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    Default Is this a drone in my area?

    I spotted an aircraft while I was on my way home. It seemed to be gliding (flying) at a very low height. It flew straight over me with very little noise. It had two, what looked like, propellors positioned at the front.

    I am just wondering. Is it a drone or just another type of aircraft?

    Here is a picture that I took: I have been trying to upload it and it doesn't seem to be working so if you don't see a photo please be patient.
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    i cant see pic.............

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    I have had to reduce the quality so I can upload it
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    This is what UK unmanned drones look like.


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    there are so many different kind of UAV... it is one of the fastest growing area in avaition..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Illuminate View Post
    there are so many different kind of UAV... it is one of the fastest growing area in avaition..
    You are right..

    and here's a US drone.



    oops.

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    It's difficult to understand the scale, isn't it? So was it quiet and low and smaller or higher and noisier and bigger?

    perhaps it's just a radio control plane that flew out of radio range and went off on it's own? drones don't need to have a cockpit cos there's no driver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NotAPrayer View Post
    It's difficult to understand the scale, isn't it? So was it quiet and low and smaller or higher and noisier and bigger?

    perhaps it's just a radio control plane that flew out of radio range and went off on it's own? drones don't need to have a cockpit cos there's no driver.
    Quiet, low, more than 15ft long, good manoverability as it turned and ascended good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simmons Victory View Post
    You are right..

    and here's a US drone.



    oops.

    .........

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abdullah Ali View Post
    I have had to reduce the quality so I can upload it
    Looks like an average passenger plane (one that holds about 2/3 people).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abdullah Ali View Post
    I have had to reduce the quality so I can upload it

    it could be a 3 seater cessna, or a plane that measures air polloution, I live near a flying school and i see the Cessna`s all the time as well as gliders and micro gliders

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    Whatever it is it definately is not a drone.....I've seen loads and they look like this...



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    Bismillaah. Salaam/Peace. I don't think this is a cessna, or a drone. Can this be really happening? Look close....


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMelm...eature=related




    Salaam/Peace. Faithfully

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    My first thought was, "No".
    Low wing, twin engines and a cabin suggest a small passenger aircraft but..

    http://consciouslifenews.com/uk-foll...space/1130373/

    UK Follows America’s Lead by Testing Drones in Civilian Airspace


    Still unlikely to be a drone.... but not impossible.

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    Police have been trying to get drones to be acceptable for awhile now. They used one for a BNP meeting in a field, and some civic disturbances. They'd really like to use them all the time though, as they are cheaper and generally effective when a helicopter isn't really needed (static targets, watching events etc).
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