Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
Myles Moser
climber
Lone Pine, Ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 21, 2017 - 09:51pm PT
|
Mountain caught on fire
|
|
Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
|
|
|
Jun 21, 2017 - 10:04pm PT
|
Wow, a drone!! I was following the incident at work....Friends texted and said they saw a plane crash by Horseshoe meadow. South of Mount Langley. Big Fire with resources that were having trouble getting to the location due to steep terrain and high winds but reported lots of debris on the ground. At least its unmanned since its a drone right.............
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
|
Jun 21, 2017 - 10:17pm PT
|
|
|
Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 04:31am PT
|
Whoa!
When I was a kid living in China Lake, we used to see old school drones flying around a lot. It was just part of life. In those days, though, they weren't killing machines. They were chased by killing machines, as the new Sidewinder missiles were being tested.
|
|
Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 04:54am PT
|
I guy I went to undergraduate school with was the director of engineering at China Lake. Back in the 80's drones were called UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. I did a bunch of work at a defense contractor in those days on autonomous control of these UAVs and did systems engineering on the RF/uProcessor interface.
|
|
Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 06:15am PT
|
Damn. That's an expensive screw up. Here's a cheerful way to think of it: That's more $$ in taxes than all of us reading this will pay in our lifetimes combined.
BAd
|
|
10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 08:06am PT
|
Why is the gubment spying on the residents of Lone Pine?
|
|
henny
Social climber
The Past
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 08:34am PT
|
Why is the gubment spying on Myles?
|
|
Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 09:01am PT
|
I said bank right, not left!!!
|
|
G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 01:28pm PT
|
Why did Myles contract with the government to spy on Amy!?
|
|
Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 02:58pm PT
|
From the Sheriff's FB page--a post to the story:
A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk has crashed in California near Mt. Whitney, according to the Associated Press. Launched from Edwards Air Force Base, the 130-foot wingspan drone was on its way to Beale Air Force Base when it crashed, starting a small wildfire that was quickly extinguished according to the local Inyo County sheriff's department. The RQ-4 Global Hawk's first flight was back in February of 1998, and does the same job that U-2 spy planes used to using a synthetic aperture radar to survey as much as 40,000 square miles per day. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is one of the largest military drones currently in service with a wingspan 12 feet wider than that of a Boeing 737 Max and weighing in at 14,950 pounds when empty.
BAd
|
|
SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 03:13pm PT
|
So I wanna know if the Defense Department is going to pay for
the fire fighting costs. . .
|
|
ruppell
climber
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 05:00pm PT
|
So the new generation Francis Gary Powers gets to sit in an air-conditioned cubicle and play pilot? Guess they should have gotten a better gamer. lol
|
|
Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 05:28pm PT
|
...with a wingspan 12 feet wider than that of a Boeing 737 Max and weighing in at 14,950 pounds when empty.
Holy crap.
Say, hows the fire?
|
|
henny
Social climber
The Past
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 05:40pm PT
|
Not that it's a factor in this fire, but one can see drones flying out of the Base at Indian Wells (don't remember the base name) on the 95 all the time. I usually see at least a couple every time I go by. They look like Predators to me, but I'm not an expert.
I'm still waiting for an answer on what Myles is doing/hiding that the government deems it necessary to watch Lone Pine... Maybe they're monitoring how many bolts he's drilling in the Alabama Hills as well?
|
|
Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 05:46pm PT
|
Myles and Amy should be able to source a bunch of good route names after this event. Hellfire, the missile used on the Predator, comes to mind. Of course Predator is taken. Gilge and Lechlinski used it at The Needles. Hmmm. How about Joy Stick?
|
|
henny
Social climber
The Past
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 05:54pm PT
|
Hellfire is a good name. As for a route name being "taken" if it's been used anywhere else, well, not so sure about that. To an extent though, I guess I do agree as I don't like to use names that are already taken - if I know it's been used.
Contextually, I would suspect that the Needles Predator was relative to the movie as opposed to a drone. Not that it makes a difference, just a guess.
Edit: As for Joy Stick, we won't go there.
|
|
10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 06:12pm PT
|
I'm still waiting for an answer on what Myles is doing/hiding that the government deems it necessary to watch Lone Pine... Maybe they're monitoring how many bolts he's drilling in the Alabama Hills as well?
What happens in Lone Pine, stays in Lone Pine.
NTTAWWT
|
|
Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
|
|
|
Jun 22, 2017 - 06:21pm PT
|
The Needles Predator is one badass route. Super bold 5.12, climbs a feature that is a granite model of the Predator from the movies.
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!