UAV / Airbus close thing near Kabul
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Perhaps it was ATC that were at the drive thru..... most of these things carry transponders. Looking at the pics, the rate of overtake would suggest that in any case the UAV pilot wouldn't have been able to take much in the way of avoiding action.
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UAV's don't have pilots - just a remote operator wh can play MS FlightSim without wetting himself.
The beancounters are very keen on UAVs because they don't need expensively trained aircrew and are much cheaper than real aircraft.
UAVs do have their uses, but the current eagerness to run before they can walk by the Royal Aeromodel Force needs to get a sanity check if similar incidents are to be avoided!
The beancounters are very keen on UAVs because they don't need expensively trained aircrew and are much cheaper than real aircraft.
UAVs do have their uses, but the current eagerness to run before they can walk by the Royal Aeromodel Force needs to get a sanity check if similar incidents are to be avoided!
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Absolutely. Something like that could never happen with an aircraft with a pilot on board. Just ask the controllers at Newcastle.... 
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On a similar theme, Rotorhub is carrying a fairly astonishing quote made by a US Army senior at this week's Heli-Power show:
According to Brigadier General William Jacobs, Deputy Commanding General at the US Army Aviation Center, the “number one threat” to helicopters flying at low level in Iraq is not small-arms fire or wires, but “the potential for a collision with a UAV.” Therefore, he told the audience here in Madrid, low altitude airspace control is a hot issue in Iraq.
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According to Brigadier General William Jacobs, Deputy Commanding General at the US Army Aviation Center, the “number one threat” to helicopters flying at low level in Iraq is not small-arms fire or wires, but “the potential for a collision with a UAV.” Therefore, he told the audience here in Madrid, low altitude airspace control is a hot issue in Iraq.
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