What do you make about this drone at gatwick airport

Gavin John Hyde · Dec 20, 2018

Sure you have all heard or seen on news somebody has decided to send up a drone over the airport causing chaos.
Makes you wonder who it is? dont think its some loner in his or her bedroom as it is apparently commercial grade. Did wonder if it is some protest group? but no claim to fame by them just yet. Might even be some state sponsored outfit causing mischief.
Either way if they get caught they are getting a few years.
Apparently the police say it is too unsafe to shoot it down due to 'stray' bullets! suggest they get a better marksmen then and use different ammo. Now got the signals folk trying to triangulate the signal to control it.
I think there is a lot lot more that has not been said on the news about this strange case.

Baddegg · Dec 20, 2018

The Russians are coming.....

buzzlightyear · Dec 20, 2018

I know it was not me ,because I'm grounded .

maybe could be father xmas trying his new sledge out .

GBDamo · Dec 20, 2018

I think this could be a high tech ransom job, it's taken far too long to catch whosoever is responsible.

Either that or a false flag in order to bring in legislation to ban these devices.

Silly Sausage · Dec 20, 2018

buzzlightyear said:
I know it was not me ,because I'm grounded . maybe could be father xmas trying his new sledge out .

I was watching you on BBC 1 this afternoon. Impressive!

multimick · Dec 20, 2018

it's a good thing the russians aren't coming ,if they can't sort a bloody toy out ...beggars belief

littlespark · Dec 20, 2018

Drone description by one eye witness:

“It was remarkably deer shaped, with antlers and a big red nose.”

Rpa07 · Dec 20, 2018

With GPS and long range antennas on the higher end drones, the perp could program the coordinates for the airport from the comfort of their sweaty arm chair and their mum as an alibi (even though she still thinks he’s a dweeb!)
Only thing that’ll give him away is an eye witness seeing it return to the roof of his tower block or his back garden - Big Brother is watching you!

Kamikaze · Dec 20, 2018

[ElectriciansForums.net] What do you make about this drone at gatwick airport

As it happens, I took an aerial photograph of the area this morning. Don’t know what all the fuss is all about. There is nothing exciting to see on it.

FatAlan · Dec 20, 2018

Shame. I could be stuck in Antigua over Xmas

Squid · Dec 20, 2018

telectrix said:
bet you all it's SWD. he can't think of any more disruption on here, so he's branching out. .

My Drone is at home all safe and sound, why do you think I bought the soldering iron as how else am I going to reverse engineer it to fly with some semtex........

Rpa07 · Dec 20, 2018

FatAlan said:
View attachment 46577 Shame. I could be stuck in Antigua over Xmas

Looking at those legs I think I shall just call you Alan from now on unless there is evidence during the belly flop competition, or isn’t it that sort of place?

Squid · Dec 20, 2018

Rpa07 said:
Looking at those legs I think I shall just call you Alan from now on unless there is evidence during the belly flop competition, or isn’t it that sort of place?

Maybe he took a photo of his "partner"........

FatAlan · Dec 20, 2018

Rpa07 said:
Looking at those legs I think I shall just call you Alan from now on unless there is evidence during the belly flop competition, or isn’t it that sort of place?

Don’t know about the belly flop competition but I am thinking of entering the before and after beer belly competition

FatAlan · Dec 20, 2018

Rpa07 said:
Looking at those legs I think I shall just call you Alan from now on unless there is evidence during the belly flop competition, or isn’t it that sort of place?

As I said in a recent previous thread, it’s dangerous to make assumptions

PS those are my legs and that was my beer