Recent content by AnAvailableUsername

I don't quite agree. I too read the report. I accept that it didn't say "it was the Cessna's pilots fault", I was exaggerating just a little. However, as the YT video points out, the first item under the heading 'Finding as to causes and contributing factors' is the 'active scanning' of...

Having flown similar style single engine aircraft, chances of seeing it are low to zero. From a long distance it would be simply too small and once closer, the engine bay is in front blocking anything that may be approaching from slightly underneath. Vision over the nose is limited even more...

To summarise, a cop flew a drone into controlled airspace without requesting or receiving permission, hovered at 120m directly in the approach path, hit a Cessna, and the TSB said it was the Cessna's fault!

Thank you for your sympathy; it's a painful subject. It's a 'flight'. Granted, for Search and Rescue, 'mission' is an appropriate term. An assignment to locate the casualty. It's the regular folk taking videos of the local marina and rabbiting on about hitting a tree whilst 'flying a...

They're just 'flights'. That's it. Grammatically you are correct, mission technically defines the activity, but as others mentioned it's got James Bond and Hollywood high octane connotations. The sort of thing kids playing make believe soldiers might say. The fact that vendors use the word...

My point exactly 😉

You're probably right ;)

Just putting this out there. It annoys the heck out of me to have grown adults talking about flying 'missions' with their drone. You're not a bloody fighter jet pilot going into enemy territory at mach 2, launching missiles. You're flying a flippin drone. A camera with propellors on top. Over...