Correction: possible drone sighting in Newark-Liberty Airspace

I wrote on January 25, 2019 about pilot reports of a drone incursion over Teterboro Airport, about 20 miles north of Newark-Liberty International Airport, and on the approach corridor to Newark-Liberty. I must make a correction. That is, according to a January 23rd Washington Post article the FAA has not been able to independently confirm these sightings. Further drone industry experts are claiming that what was reported as drone sightings could have been bags, balloons, or space debris. See this Washington Post article for more information. I am, obviously, not in a position to make a comment one way or the other about the veracity of this apparent drone sighting.

Nonetheless, I continue to advocate for the safety of the airspace around our airports and implore drone (aka unmanned aircraft systems) to stay out of the airspace around airports. Further, and to the point of this blog, please do not fly your drone over wildfires, tankers and helicopters can not fly fires while drones are in the sky.