Drones close Gatwick
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

Drones close Gatwick
 

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:58:45 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote:



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Drones close Gatwick
 

In message , at 07:36:41 on
Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Optimist remarked:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Police saying they don't want to shoot it down (this assumes they've
literally got it in their sights) because of stray bullets, whereas a
more appropriate technology would be a shotgun.
--
Roland Perry

Drones close Gatwick
 

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 07:36:41 +0000
Optimist wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:58:45 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Indeed.

All the stupid get-away sheep were on the news bleating about how they'd had
to wait overnight etc blah blah. About time these ****ers suffered some of
the distruption they cause other people in the area who arn't so dumb as to go
away at xmas time but have to suffer all the extra noise and pollution. And no
doubt in a few days we'll have the usual live report from the M1 or M6 as
another flock of sheep all head off out on the motorways at the same time then
act surprised when there are massive traffic jams.

Drones close Gatwick
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 07:36:41 on
Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Optimist remarked:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Police saying they don't want to shoot it down (this assumes they've
literally got it in their sights) because of stray bullets, whereas a
more appropriate technology would be a shotgun.

I had said to the missis why didn’t they just shoot the thing down,
if the Police haven’t got the right weapon I would think one of the
services would and personnel good enough.
They have had enough time to helicopter someone in from Hereford by now.

Perhaps they did need a licensed bird catcher who could launch one of those
nets they use when they need to catch birds for ringing.

How long are the batteries lasting on this thing anyway .
Can’t help thinking there is more to this than has been made public, a
threat of another drone to be launched filled with explosives or something.

As to who who would that you have the usual suspects to which you can add a
protest group against airport expansion or even someone just jealous of
those going away on holiday.

Perhaps Boltar better post every 1 hour so we know he hasn’t been hauled
in.


GH

Drones close Gatwick
 

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:35:57 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 07:36:41 on
Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Optimist remarked:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Police saying they don't want to shoot it down (this assumes they've
literally got it in their sights) because of stray bullets, whereas a
more appropriate technology would be a shotgun.

More like they haven't got anyone who's a good enough shot. Anyway, surely
they've got a jammer by now? This is hardly a new problem and commercial drones
only operate on a small range of frequencies so unless this is a home brew
one they could have it on the ground in seconds.

Drones close Gatwick
 

On 20 Dec 2018 10:00:49 GMT
Marland wrote:
I had said to the missis why didn’t they just shoot the thing down,
if the Police haven’t got the right weapon I would think one of the
services would and personnel good enough.
They have had enough time to helicopter someone in from Hereford by now.

A jammer would be a lot simpler. It seems they don't have one.

protest group against airport expansion or even someone just jealous of
those going away on holiday.

Hardly. We go away when the sheep are back in their pen, it makes for a far
less stressful travel experience. OTHO with all the foreign workers ****ing
off home for xmas its made public transport in London far less crowded. It was
almost a pleasure to use the tube this morning. Almost, not quite.

Drones close Gatwick
 

On 20/12/2018 09:37, wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 07:36:41 +0000
Optimist wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:58:45 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Indeed.

All the stupid get-away sheep were on the news bleating about how they'd had
to wait overnight etc blah blah. About time these ****ers suffered some of
the distruption they cause other people in the area who arn't so dumb as to go
away at xmas time but have to suffer all the extra noise and pollution. And no
doubt in a few days we'll have the usual live report from the M1 or M6 as
another flock of sheep all head off out on the motorways at the same time then
act surprised when there are massive traffic jams.

To be fair, it's hard to say that people have been surprised by the
presence of Gatwick - it's been around longer than most people have been
alive and modern planes are far quieter than older models.

With regards to the roads, Christmas is the one time when people like to
be with their families so the disruption can only be expected.

What is unreasonable is people who think it's reasonable to commute 50+
miles every day and not suffer any disruption - if everyone did that
there would be total gridlock continuously.

Drones close Gatwick
 

In message , at 10:00:49 on Thu, 20
Dec 2018, Marland remarked:

How long are the batteries lasting on this thing anyway .
Can’t help thinking there is more to this than has been made public, a
threat of another drone to be launched filled with explosives or something.

According to the TV news at breakfast time, it was being relaunched
often enough (but not necessarily for very long) to deem it not safe to
open the airport.
--
Roland Perry

Drones close Gatwick
 

Marland wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 07:36:41 on
Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Optimist remarked:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

An effective way of reducing aircraft noise!

Police saying they don't want to shoot it down (this assumes they've
literally got it in their sights) because of stray bullets, whereas a
more appropriate technology would be a shotgun.

I had said to the missis why didn’t they just shoot the thing down,
if the Police haven’t got the right weapon I would think one of the
services would and personnel good enough.
They have had enough time to helicopter someone in from Hereford by now.

Perhaps they did need a licensed bird catcher who could launch one of those
nets they use when they need to catch birds for ringing.

How long are the batteries lasting on this thing anyway .
Can’t help thinking there is more to this than has been made public, a
threat of another drone to be launched filled with explosives or something.

As to who who would that you have the usual suspects to which you can add a
protest group against airport expansion or even someone just jealous of
those going away on holiday.

Perhaps Boltar better post every 1 hour so we know he hasn’t been hauled
in.


Amazingly, the disruption has continued into today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

You'd think they'd have worked out by now both how to disable the drones,
and who was operating them.

I'll be flying from Heathrow tomorrow, so I hope Neil and his drone(s)
won't be heading that way then.