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Navy Drone Violated Washington Airspace

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WASHINGTON — The skies over the nation’s capital are crowded with presidential aircraft, military flyovers and the Delta shuttle, but this month a strange new bird was briefly among them: a United States Navy drone that wandered into the restricted airspace around Washington before operators could stop it... (www.nytimes.com) More...

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abrayman
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/us/26drone.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss

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jeyrivera89
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SCRAMBLE THE JETS!!
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Coby
Coby 0
Lost control of their drone.... and it didn't head home like it was supposed to. Hmmm... and they wonder why we pilots worry about sharing airspace with these drones. 30ft x 10ft, that's an awful big object that isn't doing it's part of "see and avoid."
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