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Do you find this increased use of drones worrying?

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Ron2

Ron2 Report 27 Oct 2014 22:09

Drones - a useful terrorist tool

Researching:
Stuarts - Birmingham, Staffordshire. Beats Notts and Lincs

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 27 Oct 2014 13:41

in my past I have flown R/c Gliders, which carried a camera primarily for photographing farmland and the like, which show up where paths used to be or buildings now underground, vegetation growth,but nothing as stupid as flying anywhere near an operational airfield!!!

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 Oct 2014 13:31

A drone came close to colliding with a passenger plane when it was "deliberately" flown close to the aircraft, a report has said.

The object, believed to be a Quadcopter, came within 25m (82ft) of the AT72 coming in to land at Southend airport on 30 May.

A recently-issued report by the UK Airprox Board said the risk of collision was assessed as "high".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-29785322

In a recent article in The Guardian they report that the number of organisations given permits to use drones in the skies over Britain, including police forces and film-makers, has increased by 80% since the beginning of the year.

Do you find the increased use of drones worrying?

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"