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Illegal 4-Foot Drone Shut Down Aerial Firefight Over Lake Fire: Forest Service
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| June 25, 2015
| Melissa Pamer and Eric Spillman,
Posted on 06/25/2015 7:46:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
06/25/2015 7:46:59 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Check the local & national TV news crews.
To: BenLurkin
So the state that has been quite properly mocked by other states for decades because they can’t figure out how to maintain proper fire breaks is just stupid all around about fire control priorities.
No surprise.
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posted on
06/25/2015 7:51:13 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/25/2015 7:51:32 PM PDT
by
rey
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/25/2015 7:51:33 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: BenLurkin
One of those water bombers should have dropped a load on it. No more drone problem.
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posted on
06/25/2015 7:55:44 PM PDT
by
biff
(Et Tu Boeh-ner)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
06/25/2015 7:59:00 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rey
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:00:02 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Stupid officials. Key the planes flying and have a chopper with a sharpshooter down the drone.
Our officials. If there is a problem, screw the victim/problem, just retreat from it.
Where I come from this is called professional cowardice and incompetence, and is a firing offense.
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
I think you might be overestimating the fire service’s tactical capabilities. They probably don’t have sharpshooters.
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:03:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
the fire services tactical capabilities. They probably dont have sharpshooters. —
Then they are the only ones that don’t.
Call in Dept of Ed.
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:06:52 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
To: BenLurkin
They could take off and nuke the drone from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:08:23 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Henry Bowman where are you?)
To: BenLurkin
By most accounts it is faked.
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:09:19 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack; BenLurkin
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:35:48 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: BenLurkin
A four foot drome is a bit larger than a home user sized aircraft, flying a lot higher. Bet it was another part of the Massive Californica Goobermint. So much Goobermint there they commonly stumble over each other.
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posted on
06/25/2015 8:56:41 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: BenLurkin
now they own the sky too
what a weird headline too
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posted on
06/25/2015 9:00:39 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Most RC aircraft operate on the 2.4 MHz band. I would think they could jam the signal rather easily, or use a radio direction finder to locate the operator.
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posted on
06/25/2015 9:02:05 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: biff
I recall watching the planes at a local model airplane field with my son. One of the planes started flying erratically and they all started yelling at the newcomer. Seemed he had turned on his remote on the same frequency as one in the air.
They had a board with tags showing which freqs were in use. They could probably use something like that - but not sure how well it would work. These firefighters don’t need to be worrying about some jerk flying a model airplane in their way.
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posted on
06/25/2015 9:07:29 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: American in Israel
Good thing it wasn’t a hippo drome.
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posted on
06/25/2015 9:12:02 PM PDT
by
Misterioso
(Islam is un-American.)
To: biff
That would have been my solution
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posted on
06/25/2015 9:15:49 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Sub-editors: totes unnecessary.)
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