How can anyone see a drone from an airplane window while traveling hundreds of miles an hour? It would have to be really big or traveling along side, no?
Posted Aug 17, 2020, 5:26 PM UTC
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Its Air Force One, it probably isn't a consumer drone you fly with your phone.
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If they were landing you could very easily see it. It was probably hovering stationary a few hundred feet off the ground and a hundred feet away. Drones in takeoff and landing corridors have become a pretty big problem.
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Did they provide a better description of exactly what they saw? It would be difficult to rule out drones especially if it was sighted during landing.
On a tangential note, isn't the current Air Force One a Boeing 747? This doesn't look like a 747. It looks like a 737 from the side view in that tweet.
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The Prez was using c-32a a modified 757 to fly from his golf trip in NJ. Since he was on it, it’s considered Air Force One and it was landing.
Well consumer drones are common and they are documented getting too close airports, flying aircraft, and wildfire operations all over the world. Plenty of planes and copters spot them landing and taking off.
Map of drone incidents globally
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Nice. I didn't know that they have other aircraft that serve as Air Force One
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Also, "Air Force 1" is just a call sign designated for any USAF aircraft while the President is on board. They use "Executive 1" if POTUS is flying on a civil aircraft.
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Can you see a car from an airplane?
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Planes slow down to 150mph as they land. It probably wasn't that close, it's easier to see stationary things from further away. Drones can be a lot bigger than your standard palm sized ones. It could have been a pro photographer rig, perhaps a news station, which are large https://www.thedroneu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DroneU-Blog-Post-Thumbnail-15.jpg
Not saying that's definitely what it was. But drone is plausible
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Yea no. It wasn't a drone. If it were close enough to be visible then it would have done its job and brought the plane down
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Because it's not a drone