Idiot with a drone tries to FOD out Blue Angel #5’s motor

[nittany03]

Drone Flies Dangerously Close to Blue Angels in Detroit America Strong Flyover.

Camera Drone Video Shows Small Drone Within Feet of Blue Angel Formation. A recent America Strong flyover by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels in Detroit,

theaviationist.com

I guess the only saving grace is that not only was this guy stupid enough to bust the Blues’ TFR and damn near cause a midair, he was clueless enough to post the video on social media, presumably under his own name.

I hope the Feds crush his ass. Great story it would have been if #5 had taken that quadcopter down an intake. Either a single-engine divert that forces a rescue det to break quarantine, or an ejection over downtown Detroit, all because this assclown wanted to be an #influencer.

 

[Austin-Powers]

Looks like that drone was in the Danger Zone.

I'll see myself out.

 

[jmcquate]

New slide for the next CUAS brief.

 

[squorch2]

So foreseeable, you have to wonder what controls were in place for it...

 

[Brett327]

It's impossible to police that kind of thing effectively. Of note, we were on a field trip to DIUx in Silicon Valley last year and they showed us an unclass device that could interrogate every DJI product (drone and operator) within a particular radius and show them all on a map. There are a surprising number of them being operated. They showed an average weekday in the Bay Area, then again when a sporting event was going on. Interesting comparison... lots of drones.

 

[Austin-Powers]

Update: Video taken down

 

[picklesuit]

Somebody is about to get a nice visit from some people in suits...what an idiot.

 

[taxi1]

We’ve had one stroll across midfield of our local airport, small but towered with commuter airline service, during regular operating hours.

 

[Mos]

Stupid, selfish and reckless, but I must admit it's a nice shot.

 

[Gatordev]

Stupid, selfish and reckless, but I must admit it's a nice shot.

I was thinking the same thing. That last one turned out really well. Guess it's good to go out on top.

 

[sevenhelmet]

That's got to be something that worries the Blues pilots a lot flying at low altitude, over cities all the time.

Small side point, but if you're going to write an article or a caption for a photo, "proofread you writing". Dangerously v. dangerous. It's depressing how much professional content clearly isn't proofread. Just saying...

 

[azguy]

It's impossible to police that kind of thing effectively. Of note, we were on a field trip to DIUx in Silicon Valley last year and they showed us an unclass device that could interrogate every DJI product (drone and operator) within a particular radius and show them all on a map. There are a surprising number of them being operated. They showed an average weekday in the Bay Area, then again when a sporting event was going on. Interesting comparison... lots of drones.

There are a lot of COTS C-UAS solutions out there. Performance varies but there are some good ones. Don't know how effective they'd be strapped to a jet...