http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-drone-near-miss-lax-20160318-story.html

The pilot of a commercial jetliner said his plane nearly collided with a drone while approaching Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon, sparking a search by L.A. police and sheriff's officials for the owner of the unmanned aircraft.

Blah blah blah right into total legislation to not be able to fly. I love how they report it as a fact. 5000 feet eh? How could he tell it was a drone? He was probably drinking a tomato juice while chatting with the steward and saw a bird.

All I saw was blah blah blah until you finished it. I agree but it's all perception. They've been flying them near heathrow forever and LAX is  having 5000 feet near misses? BS. The government gets what it wants and it doesn't want us flying these things. I give it a year. Seriously thinking of retitning my hobby drones and just keeping the ones to shoot.

Returning (how do you edit on phone)??

Mandatory geofencing will be very soon as a mandate for all micro drones and commercial drones.

microcyb Posted at 2016-3-18 20:20
Mandatory geofencing will be very soon as a mandate for all micro drones and commercial drones.

Sad to say but I have to agree! With the technology in our Phantoms and other drones I'm sure it won't be long before the authorities could simply choose to ground all drones with a simple push of a button...Just shut down all flying in any chosen area. Transponders will be the next big thing that manufacturers will be required to install in all drones sold in the US and I'm sure other countries would simply follow along, (i.e., California emotion laws).

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-18 20:21
You don't edit on your phone. It's impossible.  DJI's mobile version of this site blows.  Which is ...

100% agree...I tried to use the mobile site earlier today to respond to a post, I spent five minutes taping away on my damn phone and when I pushed [send] or whatever the field is my post completely disappeared and I was promoted to log in.

Drones are the new UFOs.

Most likely it wasn't a drone. It was probably swamp gas or a weather baloon. Both can be easily mistaken for a drone to the untrained eye.

I saw a pepperoni pizza at 12,000 feet the other day while bringing in my X-Wing fighter to land at my place. It was a 6 engine model with gimbal stabilised crust. I told the locals cops about it, but they were playing X-Box and did not want to know.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-18 21:29
That's a terrible attitude to have.  But non the less, probably the truth.  And soon after that, d ...

Well we can't bury the stupid people so more laws for the ones with actual intelligence.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 10:22
I've been saying it ever since they announced registration that they will eventually clamp down on ...

Your past threads?  I'm scared of your avatar.  I would not want you racing at me angrily and I am no small dude.

Come on guys.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 14:14
Is there Domino's in Australia?  Just curious.

Yep, sure is. Not far from me either, but I have a tiny Mom & Pop pizza place just up the road, real Italians and real pizzas as well. But they don't deliver to Death Stars.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 15:14
we weren't botherin nobody, just here amongst  ourselves

Yeah, if you can't have fun with ridiculous media reports, what next?

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 12:13
where we going?

Just keep it nice and no fighting
Have you gone to Apple yet and check out your next purchase.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 12:22
Haha!  No sir, I have not.  I've been watching several videos of new users with their p4's, and I'v ...

Soon, someone in your neighborhood will have one, then check it out.
After testing it, I'm now back to my P3 Pro and I was much happier flying the P4.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 12:39
On another note.. Even if I bought a p4, it seems like I would have to wait quite a while for some ...

I've heard that Apple had batteries, And I think DJi has them as well.
I'd have to find out for sure on Monday.
And with the longer flight times, you won't need as many batteries.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 15:15
nice.  We've got this guy that pulls around a brick oven that's attached to a flat bed trailer, he  ...

Fosters is everywhere, but it is not considered a good Australian beer, mostly for tourists. Like you do, we have micro-breweries here that make really good beers. There is one up in the hills near me that has set up in an old buttery factory and they make about 7 different beers, the best of which is called Gippsland Gold.

Some breweries specialise in brewing very high strength beers, but there is no point drinking them out, one bottle would put you over our drink-drive limits. Fortunately you can buy them in cartons. This is them: http://www.grand-ridge.com.au/index.html Take a look at their range.

Here is another with a weird name: http://www.docsliquor.com.au/Sho ... tectCookieSupport=1 Can personally recommend that one too, after getting totally sh*t-faced on it one night.

There are plenty more though, we are after all a nation of beer drinkers.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 04:14
we weren't botherin nobody, just here amongst  ourselves

Can the OP rename this thread "Flyin Bryan's Whiskey and Beefin'  " thread....?  

Few things to chime in....
Phone editing.  In the browser, go 'settings / request desk top version'  That should bring up the standard version of the site on your phone.  Small, but has all usual features.

Airport flybys:  We get these reports all the time too in the UK.  Part of me thinks how a pilot flying at over 400 mph can see something 12 inches across. Are they really able to see drones so high, so fast, so close to an airport?  You get a lot of dick heads in this world, but who flies a drone at 1,000 - 2,000 feet less than a mile or two from an airport?  

Geo fencing:  Actually Bryan, I reckon if it was done properly and reasonably, that could actually save us a load of grief.  What's wrong with stopping dickheads from flying at 2,000 ft within a couple of miles of an airport?  What's bad is when you get stupid over the top restrictions, like a 30 mile no fly zone around the super bowl.  I would way prefer a reasonable airport geo fencing before we get pointless blanket bans almost everywhere.

Whiskey:
Looking at the times you were posting, the whiskey was way over due.  Gin o'Clock is around 5-6pm for me; not sure when Whiskey o'clock is, but shouldn't be much later in my alcoholically expert opinion...

Dominos:
They're pretty much like McDs; everywhere. But that's fine with double pepperoni me.  

Ian

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 14:14
Is there Domino's in Australia?  Just curious.

Domino's Pizza Enterprises (trading as Domino's) is an Australian public company that holds the exclusive master franchise for the Domino's Pizza brand network in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Principality of Monaco, Japan and Germany. Across these markets, Domino's Pizza Enterprises (DPE) has over 1,900 stores. In May 2005 DPE became the first publicly listed pizza company in Australia. It is the largest pizza chain in Australia in terms of network store numbers and network sales, as well as the largest franchisee for the Domino's Pizza brand in the world[3]/

Good drone news

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 02:29
And soon after that, drones will go way of the buffalo

I'd love to fly a buffalo

heres the best story yet .....

Passengers on the Flying Scotsman were terrified when a drone flew into the train on its way across the North York Moors.

Police are investigating how the drone managed to slam into a rear carriage of the train on preserved railway tracks between Grosmont and Pickering.

A huge bang stunned those on board, with many now voicing their concerns about drones and their safety.

Drones have been frequently used to record images of the Flying Scotsman which has recently been seen in public for the first time in more than a decade following a £4.2m restoration.



The incident, which happened around 4pm on Sunday, shocked Linda Wild, of Whitby, who was travelling in carriage H.

"We could see a drone on the left-hand side of the train and thought it must be taking photos.

"The next thing we knew there was an almighty crash. It sounded like it had crashed into the roof.

"It was such a shock and could have caused a major accident. What if it had gone through the window?" she added.

Mrs Wild, who was travelling with her husband and some friends, said the rest of the journey was "brilliant".

She complained to a guard on the train and British Transport Police are now investigating along with North Yorkshire Moors Railway bosses.

Liz Parkes, head of operations at the NYMR said: "We are aware of a report of a drone grazing the back carriage of the 15.30 60103 Flying Scotsman service from Grosmont on Sunday March 13 in the Huntingbridge area.

"This is currently being investigated by the NYMR and British Transport Police.

While no damage was caused, obviously drones are distracting to our drivers and could result in a criminal prosecution for endangering trains.

"If any members of the public become aware of any incidents of this nature, we would urge them to report it immediately to a North Yorkshire Moors Railway staff member or the British Transport Police so it can be investigated further."


they were on a steam train that was obviously running on steel tracks and they were able to hear a loud bang ???????  then there was a report of a drone GRAZING the rear of the train ????  it just gets better every day ..
the same story is in another paper and they say the drone was flying beside the train and it hit a tree knocking the camera off and it was the camera that hit the train ..... jeeeeez you couldn't make it up !!!!!!!  although in this case it was made up ....

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-18 23:39
On another note.. Even if I bought a p4, it seems like I would have to wait quite a while for some ...

They are available on the DJI site and a friend saw some on the shelves in the Boulder, CO AppleStore.

P4 Accessories

Bob

Unless it was a military drone, seeing any consumer drone at 5000 feet is extremely unlikely. DJI makes the most popular drones and the past two generations only go up to about 1600 feet. Previous generation drones can go to 5000 but only briefly and the drone is likely to run out of power before it gets back on the ground so it is a suicide mission. So for this story to be true, a consumer would have had to fly a 2 year old drone to 5000 feet risking its loss and in the exact instant and place where the max altitude was reached, a jet plane had to fly by 200 feet away. Improbable in the extreme. Then there is the whole question of whether a commercial jet pilot could identify a small object as a drone as it passes 200 feet away at hundreds of miles an hour. I suspect that pilots have been seeing small objects going by forever but only recently have started attributing them to drones. Before they were UFOs. In actual fact they are probably birds, balloons or trash blown high into the sky.
Oh and had an actual drone hit a commercial jet (something which has never occurred to my knowlege) it is likely that nothing would happen:
http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/ ... ab-comment-27948475

I guess the headline "Object spotted at 5000 feet by pilot mistaken for a drone which would have posed no real danger" would not have caught anyone's attention.

DJI-Ken Posted at 2016-3-19 00:46
I've heard that Apple had batteries, And I think DJi has them as well.
I'd have to find out for su ...

I bought 5 batteries at the local Apple store on Thursday.

BASS 666 Posted at 2016-3-19 11:33
heres the best story yet .....

Passengers on the Flying Scotsman were terrified when a drone flew  ...

"It was such a shock and could have caused a major accident. What if it had gone through the window?"
Urm...the window might have cracked (hopefully it's laminated).  Hardly a major accident FFS.  It's ~100 ton loco on rails.  Some people need to get some perspective.  She was obviously an expert wintess.

nigelw Posted at 2016-3-19 18:21
"It was such a shock and could have caused a major accident. What if it had gone through the windo ...

that's the papers for ya mate .... bunch of fking idiots ....

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-20 00:27
Thanks I'll check that out, way better to ask a local than to look at online reviews.

As Geebax said fosters is not actually considered a good beer here:
Some others to try:
*Anything from the Matilda bay brewing company (Fat Yak is a particular favourite of mine at the moment and Redback an old favourite) Matilda Bay
*Lord Nelson Hotel range -Unfortunately only two available offsite but both very fine beers but even more tragic unlikely to be available in the US. I've spent considerable time and investment "testing and verifying" the quality of the beers here. If you visit Sydney it would be remiss not to go. The Lord Nelson
Of the more commercial beers Coopers, James Squire, James Boag all make some fine examples of the amber fluid.

In most cases they are best served "frantic" (that perfect temperature just before any ice forms).

grangerfx@gmail Posted at 2016-3-20 04:29
Unless it was a military drone, seeing any consumer drone at 5000 feet is extremely unlikely. DJI ma ...

This exactly why I posted my frivolous pizza reply. This is most likely a purely fictitious report invented by a media whore with nothing better to do. Like you, I thought '5,000 feet?', yeah not damn likely.

Maybe we should get Adam and Jamie to chuck a P3 into the front of a gas turbine engine and see what happens? They seem to be pretty good at doing that sort of thing.

No way they could see a consumer drone at 300 mph at 200 feet away.  They need to stop this bogus reporting.

I'm sorry but to me, I have landed small air craft, that at around 300 to 500 mph and doing all it takes to land. I just don't see how any one could see a drone. I rember first time I flew I saw a plain and didn't give it a 2nd thought as it was  as I thought was over50 miles away. my instructor explained that a ae seed of around 120 and the big je at about 200 o 300 mph that in less than a few min that we would know them personally. lol

I say what was seen was either a weather balloon or swamp gas.

edbighi@gmail.c Posted at 2016-3-19 16:19
I say what was seen was either a weather balloon or swamp gas.

I say it was a drunk pilot, ground his Arse!

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 12:39
On another note.. Even if I bought a p4, it seems like I would have to wait quite a while for some ...

Batteries are everywhere now.

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-19 12:34
I haven't seen a drone around me in 30 miles.  But I wish.  It's hard for people to fly drones whe ...

I love this dude. Go buy a P4.

ArtistFirst Posted at 2016-3-20 00:05
I love this dude. Go buy a P4.

lol....  You changed the thread title....  And I'm on my third whiskey of the evening....

wellsi Posted at 2016-3-19 03:02
Can the OP rename this thread "Flyin Bryan's Whiskey and Beefin'  " thread....?     

Few thi ...

one story I read on this "sighting" was the "drone" was over 5000 feet and it was 8 miles out from airport.

yea I still wonder about the visibility at speed and distance.... mentioned !

Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-20 08:45
What kind of whiskey are you drinking?  
I'm a big fan of single malts.    I usually drink Booker' ...

Come on man, your depleting the pillow fund.