Posted on 09/29/2017 9:47:51 AM PDT by C19fan
Daniel Parfitt thought he’d found the perfect drone for a two-day mapping job in a remote patch of the Australian outback. The roughly $80,000 machine had a wingspan of 7 feet and resembled a stealth bomber.
There was just one problem. His machine raised the hackles of one prominent local resident: a wedge-tailed eagle.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Angry birds LOL. These headline writers are so clever aren’t they?
We use dolphins to find mines and enemy swimmers. Why not eagles or hawks to take out bad guy drones?!
That thing LOOKS LIKE a bird
Try some random stripes to break the pattern
Paywall fail
If the Secret Service is worried about flocks of attack drones, maybe they should start putting up eagle nests on the Washington Monument and high buildings.
The predator;
I'll vote for the heavyweight original here, they own the sky!
Quote from the drone flyer; Other birds will “fly at the drone and they’ll act in a very aggressive manner, but they don’t actually touch you,” he said. “I’m not scared of anything else attacking my drone except the wedge-tailed eagle.”
I would love to read the rest of this story. The opening paragraph has me hooked. But I don’t wish to start paying for it. I’ll just use my imagination to guess what happened next.
If you fly RC Gliders then dealing with birds of prey is pretty common. It’s actually kinda fun dodging them.
Hilarious! Go Eagles. Kick Ass !
All he needs is a speaker and play the Star Spangled Banner.
I heard it makes all the Eagles drop to their knees.
One sentence story time? I’ll start...if you know what happened next, add to it. We’ll all figure it out. Screw paywallses
The drone’s engines spun to life, startling local wildlife____
Hit it thru Drudge. WSJ likes the hits. No paywall on that link.
Hit it thru Drudge. WSJ likes the hits. No paywall on that link.
Hit it thru Drudge. WSJ likes the hits. No paywall on that link.
Being an Alabama fan, I shouldn’t be saying: War Eagle!
Highlight the title text on WSJ site, right click your mouse, and select “Search Google for [title here]”
That will take you to some other places that will show the full article. WSJ is using it, they didn’t write it. (Or if they did, they sold it to others, where you can read it...)
Air Power in action.Natures original dog fighters.
The Starlings were startled by the loud rippling drones.
Dark clouds of the birds spiraled high in the pale violet evening skies. The cacophony was overwhelming. A solo chirping statement of the Flock Leader was answered by an unruly chorus of amplified shrieking. All participants declared their dedication to the flock and all of it’s little goals.
Thanks for the tip.
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