Like a lot of people interested in this story, I checked on Google maps to see exactly where George lives. He lives about 100 metres from Heathrow airports perimeter fence. There is indeed a huge field just behind his house. And interestingly, if stood in that field near his house he would have line of sight with Polar Park Police station which is about 500 metres away! So, with all the Gatwick stuff all over the news (TV, Radio and the papers) and being repeated at every bulletin, with an update of the rules and everything - George apparently missed all that and went and flew his drone right next to Heathrow airport right in sight of his local police station? George is either very very stupid or he just wanted to get his name on the TV. Mind you, if he was stood at the north end of that field, he would've been over 1 Kilometers from the airport and so would've been within the current rules.
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So the police are ignoring Freedom Of Information requests pertaining to the incident, and yet they are still saying it was a credible response and there was a drone/drones? As the article suggests, there seems to be a lot of arse covering going on....A summary of the Gatwic tale;
The mystery of the Gatwick drone
The long read: A drone sighting caused the airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky?
