Unmanned Military Drone Chopper spotted over Endicott

I spotted a strange helicopter over Endicott today.

Not like any I've seen before.

I looked it up. I was to find out it was an unmanned,
military DRONE made by Lockheed Martin called the K-MAX.

Turns out this time it had a pilot:

http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20131028/NEWS01/310280080/Lockheed-engineers-visit-Maine-Endwell-promote-science-engineering?gcheck=1

I called Air Traffic Control at Binghamton Regional Airport and asked them
if Drones ever were permitted in this airspace. The controller I spoke
with said, "sometimes". (WHAT!!!?)

I asked him if he had specific knowledge of any drones flying today: No.

He said, "We got a call about an event, honoring some firefighters, where there
would be some low-flying helicopters". I said the copter seemed to be at about

500'. He said that was below their radar.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaman_K-MAX
• http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/kmax.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj95SHZCkbM
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1l_mshdA48

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