the arrest today seemed to indicate a man and his wife as current suspects:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/drone-suspect-was-kent-security-guard-195865/
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Now released without charge
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Yes, Merry Christmas to them.
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Yes, it's always good to not be in jail on Christmas when you've done noting wrong.
 
fishy wishy said:
Most 'intelligent' people in the UK know that was a headline from the Sunday Sport, a completely different newspaper.
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You're absolutely right, a long time since that headline. But to be fair, the daily sport was a few levels above the Sun on an intellectual level. However from your posting history I doubt you have ever read either, but congratulations on a quick google search :-)
 
dave said:
Member said:
Most 'intelligent' people in the UK know that was a headline from the Sunday Sport, a completely different newspaper.
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You're absolutely right, a long time since that headline. But to be fair, the daily sport was a few levels above the Sun on an intellectual level. However from your posting history I doubt you have ever read either, but congratulations on a quick google search :-)
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Of course I believe we went to the moon. But no school buses left behind!

I recently saw a "Moon Landings were fake" video, supposedly showing "cutting room floor" footage taken by Kubrick, in a warehouse.

So I do wonder...would NASA have gone to the moon to take photos, without dress rehearsals? I shudder at the thought...blurry, over-exposed blotches of white, obscured by the astronauts space gloves!!

It was a cool video, linking the moon landing photos to "The Shinning". Wish I could write fiction like that
 
Ministers announced measures to protect aircraft in May. From next November, pilots of drones weighing more than 250g will have to register with the Civil Aviation Authority and take an online safety test.

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HajtoMoto said:
philm5d said:
Gatwick International Airport ( south of London) - It was bound to happen one day. Unsurprisingly the authorities seem to have been caught completely with their pants down. No Jamming system in place, no-one willing to shoot them down for fear of stray bullet damage (ever heard of shotguns???). Chaos for thousands at the start of the holidays, see,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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obviously your point of view is very limited and you are not very well informed but still making judgment. Anyway, to answer some of your issues:
1) They afraid of shooting drones down for fear of stray bullets - reason for that is they are not standing directly under the drone and cannot shoot to the sky, the drone is always flying away from them and also is flying relatively low so in theory shooting at it would mean shooting in straight line, which brings the risk, if they miss, bullet might hit someone/something straight behind it.
2) No Jamming system in place - it turns out it is not electronic drone but fuel-powered (like old school RC planes ) hence whoever is flying it - he can flight it for longer than 15 minutes. Jamming radio signals would probably jammed planes radios and Control Tower radios etc.

Good solution, in my opinion would be to involve 1 helicopter, and fly it relatively close to the drone. Strong push of air generated from helicopter would most likely pushed drone down the ground. This method has been used before around the world.
Other, slightly more risky method could be to hire drone pilot and crash-fly another drone to stop this chaos.
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Perhaps the dumbest and/or ignorant thoughts I’ve seen for some time.
 
The people who did this are true british heroes.

I vote for more disruption on british airports, this goes nicely with the existing political chaos.
 
rochester21 said:
The people who did this are true british heroes.

I vote for more disruption on british airports, this goes nicely with the existing political chaos.
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Why do you want disruption in the airports? Have you ever experienced this type of disruption?


Cheers,
Doug
 
This may be a new message from Rocky Rococo!
 
GregWCIL said:
GregWCIL wrote... Perhaps the dumbest and/or ignorant thoughts I’ve seen for some time.
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You just got a new candidate below your post! :-D
 
philm5d said:
Gatwick International Airport ( south of London) - It was bound to happen one day. Unsurprisingly the authorities seem to have been caught completely with their pants down. No Jamming system in place, no-one willing to shoot them down for fear of stray bullet damage (ever heard of shotguns???). Chaos for thousands at the start of the holidays, see,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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--so you believe management at Gatwick Airport

Complete FALSE FLAG by management

There computers were down and that was there excuse. To save them monies

Even the couple that was arrested were realised no evidence whatsoever

That couple will be millionaires this time

Next year false arrest false imprisonment

In police cells

All a big con and media went along with it

First drone was spotted at 9-15 at night

Have u or anyone u know ever flown a drone in PITCH DARKNESS LATE AT NIGJT

VERY VERY VERY HARD TO DO. And I WOULD

Have to be a pro

Story just not true

And my opinion backed up by a good few YouTube users


Tom G Scotland
Fujifilm X-T2, Nikon D7200,
 
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