2/21/2024 0 Comments Flight force flying tank droneInteresting in both the range and the altitude, both control-wise in terms of line of sight, as well as battery life as it comes to the endurance of the thing. U90 informed their FAA chain of command about it, but that’s as far as I’ve heard so far. The helos remained in VMC obviously, and one hung around for about an hour, to see if it would reappear descending, or if there was any vehicles driving through the middle of nowhere as either the operator or someone to potentially recover it. It was last seen climbing through 14,000’ and into the undercast, where it disappeared. The copter began to climb and flew out of the TUS area about 50 miles to the northwest of town into the middle of nowhere desert out by the mine west of KAVQ. The operator apparently realized by this time that the drone was being followed, because it then proceeded northwest at high speed and climbing, with the helo and another LE helo in trail. TUS and DMA towers were unaware of it, as was U90 controllers. It continued east into KDMAs airspace and began orbiting the base over the parallel taxiway near the fighter jet ramp. The quad copter was described as approximately 5 feet long by about 3 feet wide, with a single green flashing LED light. It passed about 30’ away co-altitude with a police helicopter flying the opposite direction. Last night, there was one just east of KTUS at about 1200’ AGL cruising eastbound.
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