Drone flies alongside a jet.

[WV. Rootman]

This is one fast drone.
Investigations ongoing after drone near miss at Albury Airport - DroneDJ

 

[sar104]

More likely just mis-quoted by Inspector Meridith. Without the Airprox report it's hard to tell.

 

[Willis1951]

This is one fast drone.
Investigations ongoing after drone near miss at Albury Airport - DroneDJ

I have to ask was that actually a real helicopter as it didn't look quite right

 

[WV. Rootman]

I have to ask was that actually a real helicopter as it didn't look quite right

I missed something. What helicopter?

 

[Willis1951]

I missed something. What helicopter?

I missed something. What helicopter?

Sorry I was following a story of a drone incedent and this came to light Near-miss video shows risk of flying drones in busy airspace as helicopter suddenly appears out of nowhere it is further down on the report of a near Miss with a drone and a jet

 

[Primpwatcher]

I'm sure the person will say something like " I didn't know there was a plane nearby!". I get tired of people giving drones a bad rap.

 

[Gary E]

And the article is headed by a big image of a DJI Phantom. A Phantom 1 no less.

 

[ETC]

why do they say near miss? a near collision is correct a near miss is a collision.

 

[Henry Matias]

I'm sure the person will say something like " I didn't know there was a plane nearby!". I get tired of people giving drones a bad rap.

People have to understand that this hobby will eventually die once there is a collision and a drone to blame. Let’s not forget we need to make room for comercial Drone deliveries also!!

 

[sar104]

why do they say near miss? a near collision is correct a near miss is a collision.

Are you really going to quibble over terminology that has been accepted for decades in both aviation and risk management in general?

 

[Roamer105]

I'm sure the person will say something like " I didn't know there was a plane nearby!". I get tired of people giving drones a bad rap.

Remember they used to report UFOs... No they are drones.

 

[sar104]

Remember they used to report UFOs... No they are drones.

They still report UFOs. Just not when they identify something as a drone.

 

[WV. Rootman]

They still report UFOs. Just not when they identify something as a drone.

I think that was a joke or sarcasm?

 

[sar104]

I think that was a joke or sarcasm?

It was certainly sarcastic.

 

[Doug Rosevear]

This is one fast drone.
Investigations ongoing after drone near miss at Albury Airport - DroneDJ

This is a bit confusing but Living nearAlbury in Australia not the UK I can confirm there are no commercial jets landing in Albury. Unfortunately the story is correct about a near miss but the pilot of the plane said it was a 3 armed drone I have no idea what that means

 

[Sagebrush]

This is one fast drone.
Investigations ongoing after drone near miss at Albury Airport - DroneDJ

Cut two inches off your props and you can get near-mach-1 speed.