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south bay blackhawk

Posted by Jack Crossfire on October 6, 2009 at 1:30pm
Anyone see the blackhawk flying circuits over the south bay? Bet it was autonomous because it was over unpopulated areas, in line of sight of Mountain View, & flying an extremely boring mission.

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    Krzysztof Bosak October 12, 2009 at 1:29pm
    It was not mine.
  • automatik October 8, 2009 at 6:22pm
    I saw Blackhawk again over marshes in Newark today. It was flying straight , then performed very well held and coordinated ~45 deg banked 360 turn , then continued in straight line, and repeated turning and so on
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    Chris Anderson October 6, 2009 at 5:22pm
    Brian, the reason Jack is speculating on this is that he was on the tour of NASA Ames with us where we saw the Blackhawk flying autonomously. Granted that was on base, and not over built-up areas, but there are definitely robot Blackhawks flying in South Bay. That said, I doubt the one he saw was one of them.
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    Brian October 6, 2009 at 4:28pm
    Jack... No offence, but this post does not do you any justice. I'll go out on a limb here and say most mil stuff has capability to go autonomous, but unmanned in the bay area... No way. Risks are simply too high and protocols don't allow.
  • automatik October 6, 2009 at 4:15pm
    I saw Blackhawk making turns near Newark (over marsh areas and bay/water) - which is "spitting" distance from AMES
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    Gary Mortimer October 6, 2009 at 1:45pm
    Powerful binoculars required, or do they put dummies in the seats? No don't answer that. No in fact do, are they OPV's?? Optionally Piloted Vehicles!
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