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    #632
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,462 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Gatwick Airport: Majority stake sold to French firm
    French purchaser Vinci says Gatwick offers "significant potential for growth".
    The question is, where will that growth come from? Gatwick is already operating at a high level of efficiency, squeezing the maximum number of landings and takeoffs from its single runway.


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    #633
    Carawaystick
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    Homer wrote: »
    Have a look at the map below. In the greater Dublin/Leinster region there are 3 geo locked zones.. Dublin Airport, Casement Aerodrome and the Aviva stadium. Funnily enough Croke Park is not a no fly zone despite being a bigger stadium!
    Is this a soccer thing? since the Albanian/Serbia match was abandoned due to a drone


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    #634
    arubex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭arubex


    And can I get my house and property geo-locked? Drones are a nuisance to me too!

    Or do the little people just have to put up with it?


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    #635
    Reati
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    arubex wrote: »
    And can I get my house and property geo-locked? Drones are a nuisance to me too!

    Or do the little people just have to put up with it?

    Geo locking is done based on risk assessment to safety, not at the whim of the little people thankfully :rolleyes:


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    #636
    Reati
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Is this a soccer thing? since the Albanian/Serbia match was abandoned due to a drone

    No, its a bit of a technicality. Dublin is all covered by Class C airspace. You aren't allowed to fly in Dublin above 15m without written permission of Dublin ATC. You can take a risk and get arrested but as Gatwick shows, you'll be hard to find.


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    #637
    nim1bdeh38l2cw
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    For those who were advocating shooting at "it"

    https://twitter.com/sommervilletv/status/1080724993238069249?s=19


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    #638
    Reati
    Registered Users Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭Reati


    Paulina Fit Slime wrote: »
    For those who were advocating shooting at "it"

    https://twitter.com/sommervilletv/status/1080724993238069249?s=19

    If a royal with a shotgun can take down a pheasent, surely a well trained soldier can shoot one down :D

    He also left out the fact Drones use high capacity Lithium polyermer batteries who prefer exploding instead of staying batteries. Hence shooting one creates a falling fireball!


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    #639
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Heathrow’s turn now!!


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    #640
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Yup!

    Heathrow Airport says departures have been suspended and Sky News understands its northern runway has closed after reports of a drone sighting


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    #641
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    We'll see now if this is a copycat or if someone was using Gatwick for a test run. This obviously has the potential to be substantially more disruptive.


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    #642
    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭Mech1


    looks like its open now, plane just took off from northern runway.


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