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The Drones industry in Ireland

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The Drones industry in Ireland

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In 2014, a "drone convention" was organized by a bunch of "entrepreneurs", well, to promote the use of flying drones in Ireland. Tickets cost from a few hundred euro to over a thousand.
All I remember in the media is seeing pictures of drones flying at speed through forest firebreaks.
Roll on to today, not surprised to see this story.
Could be the same crowd who organized that "convention" in 2014.
Siliconrepublic.com: Manna investigating drone crash in Co Dublin during routine flight.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machine ... n-delivery
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The Balbriggan seagulls may have brought it down in protest of all the bad press they are getting lately. 😀
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The taliban used to be able to bring down black hawk helos with old Lee Enfield 303 rifles, maybe one has gone rogue in Balbriggan
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Could be disgruntled FCA veterans too.
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gugleguy wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:03 am Could be disgruntled FCA veterans too.
Sounds like too much work for them lads.
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How stupid do you have to be to think flying drone delivery is a smart idea.
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knownunknown wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:20 am How stupid do you have to be to think flying drone delivery is a smart idea.
Drones may have a place in delivering emergency supplies to an offshore island or a mountain rescue but delivery of Amazon products/fancy coffee/takeaways etc. is nonsense and should be left in the realms of Sci-Fi.
'no more blah blah blah'
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