rzbill
Well Known Member
I was happily flying along this morning at 5500 feet eastbound (into the sun) at a point between 8A7 and KEXX and I passed a small shiny object within a few hundred feet off my right wingtip at my altitude. It appeared to be going in a similar direction as me because the pass was slower than if it was a closure.
I should have turned around and circled it, but I am pretty doggone sure it was a drone. The observation was very brief.
The more I think about it the madder I get. That could have been as bad or worse than a bird strike. PLUS, that position put it right in the approach departure paths for KGSO (who I was talking to) but outside the Class C. I reported it to them, of course.
Grrrrrrrr.
I should have turned around and circled it, but I am pretty doggone sure it was a drone. The observation was very brief.
The more I think about it the madder I get. That could have been as bad or worse than a bird strike. PLUS, that position put it right in the approach departure paths for KGSO (who I was talking to) but outside the Class C. I reported it to them, of course.
Grrrrrrrr.