Posted on 05/14/2020 5:40:22 PM PDT by dynachrome
A recent America Strong flyover by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, May 12 could have ended in a midair collision when a remotely piloted camera drone flew dangerously close to the six F/A-18 Hornets as they flew over buildings in the city’s downtown area.
The video began to surface on social media Wednesday, May 12, 2020, the day after the Blue Angel’s America Strong flyover in Detroit. The original video posted to YouTube included a number of different angles with the camera drone appearing momentarily in some of the shots. The final shot shows the Blue Angel six-aircraft wedge formation flying extremely close to the camera drone as they pass
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He is now known by the Feds.
Curve has been flattened.
Target completed.
Open now.
No moving the goal posts. Open now.
Blue Angels Fly Dangerously Close to Drone
Is that you, Gov. halfwhitmer? haha.
Holy cow, he was fast! That was no Tandy cheapo drone, was it?
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That was some outstanding footage!
I saw the photo shoot craft a couple hundred yards abeam on the starboard, but the drone got the shot of the flight.
That looked like another jet to me, not a drone. A drone couldn’t keep up with those guys, and this “thing” was. I think that was someone from the Navy in a Navy jet filming what the flyover looks like from their up-in-the-sky view.
Oh maybe I missed the drone. All I saw was the photo shoot jet. I guess I should look again.
It’s a drone, you can see the props at the edges of the frame.
The drone is probably close to stationary.
Got it, thx. My mistake.
I’m sure it has nothing to do with the mosques in Detroit.
The drone took the footage you were watching including the last pass which was the dangerously close part
Bird strike? Just a mechanical bird.
Thats why you need active deflector arrays on military aircraft.
The drone was providing the footage.
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