Cops in Houston using secret unmanned surveillance aircraft

Hey a UAV! I fly those...well, not that type, but I fly a UAV nonetheless.

In the civilian world, UAV can be used for some great things, such as search & rescue. The reporter made it sound like the HPD would be nothing more than a bunch of peeping toms looking into peoples houses and cars whenever it wasa in the air.

What the the HPD thinking doing the test so close to the city. Are there not more wide open spaces they could have used. Plus I'm surprised they didn't ask the FAA to restrict the airspace, just to stop any collision. Shame on the news helicopter for following them, horrible aviation ethics.

Montalvo told reporters the unmanned aircraft would be used for "mobility" or traffic issues, evacuations during storms, homeland security, search and rescue, and also "tactical." She admitted that could include covert police actions and she said she was not ruling out someday using the drones for writing traffic tickets.

Storms? I fly a heavier UAV and we are not allowed to fly it in shitty weather. Likely to crash.

What do the Texans think about this?

I've been thinking about strapping a certain Lt's ass to a weather baloon and cutting the mooring lines, does that count.

Buzzy wrote:I've been thinking about strapping a certain Lt's ass to a weather baloon and cutting the mooring lines, does that count.

You won't collect too much intel...he's a Lt.

But the pure joy of seeing his fat ass floating away on the breeze will bouy my spirits forever. I could give him a HT so we can listen to him rant and scream.

Buzzy wrote:But the pure joy of seeing his fat ass floating away on the breeze will bouy my spirits forever. I could give him a HT so we can listen to him rant and scream.

Well, when you put it that way...