Posted on 07/16/2014 5:46:17 AM PDT by Paul46360
With all the talk about PODs (personally owned drones) that could fly over your fence and peek into your pool or hover above your property, I was wondering if it could be SHOT down??
Is there an expectation of airspace owner ship / privacy immediately over your property? How far AGL (above ground level)is NOT FAA jurisdiction?
I believe that this will be the next step into property rights intrusion.
Very good..air rights..
Is that 10 ground or air miles to airport?
They can’t, but the signals are encoded so that you need a decoder to view them.
Tether helium balloons dangling fishing lines. It makes a real mess of the propeller and will bring one down.
Here in Maine, circa 1990, I was visiting a blueberry field with my father.
It was August, and the wild Maine blueberries were being harvested by the blueberry “rakers.”
There was a National Guard helicopter flying very low and slow over the edges of the fields, where the blueberry fields and the woods meet. I asked someone what the helicopter was doing there, and he said, “They’re looking for marijuana plants.”
The chopper was only about 20 - 30 feet off the ground.
Even then, I thought it was an invasion of privacy and a warrantless search. I was ticked off, even though I didn’t even know the owner of the field. My father and I were visiting the guy in charge of the blueberry rakers.
No “pot” plants were found.
I know several NG chopper pilots tell of looking for marijuana plants in central Texas. The bad thing was that there were marijuana patches on Camp Mabry and Camp Swift, both military reservations. They did find some plots in Bastrop county.
Even if I build my win decoder or buy one from an online provider, I’m still barred from accessing the signal. Further, walk completely around a radio or non-cable television. You’ll discover that the signal is sent right through your body.
My backyard airspace is a strictly enforced NO-FLY ZONE established in 1950`s under the Ground Observer Corps Act as an observation tower area for spotting low-flying Russian planes. That ACT is still a law...no aircraft allowed overhead for up to 60,000 feet altitude.
Are you asking if it is LEGAL to shoot them down, or if it is POSSIBLE to shoot them down?
I have not read beyond the OP, but I will say this:
Yes, it is.
They will be ruled, sooner or later, to be an unwarranted and unwanted intrusion onto private property and as such, can be removed by whatever means necessary.
As far as possible...I suggest a 12 gauge, 3 inch magnum (although, if you're good enough a regular 2 and three quarter will do it) or 3 and 1/2 inch magnum, #4 turkey load.
I can and I will shoot down any and all drones that I see over my property.
Obviously, if I cannot see them, I can't engage them, but sooner or later, the technology that allows them to intrude from unseen heights, will also allow for a device to uncloak them and be seen by those on the ground with the appropriate weaponry and equipment.
So, for any lurking 3-letter alphabet agency puke that may be monitoring, listen up and listen well:
If it flies, and I see it, IT DIES. And , Mr. alphabet guy, if you have a problem with that, come see me.
Now, as for MANNED aircraft (a drone is unmanned, by definition), there are laws already in place that restrict the operation of them, although we all know how the laws are ignored by the local constabularies and the aforementioned alphabet agencies.
In a perfect world, they could not operate below established minimums and would be subject to the FAA (another alphabet agency), blah, blah.
So, it really is a moot point and argument is fruitless.
Suffice to say, if I look up from my property and see a buzzing little helicopeter-looking thingy, looking back at me, it is as good as dead.
And I will use the remnants of said buzzing little helicopeter-looking thingy to play with and to use on my own little buzzing helicopeter-looking thingy, and I dare you, no, I double-dog dare you to come looking for the remnants or seek remuneration.
By 1952 the program was expanded in Operation Skywatch with over 750,000 volunteers at over 16 thousand posts (98 per post in shifts) and 75 centers. The program ended in 1958 [1] with the advent of the automated 1959 USAF radar network (SAGE) and the automated Army networks (Missile Master). GOC volunteers were encouraged to continue their service in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Observer_Corps
I don’t know what it is now but when I originally went for my Fla real estate license many years ago the air rights to property went up 1000 ft in the air. I’m not sure what it is in GA.
DANG!
What do I do with this tower?
Are you posting from Vietnam? The war is over, man.
In a residential area it is an FAA violation to fly below 1000 ft AGL.
sell in on eBay?
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