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Re: Dallas midair tragedy: New videos show startling change in flight path of p-63

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Post by maxbond »

aaron695 wrote: post #5
vforvendettador wrote: post #2

It's tragic if it's true about the drone. It's my worst nightmare whenever I'm flying these days.

It doesn't look like a drone. Although possible, war planes should not be as affected by strikes. Why do you think it's a drone?

It looks like a small black spec a few hundred feet off the ground to me. Drone seems pretty likely. Perhaps it's junk that fell off another aircraft, it could be a satellite falling to Earth for all I know, but drone seems like the first hypothesis to rule out. Or that the footage is inauthentic I suppose.

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Post by abracadaniel »

WalterBright wrote: post #9

Ought to be able to find the wreckage of the drone to confirm.

This keeps coming up in early reports for civilian air crashes, but so far has not been true. The community is paranoid about it as a possibility.

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Post by Alupis »

aaron695 wrote: post #5
vforvendettador wrote: post #2

It's tragic if it's true about the drone. It's my worst nightmare whenever I'm flying these days.

It doesn't look like a drone. Although possible, war planes should not be as affected by strikes. Why do you think it's a drone?

> war planes should not be as affected by strikes.

There is nothing special about a war plane that makes it less affected by strikes of any kind, be from birds or drones alike.

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Post by david422 »

fasthands9 wrote: post #10
dangle1 wrote: post #4

Well, if true, some drone operator now has a lifetime of painful guilt to look forward to.

Im having trouble seeing if there are clear rules around this type of thing. If so - I dont see how this shouldnt be tried criminally. Similar to how someone would be tried for driving a car through a pedestrian area and striking someone, even if they had not explicit intent to harm.

Definitely restricted airspace around an airshow.

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Post by tracerbulletx »

fasthands9 wrote: post #10
dangle1 wrote: post #4

Well, if true, some drone operator now has a lifetime of painful guilt to look forward to.

Im having trouble seeing if there are clear rules around this type of thing. If so - I dont see how this shouldnt be tried criminally. Similar to how someone would be tried for driving a car through a pedestrian area and striking someone, even if they had not explicit intent to harm.

They might have had a drone there with approval to cover the event too.

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Post by Alupis »

leetrout wrote: post #7
vforvendettador wrote: post #2

It's tragic if it's true about the drone. It's my worst nightmare whenever I'm flying these days.

I am not sure which craft you are talking about flying. Hitting a drone is your worst nightmare while piloting small aircraft? Or hitting a plane is your worst nightmare when flying a drone?

> Hitting a drone is your worst nightmare while piloting small aircraft

A small GA aircraft hitting a drone has a very high fatality chance, particularly in the stages of flight most likely to encounter amateur drone operators (ie. takeoff and landing).

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Post by someweirdperson »

Alupis wrote: post #13
aaron695 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't look like a drone. Although possible, war planes should not be as affected by strikes. Why do you think it's a drone?

> war planes should not be as affected by strikes. There is nothing special about a war plane that makes it less affected by strikes of any kind, be from birds or drones alike.

A bullet-proof windshield protects the most vulnerable part (the pilot) a lot better than any civilian plane can.

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Post by chrisbaker98 »

leetrout wrote: post #8
aaron695 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't look like a drone. Although possible, war planes should not be as affected by strikes. Why do you think it's a drone?

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Post by leetrout »

chrisbaker98 wrote: post #18
leetrout wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Re: Dallas midair tragedy: New videos show startling change in flight path of p-63

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Post by Alupis »

someweirdperson wrote: post #17
Alupis wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> war planes should not be as affected by strikes. There is nothing special about a war plane that makes it less affected by strikes of any kind, be from birds or drones alike.

A bullet-proof windshield protects the most vulnerable part (the pilot) a lot better than any civilian plane can.

Most (practically all) aircraft do not have bullet-proof windshields (including military), for starters, and secondly a several pound meat ball travelling at closing speeds anywhere between 60kts (GA) to 200+ kts (jets/airliners/mil) is going to do a number on the aircraft regardless if it incapacitated the pilot.

Doubly-so if it's a several pound metal ball...

You don't want to hit anything in an aircraft, ever.

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