Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption

Re:Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption by lucb1e on Saturday December 22, 2018 @05:32AM (#18739998)

But the airport was closed anyway. And there's some work by yours truly into targeted GPS spoofing, allowing not only to jam but also to take control of the device using GPS.

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Re:Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption by cm2187 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @05:46AM (#18740022)

There are like 5 airports in London. You want to be pretty confident your jamming will be very local.

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Re:Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption by lucb1e on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:06PM (#18743662)

Yes, that sort of local. I'm not talking about kilometers, or even a whole airport. Something like 100m³ should be achievable without too much trouble.

I don't really want to link it to avoid linking this username to things, but I guess this should be okay: http:// rp dot delaat dot net/2017-2018/p95/report.pdf

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Re:Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption by opless on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:24AM (#18741176)

There's actually only two "international" civilian airports in London.

London City, and London Heathrow.

Luton, Stansted, and Gatwick are "London" in name only. All about 30mins drive from the M25.

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Re:Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption by ddalex on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:18PM (#18742014)

I can reach Gatwick in 30 mins from West London using an Oyster. That's faster than my commute into the City. So it's London, for all intents and purposes.

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Re:Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption by perennate on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:58PM (#18742161)

Isn't London City the only airport actually in London? See e.g. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/heathrow-and-gatwick...

Heathrow and Gatwick are about the same distance from London City Airport.

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