[Scan-DC] Drones and airport stoppages

[Richard Rowland]

A bill introduced in the Virginia General Assembly this year appears to be 
directed at drones within one mile of a military airport.

HB 1636 Unmanned aircraft system; trespass, military airfield or military 
helicopter landing zone, penalty.
Introduced by: Barry D. Knight | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my 
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SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Trespass; unmanned aircraft system; military airfield or military helicopter 
landing zone; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly and 
intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the airspace 
within one mile of the boundary of any military airfield or military 
helicopter landing zone in the Commonwealth, for any reason, is guilty of a 
Class 1 misdemeanor.



Richard Rowland
Secretary/Treasurer Emeritus
Richmond Building Trades
richrowland at aol.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Danes" <danesgswolf at gmail.com>
To: "Scan DC" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 5:11 AM
Subject: [Scan-DC] Drones and airport stoppages


>I am wondering aloud about the two recent news reports about all this at
> Gatwick airport in the UK and here at Newark in NJ. When you control one 
> of
> these things they work on some sort of radio frequency I suppose. Also to
> my mind my ex once bought me a toy helicopter thingy. BTW the first time I
> tried to fly the damn thing it went straight up about 200 feet over my
> condo and I never found it again. Luckily I think she paid like 25.00 at
> CVS or something.
>
> So even with the cost factors and such are not these things in the real
> world only at best for hobbyists maybe 2 feet long? I know it would be 
> hard
> for a pilot to see a hovering 2 foot bird in the sky next to an airport,
> yet maybe it WOULD sort of stand out.
>
> So yes a two foot object sucked into a plane engine could be bad news, got
> it. But why would anyone fly the things next to an airport anyway? Great
> pics and video of planes taking off from 200 feet? rather lame.
>
>
> KJ4DGE
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