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Old 23rd Dec 2015, 20:11
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Ultralights
 
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This would have to be the closest near miss that has been reported in Australia
from what my studies have show, it would have to be the ONLY reported near miss to the ATSB.

the mediahave reported many near misses, but none have materialised into actual reports.. i suspect quite a few birds are now being called drones.

i have seen a video, made in the USA, by a university, using drones and crop dusters, to see if pilots can actually see a drone from the air, the drones were flown at 400 ft,in one paddock, the pilots, knowing where the drones were, flew at 500 ft, around the paddock. not one reported actually seeing the drones.
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