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RyanS wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 5:03 pm I saw it just a few minutes after it got posted last night, and I'm going to remove the link in your post just because I think the people re-posting it on their Youtubes and pages (not you!) are trying to capitalize on the footage while hiding behind 'posting it to raise awareness'. I don't want to contribute to spreading it further because the more people see it, the more people will get ideas to do the same thing.

NEAirMuseums wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:34 pm https://www.post-gazette.com/local/regi ... 2005130113

RyanS wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 7:06 pm Dyess AFB aircraft will be flying over Texas tomorrow (May 15th) as well!

turftiger2008 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 11:47 pm so sad that this is the first and only flyover in amarillo and just one jet at that; im sad; im glad i been traveling to get my shots otherwise id have nothing and here is the kicker; we have routine touch and goes from tinker, sheppard and yet they do no flyovers;

RyanS wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 5:03 pm

cryostar wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 3:48 pm Don't know if anyone saw this....but some idiot in Detroit is going to get it all ruined for us:

That's drone footage.

I saw it just a few minutes after it got posted last night, and I'm going to remove the link in your post just because I think the people re-posting it on their Youtubes and pages (not you!) are trying to capitalize on the footage while hiding behind 'posting it to raise awareness'. I don't want to contribute to spreading it further because the more people see it, the more people will get ideas to do the same thing.

For those who haven't seen it, some asshole basically put his drone right into the path of the jets as they went over downtown Detroit. They miss it by MAYBE a couple hundred feet and probably much less. He was kind enough to post the footage on Facebook (even directly on the Blue Angels' wall!) bragging about how his drone almost got taken out.

The video is infuriating and the attitude of the person who filmed it is disgusting. He says it's the Blue Angels fault that they got too close to his drone (which he was flying illegally). That so easily could have killed a whole bunch of people and he just thinks it makes him awesome. I know for a fact that the team is aware of it, and it has been reported to the FAA by many different people. I hope he ends up in jail.