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They were not all of their drones, because reports were coming in before the police had launched any drones. Among the people reporting drone sightings before
by jackweirdy 8y ago
They were not all of their drones, because reports were coming in before the police had launched any drones.
Among the people reporting drone sightings before the police turned up at Gatwick were pilots
- Rebelgecko 8y agoRemember when a pilot at Heathrow said a drone crashed into his plane a few years ago? After an investigation and lack of any evidence, I think the consensus was that it was probably a plastic bag.
- HarryHirsch 8y ago* the people reporting drone sightings before the police turned up at Gatwick were pilots* Considering that a passenger jet on final approach has a speed > 300 km/h and that a household drone is something like 30 cm wide you wonder how many of these drones were in fact hovering kestrels on the hunt for voles. How can you distinguish the two?
- jackweirdy 8y agoKestrels tend to not be lit up after sunset. Also note this was not a household drone, police believe it was to "industrial specification" based on visual description from ATC staff who saw it. (That's also likely as a lot of drones e.g. DJI have geofencing around airports)
- petre 8y agoKestrels also call a lot. We have a kestrel family on a tall chimney nearby.