Drones and planes, not a good mix. And back in 2016 3 aircraft almost collided with one at London’s, Heathrow Airport. A report of the incident has been released and it finds that the pilots an A320 aircraft descending into Heathrow noticed a drone below the right wing at 10,000ft. It didn’t hit the aircraft, luckily, but over 65 near misses have occurred in Britain last year
Your right! Definitely a lot of stupidity. I can understand someone wanting to take the drone out for an hour or two but surely there must be some sort of common sense?
I work at Heathrow and have seen 2 drones around the perimeter in the last year!
Yes there is laws already about operating drones especially when done within an airport vicinity. Not only will you be breaking the law for flying a drone in a populated areas in the uk, but you’ll also be charged with endangering an aircraft which is an act of terrorism.
I have a drone myself actually, but I would never fly it near an airfield of any sorts, it’s hard enough to control in my back garden without getting near planes. However, I can’t fly mine very high up.
I am a certified drone operator, and with the “popular” drones sold by DJI today, you have something called GeoFencing, which is actually restricted areas you physically cannot fly into. You can however unlock it for a period of time (if you have a permit to film in those locations), but then your personal record is recorded and it’s reeeeally easy for law enforcement to find out who you are.