Drone versus Flybe inbound to NQY

[oldshoremore2]

BBC Radio 4 reporting at lunchtime a near miss by a drone flyers on a Purple Propeller wagon . Paper bags again or a real problem? Anyone heard anything?

[VISCOUNT58]

It's all over Radio Cornwall at the moment and on a thread in the Airports forum but don't know how real it is. BTW it was the multi-coloured Danish prop wagon not the purple one, although the BBC's stock photo shows a Cessna 152!

[helimutt]

so i wonder how the hell a drone kept up with the plane? was it a racing drone? theyve been clocked at 100mph. mine will max out at 40-45mph in sport mode.

so whats the real truth here? people seeing things or making rubbish up?

[gingernut]

It was reported by the pilot at being at around the same altitude of the aircraft (900feet) 2 miles from the aerodrome.

[DaveReidUK]

so i wonder how the hell a drone kept up with the plane?

None of the reports specify that the drone was on the same course as the aircraft.

[RAT 5]

was it a racing drone? theyve been clocked at 100mph. mine will max out at 40-45mph in sport mode.

Wow; add to either of these the ground speed of an a/c, ranging from 100kts to 280kts, and I would expect some serious damage to the a/c.

[G-CPTN]

This topic is pointless without knowing whether the drone was travelling in the same direction as the aircraft, the opposing direction or across the path - and were the two on a collision course or merely in proximity.

[DaveReidUK]

This topic is pointless without knowing whether the drone was travelling in the same direction as the aircraft, the opposing direction or across the path - and were the two on a collision course or merely in proximity.

The Flybe aircraft wasn't hit, and there is no suggestion that it had to take avoiding action, so we're talking about proximity rather than a collision course.

[Capn Bloggs]

It was reported by the pilot at being at around the same altitude of the aircraft (900feet) 2 miles from the aerodrome.
Unstable, Bloggs, Go Around! :}

[RAT 5]

Visible at 2nm? Wow, how big was it or how hawk-eyed are the crew. I wonder if they were in Class E airspace and the drone pilot was on a VFR 'see & avoid' routing?

[Cows getting bigger]

Unstable, Bloggs, Go Around!
AD elevation 390ft. Wanna reassess that statement?

[herman the crab]

I think it means it happened 2 miles from the airport..

HTC

[gingernut]

Visible at 2nm? Wow, how big was it or how hawk-eyed are the crew. I wonder if they were in Class E airspace and the drone pilot was on a VFR 'see & avoid' routing?

Think from what I read, and from what the ATCO posted, both drone and aircraft were 2miles from the airport.

[Capn Bloggs]

AD elevation 390ft. Wanna reassess that statement?
"Stable!" :ouch: :ok: