Drone shooting: US home-owner faces charges

[genna]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33735048

 

[Jim Logajan]

It should also be illegal to fly your drone in the city limits.

Define "drone".

So what else does everyone think should be illegal or regulated that people perceive as being worthy of prior restraint because of its potential for abuse?

What about flying kites? Suppose the kites have cameras?
Model rockets?
Water rockets?
RC balsa aircraft?
Small balloons?
Children's ice cream?
(http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/News/State-and-city-legislators-are-calling-for-new-law)

 

[Jim Logajan]

NBC news reported tonight that a Delta flight into JFK had a drone come within 100' of it on final.

I recall seeing such reports before...

Pilots reported drones within 200 ft of a jet near JFK in March, 2013:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/drone-in-nycs-jfk-airport_n_2811271.html

Drones also reported by pilots landing JFK in November 2014:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...lose-Airplanes-Kennedy-Airport-283247661.html

Not sure what the investigations yielded in those earlier incidents, but could be that the police come up with no leads. They'd need witnesses on the ground who could supply info that would help ID the drone pilot.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Exactly, heck, salt would likely do the job, or a beanbag round.

The rule of thumb should be that if you can't knock it out of the sky with a really nice water cannon (which seems to me a reasonably safe antiaircraft weapon that you may be able to legally use most urban areas,) you have no right or business impeding its navigation of the airspace.

Some people can get pretty elaborate with water guns: