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Bold Eagles: Angry Birds Are Ripping $80,000 Drones Out of the Sky
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 29, 2017 | Mike Cherney

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 ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: drones; eagles
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Fly, Eagles, Fly!
1 posted on 09/29/2017 9:47:51 AM PDT by C19fan
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Angry birds LOL. These headline writers are so clever aren’t they?


2 posted on 09/29/2017 9:53:09 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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We use dolphins to find mines and enemy swimmers. Why not eagles or hawks to take out bad guy drones?!


3 posted on 09/29/2017 9:53:27 AM PDT by nickedknack ("Your time is up!")
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That thing LOOKS LIKE a bird

Try some random stripes to break the pattern


4 posted on 09/29/2017 9:55:30 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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Paywall fail


5 posted on 09/29/2017 10:00:18 AM PDT by wrench
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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.


6 posted on 09/29/2017 10:00:28 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: C19fan
The prey (the machine, not the human!);

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.”

7 posted on 09/29/2017 10:02:18 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: C19fan

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.


8 posted on 09/29/2017 10:04:13 AM PDT by lee martell
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If you fly RC Gliders then dealing with birds of prey is pretty common. It’s actually kinda fun dodging them.


9 posted on 09/29/2017 10:06:56 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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Hilarious! Go Eagles. Kick Ass !


10 posted on 09/29/2017 10:08:57 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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All he needs is a speaker and play the Star Spangled Banner.

I heard it makes all the Eagles drop to their knees.


11 posted on 09/29/2017 10:13:55 AM PDT by wrench
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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____


12 posted on 09/29/2017 10:18:34 AM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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Hit it thru Drudge. WSJ likes the hits. No paywall on that link.


13 posted on 09/29/2017 10:20:08 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: lee martell

Hit it thru Drudge. WSJ likes the hits. No paywall on that link.


14 posted on 09/29/2017 10:20:43 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: 1_Inch_Group

Hit it thru Drudge. WSJ likes the hits. No paywall on that link.


15 posted on 09/29/2017 10:21:06 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: C19fan

Being an Alabama fan, I shouldn’t be saying: War Eagle!


16 posted on 09/29/2017 10:24:17 AM PDT by Will88
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To: lee martell

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...)


17 posted on 09/29/2017 10:29:05 AM PDT by HeadOn (The NFL is dead to me. I don't like whiny millionaires, and don't care what they think.)
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To: C19fan

Air Power in action.Natures original dog fighters.


18 posted on 09/29/2017 10:39:02 AM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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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.


19 posted on 09/29/2017 10:43:47 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Thanks for the tip.


20 posted on 09/29/2017 10:45:15 AM PDT by lee martell
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