The Carmody Hour.
#14

A hunting we will go.

Personally, I’ve always enjoyed clay pigeon shooting and practice whenever I can. Before drones I’d have to spend a fair bit on target clays, then set up the ‘clay thrower’ and then find someone to ‘pull’ the release,– all jolly good fun, but there are problems. No longer – drones don’t cost me a penny and for the cost of a cartridge provide an entertaining target.

Can’t do that from a flight deck though. The most demanding in flight exercises are take off and landing; the aircraft is ‘low and slow’.  From ground level up to about 500 feet after take off, forward visibility is somewhat restricted which makes spotting ‘drones’ difficult, particularly when the sun is in an awkward position or the windscreen is wet etc. (same as a car). IMO while a 10K ‘no fly’ zone around airports would be sensible - particularly for the Choppers this would be hard to police and possibly restrictive.  But not to mandate anything less than say, what, 4K wide, 10K long exclusion zone from the DER is borderline irresponsible. Aircraft in the initial stages of departure; or, the final phase of landing, are vulnerable due speed, altitude, limited manoeuvring ability and a busy crew.

A scenario easily imagined is at a major airport, like Sydney when parallel runway operations are in use – at peak period. An aircraft on final approach – committed – is confronted by a ‘rogue drone’, head on. The aircraft must either take the hit or abandon the approach – straight ahead – there are no other options, to move laterally is impossible, to ease over or slip below the drone will dangerously bugger up the landing. So worst realistic case – an expensive overshoot and delay; all because CASA in its infinite wisdom, chose to simply ignore the drone problem, rather than address the issue before it became a problem.

There is I believe an international standard rule which prescribes the direction aircraft must turn when approaching ‘head on’. Not too many pilots around who don’t know that rule and will almost instinctively turn in the approved manner to avoid collision – I wonder how many ‘drone’ operators (bar the pro’s of course) know that rule and who is responsible for making damn sure they do? I hope our inutile minister of NFI has a safe place to hide, when the debris starts falling, lest his fat head get thumped by descending aluminium.

We do go to some bizarre extremes in the name of ‘safety’; (fact) we even prosecute for ‘paper-work’ errors, spend a small fortune tracking down rule breakers and compiling ‘evidence’. But we turn a blind eye to what is potentially a killer overhead our cities. The solution is so desperately simple, so inexpensive and so very sensible – CASA choose to ignore it.

Rule 101 – In order to purchase a non commercial drone you must provide evidence of membership to the Model Aeronautical Association of Australia (MAAA) and agree to abide by their rules and education procedures. Great little rule set by the way – HERE – perhaps CASA could take a page or two from the MAAA book.

Toot – FDS, get a grip minister – toot.
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The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 10-26-2016, 05:21 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 10-26-2016, 10:05 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 10-27-2016, 06:04 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P1_aka_P1 - 10-28-2016, 07:15 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 10-29-2016, 07:36 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 10-29-2016, 06:01 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 10-30-2016, 02:42 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 10-30-2016, 04:12 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-04-2016, 07:15 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 11-05-2016, 06:53 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-11-2016, 09:29 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-19-2016, 10:59 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-21-2016, 07:17 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 11-22-2016, 05:23 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-24-2016, 11:33 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-05-2016, 07:53 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 11-24-2016, 02:13 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-29-2016, 07:58 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 12-05-2016, 08:55 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-07-2016, 01:58 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-31-2016, 08:26 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-19-2017, 10:17 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-20-2017, 08:22 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 12-31-2016, 01:28 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 01-02-2017, 07:21 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 01-02-2017, 09:20 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 01-02-2017, 05:41 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 01-20-2017, 12:16 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 01-20-2017, 10:46 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 01-21-2017, 07:10 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-26-2017, 07:11 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 01-26-2017, 08:49 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-26-2017, 07:22 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 01-26-2017, 10:24 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-27-2017, 08:00 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 01-27-2017, 12:04 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 04-27-2017, 08:26 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 04-27-2017, 11:41 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 05-12-2017, 01:09 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 05-12-2017, 03:36 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 05-24-2017, 09:21 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 05-31-2017, 07:16 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 06-07-2017, 11:15 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 06-07-2017, 01:26 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 06-08-2017, 06:48 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 06-08-2017, 09:50 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 06-08-2017, 10:49 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 06-09-2017, 10:50 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 06-09-2017, 07:51 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 06-10-2017, 09:13 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 06-23-2017, 01:00 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-04-2017, 08:41 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-07-2017, 04:19 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 08-11-2017, 10:28 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-19-2017, 08:19 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-27-2017, 07:14 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 09-27-2017, 08:04 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-29-2017, 07:19 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 09-30-2017, 01:33 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 10-05-2017, 07:06 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 10-06-2017, 05:46 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 10-06-2017, 07:51 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 10-10-2017, 08:21 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-06-2017, 08:51 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 11-07-2017, 05:15 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-07-2017, 10:13 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 11-08-2017, 08:27 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-05-2017, 07:05 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-06-2017, 11:35 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 12-06-2017, 10:55 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-15-2017, 01:33 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 12-23-2017, 06:16 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-24-2017, 07:59 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-28-2017, 11:30 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 03-07-2018, 07:30 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 04-02-2018, 07:38 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 04-03-2018, 05:44 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 04-11-2018, 10:16 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 06-01-2018, 05:48 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 06-02-2018, 10:01 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 06-14-2018, 10:54 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 06-14-2018, 05:53 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 06-14-2018, 07:47 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 06-18-2018, 05:35 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-06-2018, 08:17 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 07-07-2018, 06:37 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-13-2018, 10:50 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-19-2018, 02:31 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 09-20-2018, 06:57 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-22-2018, 12:20 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-27-2018, 11:51 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 09-27-2018, 01:31 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 09-28-2018, 06:09 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 10-19-2018, 09:10 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 10-20-2018, 06:20 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 10-20-2018, 09:18 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 10-20-2018, 09:41 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 10-20-2018, 04:40 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 11-27-2018, 06:47 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 11-27-2018, 01:20 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-06-2018, 11:27 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-07-2018, 12:17 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-11-2018, 08:39 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 12-07-2018, 02:31 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-21-2018, 11:52 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Gobbledock - 12-22-2018, 09:52 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 12-27-2018, 07:05 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 12-27-2018, 02:57 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 12-27-2018, 07:43 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 02-08-2019, 08:09 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 04-29-2019, 09:44 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 05-02-2019, 10:17 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 05-03-2019, 07:42 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 05-03-2019, 09:46 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 05-04-2019, 07:23 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 05-04-2019, 02:17 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 05-21-2019, 08:25 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 05-21-2019, 02:18 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 05-24-2019, 12:38 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 06-04-2019, 08:15 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 08-20-2019, 06:41 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 08-21-2019, 01:48 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 08-23-2019, 09:16 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 09-02-2019, 08:51 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 09-02-2019, 10:52 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Choppagirl - 09-03-2019, 03:57 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 10-02-2019, 10:36 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 10-02-2019, 03:20 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 10-04-2019, 10:06 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 10-04-2019, 04:36 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 10-05-2019, 10:55 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 10-31-2019, 11:42 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 11-01-2019, 06:51 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 11-01-2019, 09:36 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 11-04-2019, 07:42 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 12-08-2019, 08:00 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-18-2020, 09:30 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 01-21-2020, 07:51 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 01-29-2020, 11:50 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 02-10-2020, 08:11 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by subtropicus - 02-10-2020, 08:29 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 02-11-2020, 05:28 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 02-10-2020, 08:35 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 02-12-2020, 06:58 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 02-12-2020, 03:04 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 02-12-2020, 07:38 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 02-13-2020, 05:06 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 02-20-2020, 01:24 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 03-24-2020, 10:33 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 03-25-2020, 07:55 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-01-2020, 01:30 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-02-2020, 09:41 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-22-2020, 11:26 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 07-02-2020, 10:44 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-09-2020, 05:53 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Peetwo - 07-10-2020, 09:37 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Kharon - 07-23-2020, 07:59 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by thorn bird - 08-11-2020, 12:47 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 08-28-2020, 08:36 PM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by Sandy Reith - 08-30-2020, 09:23 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 04-26-2021, 07:32 AM
RE: The Carmody Hour. - by P7_TOM - 08-16-2021, 08:07 AM



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