Further down that article I linked to is a reference to drones:-

( A whipper-snipper is OZ slang for a strimmer-apparently!)

Those cracks have been exposed in Canberra, where the trial of a Google-backed drone delivery service infuriated residents and showed the weaknesses of the air safety regulator's powers.

"It was horrible … like living under a demented whipper-snipper flying over your head," Bonython Against Drones convenor Neville Sheather said.

"On a Saturday morning you could get up to a hundred flights over the top of your head of drones delivering tacos and coffees and other necessities of life at a really loud volume."

Edited by focussed on 29/02/2020 at 19:37

It's nothing to do with terrorism, it's all to do with the commercialisation of airspace below 500 foot for companies such as Amazon, Google, Uber and others.

I may be mistaken but wasn't it due to untraceable drones being flown over Heathrow and grounding aircraft

I remember when it happened they said they would bring in a test and make anything that flies around airports give a signal so they could be traced.

There was no drone over Heathrow. Even the Police have admitted that now.

As for a 'test,' both BMFA and FPVUK already have competency tests. The CAA 'test' is so basic anyone using commonsense would pass. It's like VED since the tax disc was scrapped, responsible owners comply. Irresponsible drone users will neither take the test, register and continue to fly where they should not.

And once again, the requirement is being brought in due to the commercialisation of the sub 500 foot airspace.