Gatwick closed by drones

[ElectricSoup]

Shakermaker said:

ElectricSoup said:

Bring in John McClane. Yippee-kayay.

Last time he got involved at an airport, all the British people died in a horrible fireball.

Just like British Rail, love.

[anonymous-user]

eharding said:

steveo3002 said:

what about a dog with some stilts?

health n saftey i spose..

Why go looking for a complicated solution, when the simple option of using a police giraffe already exists?

There used to be a zoo at Gatwick. I think it closed down after the foot and mouth outbreak.

If only they’d had the foresight to keep it open in case of this kind of event.

[24lemons]

Vaud said:

Or an owl?

You might fall down a 'ole. Where would you be if you fell down a 'ole? WHAT ABOUT THE FOG!? Stuck in a hole in the fog? Stuck in a hole in the fog in the middle of the night! WITH AN OWL! Up a tree! Stuck in a 'ole in the middle of a night! Stuck down an 'ole, with an owl! On your own, behind the wall! Lovely old wall! Stuck down a hole with an owl in the middle of the night! It could happen! Stuck down a hole on your own in the middle of the night! WITH AN OWL!

I love that sketch!

Just out of interest here’s Gatwick compared to Heathrow at the moment

[eharding]

El stovey said:

There used to be a zoo at Gatwick.

There still is. Nowadays referred to as "South Terminal Departures Lounge – Lower Level"

[Jakdaw]

For fks sake - you don't need guns, shotguns, flamethrowers, eagles, dogs whatever else they're pissing about with.

Very simple solution for Gatwick: Just go to the highstreet, buy a DJI Mavic or similar. Fly it into the drone that's causing the problems and two drones will fall out of the sky. Done.


ETA Worse case if it's a REALLY big drone - say an octocopter with 20" blades.... you might need two kamikaze drones from Argos to reopen your airport. Sheesh.

Edited by Jakdaw on Thursday 20th December 12:32

[Craigyp79]

Jakdaw said:

For fks sake - you don't need guns, shotguns, flamethrowers, eagles, dogs whatever else they're pissing about with.

Very simple solution for Gatwick: Just go to the highstreet, by a DJI Mavic or similar. Fly it into the drone that's causing the problems and two drones will fall out of the sky. Done.

Ah, but what happens if they have another drone that could fly into the drone trying to fly into the drone?

[red_slr]

Jakdaw said:

For fks sake - you don't need guns, shotguns, flamethrowers, eagles, dogs whatever else they're pissing about with.

Very simple solution for Gatwick: Just go to the highstreet, by a DJI Mavic or similar. Fly it into the drone that's causing the problems and two drones will fall out of the sky. Done.

Dominate the air !

[anonymous-user]

Jakdaw said:

For fks sake - you don't need guns, shotguns, flamethrowers, eagles, dogs whatever else they're pissing about with.

Very simple solution for Gatwick: Just go to the highstreet, by a DJI Mavic or similar. Fly it into the drone that's causing the problems and two drones will fall out of the sky. Done.

There’s even an Argos in manor royal. Have you contacted the police with this information?

[Scabutz]

Roy Lime said:

schmalex said:

I’m surprised LGW doesn’t have a C-UAS capability.

The third post.

PH aviation thread in tiresome jargon shocker.

Got a new SOP on DOAs from the FAA.

[eharding]

Jakdaw said:

Fly it into the drone that's causing the problems and two drones will fall out of the sky. Done.

Baldrick: "Good news and bad news boss. The good news is we've destroyed the rogue drone with our own cunning kamikaze quadcopter"

Boss: "..and the bad news?"

Baldrick: "Um, what they ended up falling on top of"

[Jakdaw]

Craigyp79 said:

Ah, but what happens if they have another drone that could fly into the drone trying to fly into the drone?

Even better - you get to see where they launch it from and have a better chance of catching your terrorists. Maybe then's the time to get the guns out.

[Oakey]

essayer said:

“Police”, apparently

Why have they got guns? Did they not get the memo from the PH experts that they won't work?

[Camoradi]

"immigration in the tens of thousands....we'll see....."

[ukaskew]

An F35B in VTOL mode hovering just above it would work, if anyone is pinging suggestions over to the police.

[anonymous-user]

Oakey said:

Why have they got guns? Did they not get the memo from the PH experts that they won't work?

Have they shot it down yet?

[Shakermaker]

El stovey said:

There’s even an Argos in manor royal. Have you contacted the police with this information?

Would you want to go to Manor Royal? At this time of year, with the amount of Christmas shoppers around, just after school has broken up? I think I'd rather face the thousands of disgruntled passengers myself...

[eharding]

Oakey said:

essayer said:

“Police”, apparently

Why have they got guns? Did they not get the memo from the PH experts that they won't work?

To deal with the upcoming massive armed bullion robbery on a Gatwick bonded warehouse being conducted under the chaos caused by a carefully orchestrated drone incident decoy?

[anonymous-user]

Shakermaker said:

El stovey said:

There’s even an Argos in manor royal. Have you contacted the police with this information?

Would you want to go to Manor Royal? At this time of year, with the amount of Christmas shoppers around, just after school has broken up? I think I'd rather face the thousands of disgruntled passengers myself...

Actually there’s a Dixon’s in the north terminal selling drones. Perhaps delayed passengers will get buy some and have a go themselves?

[Oakey]

El stovey said:

Oakey said:

Why have they got guns? Did they not get the memo from the PH experts that they won't work?

Have they shot it down yet?

I'm not sure they've confirmed it even exists yet!

[eharding]

ukaskew said:

An F35B in VTOL mode hovering just above it would work, if anyone is pinging suggestions over to the police.

Chalk that up as an F-35 and a police helicopter shot down by p1stonhead then.