Drone Hits Helicopter

WShade · 2025-07-07T19:03:30-0400

Helicopter emergency lands in Kerrville after being hit by private drone

A helicopter involved in emergency operations was forced to land in Kerrville after a private drone struck it Monday afternoon.

www.fox7austin.com

There is a TFR in place. Don't be that guy!

GFields · 2025-07-07T19:14:32-0400

There's always one

microlinux · 2025-07-07T19:38:26-0400

There are days I feel this hobby is doomed.

I'm all for going as hard as possible at people doing this crap and making it well publicized ... we need some deterrence here.

KS-6 · 2025-07-07T19:48:51-0400

I just don't understand where people's heads are at who do this...obviously where the sun does not shine.

AZAV8R · 2025-07-07T22:41:41-0400

KS-6 said:
I just don't understand where people's heads are at who do this...obviously where the sun does not shine.

That's a kind understatement. I flew manned a/c for 33 years and had more than one encounter with an RC flown by the same brand of idiot.

AMann · 2025-07-08T00:30:53-0400

Oh c- - p, how many more of these before they put the banhammer down on us? If it was a member here, well, can we start a wall of shame?

Army Vet · 2025-07-08T08:25:47-0400

I just posted this on another thread.

You can't legislate, teach, cajole, inform, preach to stupid people. Stupid is as stupid does. The idiots of the world are incorrigible. Catch them and make an example of them.

Capt KO · 2025-07-08T08:34:47-0400

Same goes for the idiots that shoot at anything that flies. Teach em a lesson that hurts..and sticks.

ryguy80 · 2025-07-08T09:40:26-0400

The idiots are going to ruin it for everyone else. Probably was for social media. Got to get those likes and views you know since people’s livelihoods are dependent upon how much online clout they have.

HoozierDroneDaddy · 2025-07-08T10:10:30-0400

Saw another article that it was News company flying the drone trying to get media.

AMann · 2025-07-08T10:31:11-0400

HoozierDroneDaddy said:
Saw another article that it was News company flying the drone trying to get media.

Even better, a paparazzi 107 holder.

Who ever it was made it so much worse for themselves by not immediately coming forward. Do you know if they turned themselves in or were they found by the authorities?

Army Vet · 2025-07-08T13:10:35-0400

I have an story that kind of applies. I used to ride off road motorcycles as a younger man. Lots of fun!
I was living in NJ. Home of the bad attitude and way too much government

But, to their credit there was a public Off Road Park that you could ride motorcycles and 4X4s. This was a big deal with not a lot of free land available.

There was literally only one rule. DO NOT RIDE IN THE CREEK. Well, you know what happened! The park closed down weeks after opening.

Stupid is as Stupid Does.

1gratefulflyingdawg · 2025-07-08T13:26:39-0400

ryguy80 said:
The idiots are going to ruin it for everyone else. Probably was for social media. Got to get those likes and views you know since people’s livelihoods are dependent upon how much online clout they have.

Totally agree.

1gratefulflyingdawg · 2025-07-08T13:31:55-0400

If you are in VLOS and possibly observers how could you fly into a helicopter? The five laws of stupidity, according to economist Carlo M. Cipolla, are:
1. Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
2. The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
3. A stupid person is someone who causes losses to another person or group, while deriving no gain and possibly incurring losses themselves.
4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals, particularly the cost of dealing with them.
5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

anotherlab · 2025-07-08T14:22:39-0400

HoozierDroneDaddy said:
Saw another article that it was News company flying the drone trying to get media.

Do you have a link for that article? Every article that I have seen has referred to it as having an unknown operator.

AMann · 2025-07-08T18:54:23-0400

1gratefulflyingdawg said:
If you are in VLOS and possibly observers how could you fly into a helicopter? The five laws of stupidity, according to economist Carlo M. Cipolla, are:
1. Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
2. The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
3. A stupid person is someone who causes losses to another person or group, while deriving no gain and possibly incurring losses themselves.
4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals, particularly the cost of dealing with them.
5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

Well, all the news said the same thing about the Canadian fire plane that was “hit by a drone” last summer. And by pure logic, had the guy’s lawyer been on top of it, he could’ve ended the case by proving in court that it was actually the fire bomber that hit the drone!