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Old May 28th 09, 09:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Veeduber[_2_]
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On May 27, 6:25*pm, Brian Whatcott wrote:

Brian said...

Ha!

....and later on...

Amazing!
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Well... Ha! right back atchew :-)
(and tanks for the URL's)

I first mentioned the 'Roll Yer Own RPV' 'way back when sometime...
back before the Big C came to call. The typical response was from
Good Ol' Boyz telling me all the reasons why it couldn't be true,
which generally boiled down to the fact they'd never heard of it
before.

Among the reasons why it wouldn't work was the 'fact' that every one
of those 'mystery' aircraft penetrating American air space was being
tracked by FLIR-equipped helicopters, so that by the mystery airplane
touched down, there was a reception committee there to meet it.

Not so. Because APPARENTLY each of those mystery airplanes was NOT
carrying anything besides extra fuel. So let's say ten drones cross
the border. Their flight path takes them through a populated area
where they are VISUALLY checked to see if they are being followed. If
they are, the flight path is re-programmed and eventually returns home
without ever touching down. Or it may be carrying external tanks,
dropped near downtown Sage, California. (Lookitup :-)

The guy on the ground with the sound-tracking FLIR is the 'cleaner.'
His job is to look for anything-anyone following the Mystery
Airplane. If the answer is 'yes' it simply turns around and goes
home. But the truth is, we don't have enough aerial assets to track
each Mystery Airplane 100% of the time.

But the very BEST of the Good Ol' Boy reasons is that Messicans just
aren't smart enough to run 'something like that.' Meaning the Good
Ol' Boys aren't bright enough to appreciate the problem.

Personally, I think it's funny as hell :-) Because as soon as someone
underestimates the problem, they've lost the war by default.

-R.S.Hoover

 




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