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Originally Posted by NeilT
(Post 8409350)
from the Telegraph...
"Ministry of Defence insiders have reportedly said the UFOs could be unmanned stealth bombers on test flights. The black delta-wing craft, called Taranis, is understood to have been making test runs on the coastal bombing ranges at Donna Nook and North Coates, which are right next to the site of the wrecked wind turbine. Taranis is about the same size as the Hawk jet trainers used by the Red Arrows at nearby RAF Scrampton - it is being developed by BAe Systems to deliver bombs in battlefields" More likely explanation, the lights people are reportimg could be the bombs being deployed and / or flares and maybe there is a damaged Taranis sitting in a workshop somewhere? Taranis Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) Demonstrator - Air Force Technology |
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
(Post 8409359)
IF.... it was active (which it wasn't) it still has to comply with CAA flight requirements, which prohibit it flying at "wind turbine" height ;)
Les ;) |
The CAA won't allow us to fly those types of long duration, high altitude UAV's in the UK, which is why the RAF's Reaper MQ-9 UCAVs are based in Nevada.
We can fly Watchkeepers, but they're just like big remote control planes to be honest, and I believe get around CAA regulations because of some random technical details. |
Originally Posted by Prasius
(Post 8412285)
The CAA won't allow us to fly those types of long duration, high altitude UAV's in the UK, which is why the RAF's Reaper MQ-9 UCAVs are based in Nevada.
We can fly Watchkeepers, but they're just like big remote control planes to be honest, and I believe get around CAA regulations because of some random technical details. |
Well, for operational and training purposes the Reapers are not being flown from where they're meant to be flown from (RAF Waddington). I don't want them to come over here anyhow to be honest, as there are a couple of jobs in Nevada that I'm going to request for my next posting!
How come there is one set of rules for BAE and one set of rules for the military then? Genuinely curious - I thought the CAA had just slapped a big, fat, NO, on UAV's larger than Watchkeeper/Hermes flying in UK airspace. |
The military don't design, develop and sell hardware, private commercial organisations such as BAES do. Operational hardware (once sold to the RAF) is in the public domain and adheres to CAA requirements whereas developing future technology is treated differently.
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So, supposedly proven equipment is deemed unsafe to fly in UK airspace, but something untested that's in development is given the green light?
Interesting approach. ;) I guess I shouldn't be surprised though. |
What a joke.
Is this the best thing we can get on the (in a loose a term as possible) "NEWS" these days.. Did we or did we not have really strong winds last night... Just maybe the mechanism that turns it out of the wind and applies the brakes failed and it over sped and flung one of the blades off... UFO's my ****ing ass. |
Originally Posted by Fuzz
(Post 8418923)
UFO's my ****ing ass. Is your name Cartman? :D |
God damn it, they didn't do anything to my ass. It was just a dream.
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