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I still don't like the whole mess.
This. No matter what it turns out be. The hype has surpassed the actual event at this point I think. Still...
 

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How interesting that non of those are actually drones... I suppose the news reports are starting to get there.
 

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How interesting that non of those are actually drones... I suppose the news reports are starting to get there.
They do that with other things as well. I would be happier if it was out of ignorance but I'm not sure that is always the case.
 

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Some could be drones...

the pilot is bent over looking for the cell phone he just dropped.

where da hell my fone where da hell my fone

stupid auto correct won't leave my spaces where I want them,,
so.....

where da hell my fone space space space where da hell my fone

how do you like that, auto correct :thefinger:
 
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How did it fly without the engines?
That's not a drone. That's a huge axle with special agriculture wheels.
That model doesn't use engines, it's human powered. It actually harnesses the excessive energy found in toddlers and small children via an oversized hamster wheel located in the pumpkin. Given the birth rate on many rural farms they have plenty of effecient renewable energy. That hatch on top is the access hatch to exhchange power plants (aka small humans).

the pilot is bent over looking for the cell phone he just dropped.

where da hell my fone where da hell my fone

stupid auto correct won't leave my spaces where I want them,,
so.....

where da hell my fone space space space where da hell my fone

how do you like that, auto correct :thefinger:
The do actually convert old fighters to use as drones, but I assume you already knew that being a Vet. I think you are speaking in jest, but it is actually kind of ironic considering something that happened at work.

I've said it a few times around the forums, but I work in military aviation maintenance. I started out on and spent most of the last 20 years doing depot level maintenance on F-15s, thankfully I moved on in the last few years, but it was good experience. Anyhow during the depot maintenance program there are regular inspections, not just the normal maintenance inspections, also lots of Quality Assurance inspections. QA is looking for anything we may have done wrong during a task, looking for FOD (Foreign Object Debris) that we may have left in the aircraft, etc.

Many years ago we inducted an aircraft and sometime early in the repair phase one of the QA inspectors found a cell phone inside the throttle quadrant. We're talking about an F-15, there isn't a lot of space for anything to be floating around in there without causing problems. Of course there are strict rules against having cell phones, jewlry, and watches (generally anything that is loose and not a tool or part) on the aircraft. Well the shit hit the fan because of what it was and where it was. Serious inquiries as to who it belonged to and someone was probably going to be fired, man hunt ensued for about a week.

Well someone finally got the bright idea to charge the thing and see who it belonged to. Well, it wasn't anyone at the maintenance depot. Turned out to be the personal phone of a pilot at home station who didn't report it missing and already bought a replacement. Heads still rolled since it made it through incoming and other inspections without being found, but those reprocussions were milder since it would have been found in a few days anyway when thepart was removed.
 

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These are interesting and cool,,, and quiet.
 

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Today at a White House press briefing...

The drone activity was FAA authorized for research and testing among other activities.
 

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Today at a White House press briefing...

The drone activity was FAA authorized for research and testing among other activities.
I wonder if anyone will actually believe this, and would love to know what they were actually researching
 

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I got stopped by a drone at work today. It was crossing in front of me as I was driving the forklift through a door. My forks got in front of it and interrupted it. So I had to back up and wait.

Ok. We call them AGV's, Automatic Guided Vehicles. They are used to deliver parts and
Materials around various areas of the plant.

this was one of several new ones in the paint shop. My buddy saw 2 of them meet head-on and get confused since they're not programmed to back up. So they just stopped a couple feet away from each other and lit up all their alarm lights until a human came to their rescue. To be honest, ive seen some humans around here act the same way.
 

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We call them AGV's, Automatic Guided Vehicles. They are used to deliver parts and
Materials around various areas of the plant.
We had 'em in my old plant (Takigen, maybe??? or something like that). Ours played music as an audible warning; it was cute at first, but it rapidly got old.

Yours tape guided?

God, I'm glad I'm retired.
 
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