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Old 17th Mar 2024, 01:45
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Surely this can't be legal?

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Old 17th Mar 2024, 04:20
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Give the ASA Sydney Management a yell to check before reporting, near zero chance this would be approved by them prior, but worth a check.

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That will be a court date with a fine once found if guilty. Wouldn’t be too hard tracking down the individual having a quick look at the channel.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 05:40
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And there are two runways in operation. They don't have enough air traffic controllers to do that in the real world any more.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 06:01
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Originally Posted by Squawk7700
Errrrr, that is a flight simulator!

Notice that it doesn't look real and the shadow are all wrong?
The lack of activity on the docks looks real.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 06:08
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Well considering the other drone videos they recorded in the surrounding areas also uploaded, you can very much say it’s real.
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And so does the wake turbulence trail across the water from Kurnell to the end of 34L from the landing UPS 747. Nice!
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 06:41
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That’s definitely a legit video.
approved is another question though!
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 06:51
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Originally Posted by BronteExperimental
That’s definitely a legit video.
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The complete absence of any taxiing aircraft in the first 30 or so seconds, at what must be around mid-morning - midday (based on the shadows) isn't a bit of a give away that it's not?
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 07:12
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Can't see any "Qantas" on the fuselages of the 737s due to overexposure. Are sims that detailed?
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There's this one too, tooling about over the harbour inside R405B.. I'd say they're both the real deal, given the other UAV video's they've posted on their channel. How long they remain on that channel when CAsA get wind of it is another story....

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Old 17th Mar 2024, 07:31
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I wondered if I’d get away with my comment. It is actually real. The way in which it’s quite over-exposed made it look a little suspect.

I’ve heard that it’s being looked at and it’s headed for a news channel shortly about the risk to aviation safety etc etc.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 07:38
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And so does the wake turbulence trail across the water from Kurnell to the end of 34L from the landing UPS 747. Nice!
Yes. And the amazing fact that - as alluded to by Squawk - there's no shadow of any aircraft until they cross the runway thresholds. I'm pretty sure that shadows can be cast and be visible on water.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 07:41
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Originally Posted by Squawk7700
I wondered if I’d get away with my comment. It is actually real. The way in which it’s quite over-exposed made it look a little suspect.

I’ve heard that it’s being looked at and it’s headed for a news channel shortly about the risk to aviation safety etc etc.
Then we'll wait for reports of the application of the full force of the law against the miscreant drone operator.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 07:44
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Ythere's no shadow of any aircraft until they cross the runway thresholds
Look again. There are shadows on the water from landing aircraft. But if people think it's fake then that is good. It means there was no drone encroaching on Sydney Airport airspace.
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It’s interesting how they film the port and it’s casting a fairly long shadow and pans back and cuts to the aircraft and the shadows are directly underneath.
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The footage is from last Thursday.

The most concerning part is the helicopter traffic in the same area at the same time. Not seen on drone footage.

I have since been advised after a phone call to report this that they are aware of this already and no need to report.
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Old 17th Mar 2024, 07:56
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It's called editing! Do you know if the video was taken at the same time, or even the same day. We don't know anything about the video! But it's a great view of the airport!
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and pans back
Looks like it but is probably a video clip transition; could well have been taken at different times and edited.


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14/3/2024 0000Z for the UPS. The others occurred just prior

The video will be pulled very soon I’d imagine.
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14/3/2024 0000Z for the UPS. The others occurred just prior
​​​​​​VH-QOB should have been taxiing in on Lima at the time -OFS was taking off and N631UP was landing (roughly 0:44 on the video) - if it's there it is very, very hard to see.



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