From the US Airforce, I'm off to get a fishing boat.
Instead of calling the Coast Guard in Mobile, Ala. -- which is what the Air Force recommends when people see such objects in the Gulf -- the fisherman towed the drone ashore to Madeira Beach.
The BQM-167 belongs to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, a tenant unit at Tyndall, and was lost March 10 due to an engine flameout during a routine training exercise, the Air Force said in a news release.
MacDill's Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians secured the drone and a team from the 82nd is expected to retrieve it this week, the Air Force said.
Now it makes me wonder how many more are down in the depths, if only I could find some sort of cheap open source based boat with a sonar on it so I could look.
Reading a little more I see they are water recoverable, so I guess the airforce was looking for it.
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Developer Comment by Doug Weibel on April 7, 2010 at 6:38am -
Hey, that's just what I need for my drone - Rocket Assisted Take Off!
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Comment by Adrian Eves on April 7, 2010 at 6:45am -
Similar booty to be had in Cardigan Bay for enterprising boaty types.
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Comment by Ed on April 7, 2010 at 6:58am -
An open source boat?!
while{1}{
float();
}
That's GPL by the way so I don't mind you using it.
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3D Robotics Comment by Jordi Muñoz on April 7, 2010 at 10:06am -
And in case that is not enough you can use a "double float".
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Comment by Scott Plunkett on April 7, 2010 at 10:13am -
OMG - coding humor - and worse yet...I got the joke.
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Comment by Adrian Eves on April 7, 2010 at 11:28am
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Geeks
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Comment by passunca on April 7, 2010 at 1:57pm -
This story reminds me of the Snark. It was a intercontinental cruise missile which used the stars for guidance... did it work... well no, at the time there was a joke saying that the waters near cape cape canaveral were infested with Snarks.
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Comment by Harald Molle on April 7, 2010 at 1:58pm -
Take mine...
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Moderator Comment by Sgt Ric on April 7, 2010 at 3:28pm -
I assume the person finding this knew the diff between a drone and a cruise missle, otherwise he was taking quite a chance towing it home.
I wonder if salvage rights mean he gets to keep it?
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Moderator Comment by Jack Crossfire on April 7, 2010 at 8:00pm -
A satellite part would be something, since that's what Major Marcy does. Wonder if technology is advanced enough to find satellite parts on the bottom of the ocean.
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