Is that a drone or a plane? Experts help explain the differences
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Is that a drone or a plane? Experts help explain the differences

Associated Press  

Up in the sky, is that a drone, a plane or a helicopter? Experts who study unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — say it can be tough to tell from miles away. “You can’t just walk outside and say, ‘Oh, that’s not a drone,’ or ‘That is one.’ All you can really factually say is, ‘I saw a light in the sky,’” Slaughter said. Drones flying at night are only required to have one bright, anti-collision light that’s visible 3 miles away. “You certainly wouldn’t see it at night, and you’d have to be up close to see it, you know, in the daytime,” said Paul R. Snyder, director of the Unmanned Aircraft System program in the University of North Dakota’s Aerospace Sciences School.

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