Email Message from my Airport August 13

Lawreston

Lawreston

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Georgetown, ME
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Harley Reich
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"Greetings Everyone,

Today, at about 11:00hrs, I received a phone call from John McKelzey, FAA- N.E. Regional ATC to inform us that his office received a report from a jet aircraft that departed Augusta and while traveling at nearly 13,000 feet over Wiscasset encountered a “drone”.
The “drone” was orange in color and approximately 2 ft. in diameter.

A few minutes later, I received a similar call from Pam, Lincoln County Communications – Dispatch, informing me that she also had received a similar call from Boston ATC.

This is of a very serious nature as all of you can imagine if a “harmless drone” gets sucked into a jet engine, the results will be catastrophic.

Please be aware of your environment and take extra precautions while operating/flying your aircraft. Report any type of drones to your local law enforcement agency as soon as you are able to make contact and always give us a call over the air to the nearest FBO and airport. Please make note of your location if you can, it will narrow the area of incident.
At the Wiscasset Airport we have a G.A.R.D. system that records all communications within range and on our frequency of 122.800.
Please share this incident with all your pilot friends.


Frank Costa
Airport Manager
Wiscasset Municipal Airport
96 Chewonki Neck Road
Wiscasset, ME 04578
207.882.5475 (Airport)
207.350-5402 (Cell)
207.882.5475 (Fax)"
 
Florida Cracker said:
Holy Crap, Batman! 13,000 feet up? Hard to believe.
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pffft. 13,000' is amateur chump territory.







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Smaczne-Przepisy.TV 2 weeks ago
awesome!​


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blackiechan88 3 months ago
bro, you went 5 miles UP, i havent even gone 5 miles out!!! Awesome Achievement!​
 
A two foot drone at 13000 ft?

Not sure I believe either measure.

Could have been a sparrow carrying a coconut.
 
They record all communications on their CTAF?
 
Creepy

Another good reason to not use your full tail number, especially if it's registered to your person.
 
James331 said:
Creepy

Another good reason to not use your full tail number, especially if it's registered to your person.
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I say almost entirely because I am usually the one to go through them one by one and I get to hear funny communications and people screwing up their radio calls :D

(Not really, although some calls are actually really funny)
 
overdrive148 said:
I say almost entirely because I am usually the one to go through them one by one and I get to hear funny communications and people screwing up their radio calls :D

(Not really, although some calls are actually really funny)
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Ever hear anyone on a 'right' or 'left' final to Rumway XX?

Those get me snickering...only because I have made the same call way more than once.
 
Kelvin said:
Ever hear anyone on a 'right' or 'left' final to Rumway XX?

Those get me snickering...only because I have made the same call way more than once.
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Absolutely, at least every couple of days :D And I'm just as guilty in the whole left/right final thing too.
 
Kelvin said:
Ever hear anyone on a 'right' or 'left' final to Rumway XX?

Those get me snickering...only because I have made the same call way more than once.
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I've done that before, more to be a smart ass. One day an airport manager got on the radio and chastised me when I announced I was doing a straight in approach. He said "We do left traffic at this field." So I responded, "Sorry about that, I'm now on the left final."

For the next month or two, I'd say the same thing when I flew into that airport. Never heard a word from him after that.
 
Anymouse said:
I've done that before, more to be a smart ass. One day an airport manager got on the radio and chastised me when I announced I was doing a straight in approach. He said "We do left traffic at this field." So I responded, "Sorry about that, I'm now on the left final."

For the next month or two, I'd say the same thing when I flew into that airport. Never heard a word from him after that.
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:D:D:D

I'll bet.
 
Anymouse said:
I've done that before, more to be a smart ass. One day an airport manager got on the radio and chastised me when I announced I was doing a straight in approach. He said "We do left traffic at this field." So I responded, "Sorry about that, I'm now on the left final."

For the next month or two, I'd say the same thing when I flew into that airport. Never heard a word from him after that.
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You should have taken the active runway and never given it back! :D
 
Our airport has the ability to record the CTAF. Our admin wanted to make sure the students weren't doing anything against our FOM and to have records if anything were to happen.

I never got around to connecting the antenna... :lol:
 
ARFlyer said:
Our airport has the ability to record the CTAF. Our admin wanted to make sure the students weren't doing anything against our FOM and to have records if anything were to happen.

I never got around to connecting the antenna... :lol:
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"Bugsmasher 12345 Shawnee traffic... 17 runway... downwind... final approach....Shawnee Bugsmasher 12345" :eek:

It's been used maybe 2-3 times since I've been here to settle disputes. For that, it's a nice tool, but we're non-towered so no one even has to make radio calls. :dunno:

And make complete calls! Don't pick a leg at random and report it and then make me have to draw out where you are and what time it was so I can figure out what you are doing!
 
overdrive148 said:
And make complete calls! Don't pick a leg at random and report it and then make me have to draw out where you are and what time it was so I can figure out what you are doing!
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I think I understand the types you are talking about, but just a data point, when I fly the Waco I am in a pretty tight pattern. If I announced every single leg of the pattern, other folks would have a hard time getting a word in edge wise.
 
Fearless Tower said:
I think I understand the types you are talking about, but just a data point, when I fly the Waco I am in a pretty tight pattern. If I announced every single leg of the pattern, other folks would have a hard time getting a word in edge wise.
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Mostly referring to area training aircraft doing 2000 touch and go's and announcing base, base, crosswind, downwind (4 mins later).. etc :D

You're just fine in your Waco, but you might have to bring it here for me to be sure :yes:
 
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