Drone versus Flybe inbound to NQY
 

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?

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!

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?

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

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

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.

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.

Unstable, Bloggs, Go Around! :}

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?

AD elevation 390ft. Wanna reassess that statement?

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

HTC

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

"Stable!" :ouch: :ok: