Comments on: A Struggling Market For Unmanned Aerial Drones http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/civilian-drones/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Howard http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/civilian-drones/#comment-125775 Jim Howard Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:11:20 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2008/01/24/civilian-drones/#comment-125775 UAVs in civil airspace are a terrible idea. They save no money and are 100 times (that's a real figure) more likely to have an accident than a manned airplane. At the risk of pimping, I <a href="http://grayraven.com/JimNtexas/?p=344" rel="nofollow">blogged about this</a> last year. Since then the Border Patrol lost a UAV due to buffonery, prompting the NTSB to issue<a href="http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20060509X00531&key" rel="nofollow"> strong warning</a> about the very dangers of letting these semi-guided missiles into the air over your house. UAVs in civil airspace are a terrible idea. They save no money and are 100 times (that’s a real figure) more likely to have an accident than a manned airplane. At the risk of pimping, I blogged about this last year.

Since then the Border Patrol lost a UAV due to buffonery, prompting the NTSB to issue strong warning about the very dangers of letting these semi-guided missiles into the air over your house.

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