• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    The military doesn’t like airspace violations much…

    Doesn’t really matter which country.

    • @[email protected]
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      It happened to a friend (with a pilot license I precise).

      He was flying a small two seat aircraft and got contacted through the radio and for asked if he was ok to do a exercice with military aircraft.

      He agreed so soon after two fighter jet arrived on his left and right. To be able to fly at the same speed as him they were almost standing vertically. They directed him for a bit without any radio contact, then thanked him through the radio and left.

      They were doing a exercise to direct someone with no radio contact.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          I feel like this is the type of thing where as a passenger you’d be having the time of your life but the pilot? Shaved 10 years off lol.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            It’s kind of like driving beside a Police car. but the car is worth $1million easy… (Assuming F-16s or trainers.)

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        Holy shit. Yeah, he’s incredibly lucky to not be a pink mist. Still did 14months of a 4 year sentence in a labour camp though.

  • @[email protected]
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    851 year ago

    You ever see those “Speed limit enforced by aircraft” signs? That’s the guy you gotta worry about.

    • @[email protected]
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      221 year ago

      That’s what “©” means. In most states you are by natural law not allowed to be faster than the speed of light

    • @moistclump
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      51 year ago

      I never actually understood those. Do they actually have, like… a drone? Is it snapping a photo? How’s it all work?

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        So you’ll occasionally see two white lines perpendicular to the road at a set internal. A helicopter, drone, or plane can time when a car passes both of these lines and can calculate the average speed of the car.

        This info is then relayed to a police car on the ground who then pulls over the driver.

        • @moistclump
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          11 year ago

          Why is that better than the police officer who was going to pull them over just using a speed gun?

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            shrugs

            Less likely to be noticed by drivers or alerts like on Waze. Probably a bit more costly though if they’re using helicopters or planes instead of drones.

            • @moistclump
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              11 year ago

              It seems like if the purpose was stealth then they wouldn’t have a sign announcing it.

      • @iforgotmyinstance
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        31 year ago

        I drive through areas like this all the time for years. I have never heard of anyone actually getting a ticket from this.

    • @STUPIDVIPGUY
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      151 year ago

      in reality I think ATC will just wait 2 hours for you to run out of fuel and notify the local police for wherever you land

      if you’re headed towards the pentagon though they’ll probably shoot you down

    • stevedidWHAT
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      41 year ago

      Wb sky nets

      Or did I watch that movie wrong

  • @MataVatnik
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    Me when I launch my paddleboard without my permit. Who’s gonna stop me? The water cops? (Yes, yes they will 😞)

      • @MataVatnik
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        171 year ago

        PA, as with kayaks I need a launch permit for the lakes and rivers.

      • krellor
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        I don’t know where op is from but a lot of states, especially in the western US require invasive species tags on any craft over a certain length, like 10 ft. Some also require state registration decals. Idaho is an example of one that takes the invasive species decals and water craft checkpoints very seriously.

        • @[email protected]
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          Certain locales in CA are pretty big on it too. My local lake is huge on the decontamination thing and require certification on even small kayaks. They also like money too.

    • BOMBS
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      yep. got a warning once for not having purchased a permit on my paddle board.

    • @affiliate
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      251 year ago

      depends on how far up you go

      • brianorca
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        81 year ago

        Depends on how far up fast you go. Reaching space doesn’t mean you can stay there. You need orbital velocity.

        • @affiliate
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          71 year ago

          if i’m half a light year from earth i’m not going to be falling back down

  • @son_named_bort
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    251 year ago

    That’s why I drink and fly. Who’s ever heard of a FUI?

  • @over_clox
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    231 year ago

    Shoot the gas tank, I’m sure it’ll come down sooner or later…

    • Alto
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      If a cop managed shoot the gas tank on a flying plane, I wouldn’t even be mad if I died in that crash

        • @Sylver
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          161 year ago

          I would love to see you hit a flying plane, anywhere on the body at all, with a 9mm

          • peopleproblems
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            101 year ago

            no man you don’t get it, I could totally do it with a 22

          • @over_clox
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            91 year ago

            Did you know, other people have planes as well?

            True story, I even found one out in the woods hunting blackberries.

            • @Sylver
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              41 year ago

              And they make very difficult targets when they are flying over 80m/s and half a kilometer in the air

                • @Sylver
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                  51 year ago

                  The entire premise of this conversation was about a plane mid-air lmao

              • @over_clox
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                21 year ago

                They’re not hard targets when they fly right over your house. Hell, if anything, I had to time my antbed explosions away from the time they’d fly.

          • @Astrealix
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            51 year ago

            Just be in a flying plane at the exact same speed and acceleration so that in your reference frame it becomes easy

            • @kmkz_ninja
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              I’m actually a little curious how screwy bullets fly when they’re shot perpendicular to a high speed. Door gunners on a chopper are the closest I can think of, but I’m not sure how accurate they are in general and I don’t know how less a 7.62 round would lose course vs a 9mm.

              Edit: The guns on an AC-130 or any comparable craft would probably be moving faster, but from my vast military knowledge of Call of Duty, I know that the rounds they fire are even larger.

          • Dr. Dabbles
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            41 year ago

            Cops have a LOT of rifles, not just hand guns. 🤷‍♂️

            • Alto
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              That doesn’t change the fact that you’re not going to hit an object going 125mph at 9000’

              • Dr. Dabbles
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                11 year ago

                It absolutely does. Airplanes were being shot down in Vietnam with an SKS firing 7.62 rounds. Now, the question at that point would be do you want someone lobbing bullets into the sky so they can fall back down and potentially hurt someone or damage something? Absolutely not. But it’s not only possible, it has been done before.

                • Alto
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                  The planes dropping napalm were flying low, not damn near 2 miles up.

                  You can think you’re john wick all you want, it’s not fucking happening

            • Dr. Dabbles
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              31 year ago

              But what if the runway was a treadmill?

              • @over_clox
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                31 year ago

                Wait, we can haz hamster treadmill powered planes?

                • Dr. Dabbles
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                  21 year ago

                  Did you not catch the reference, or are you dedicated to not having fun with this? 😆

        • Alto
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          01 year ago

          I can’t tell if you’re joking or not

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        Oh I don’t think it will be the police you need to worry about.

        And I’m pretty sure even the smallest militaries have AA guns at this point.

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    They can pull you over to the next airport lr runway though, and not complying would result in the same situation as with a car lol.

    • @avapa
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      “ According to 49 U.S. Code § 46317, you cannot fly, or attempt to fly, an aircraft without the proper licensure. The penalty for violating this code can be substantial, with a maximum punishment of 3 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.”

      https://www.skytough.com/post/fly-without-pilots-license

      That’s a lot worse than getting pulled over with no driver’s license.

    • @Madison420
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      Eh not generally no. They’ll follow and harass you until you’re forced down or run out of fuel then they arrest you likely as a terrorist. Shooting people down is real high risk, does no one remember sky king?

  • Mindlight
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    What goes up must come down.