Might be something the trick cyclists came up with? Connection with task etc. I know of one light aircraft club not a million miles from me where they wear grobags, boots, gloves etc to fly Cessnas. I know there's a fire argument there but where do you draw the line. Personally I would feel a right prat climbing out of a PA 28 looking like Tom Cruise.

Not a drone driver but does it really matter that they wear flying suits? They just do. They are aircrew, its their uniform, get over it and concentrate on something more important.

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Reminds me of a time of arriving in the USA on a VC10. Probably 80 odd aircrew on board dressed in smart casual rig. Aircraft stops, door opens and the first on board is a supply officer who wants to brief us on the next 30 mins proceedings.

He is smartly dressed in a brand new flying suit and shiney aircrew watch including cut out maps under his knee pads of the Vale of York!

And no - he was never in flying training, nor part of UK MAMS.

C0ck!

And it's probably easier to wash the doughnut grease out of a flying suit than it is from a uniform shirt....

Although the drone operators were wearing flying suits, what on earth was the purpose of wearing desert pattern combat clothing inside a hangar in Lincolnshire?

Do keep up old chap, that isn't 'desert pattern combat clothing', it's standard issue.........

Bugger, have I just bitten a hook??

BEagle,

What the Wizard meant to say is that the days of having green DPM clothing and separate brown desert DPM clothing have gone.

We now have one design of camouflage clothing that is good for both.

De riguer for many sat in office jobs at Northwood and High Wycombe too!

Thanks for the gen., Party Animal. It makes sense to have just the one pattern of cabbage kit, but I don't really see the need for it inside a hangar in Lincolnshire....:confused:

Although, on reflection, it probably means that more people are likely to be dressed in the same way, rather than in various styles of pullover, blues and overalls. A one-uniform-for-all-purposes philosophy sounds very sensible.

You say that like you don't know the answer already! ;)

Hollywood petitions FAA
 

URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/hollywood-to-faa-let-us-use-drones-to-make-movies-tv-shows/"]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/hollywood-to-faa-let-us-use-drones-to-make-movies-tv-shows/[/URL]
MPAA motion picture association has petitioned FAA on behalf of nine drone companies, outlining operational procedures for film drones.
This petition is news to the majority of those working in the industry (!) and does not address the concerns of the majority of camera crew regarding drone reliability, particularly errant un-commanded flight maneuvers.

Currently it is acceptable for ground crew to excuse themselves from duty
below low flying (full size) helicopter aerial filming. Drones are are also feared and I predict, will be regarded with similar apprehension until they have proven flight safety record.
Whilst their use over remote areas does not endanger the public, suburban and city areas are another matter.
It is hard to guarantee the safety of the public when errant drones have the capacity to quickly fly beyond exclusion zones.




Mickjoebill