Recent content by Aerophile

Yeah. And birds aren't real, too.

Crewed aircraft are inside clouds (and fogbanks) all the time, and eventually pop out of them, which can surprise you. That's why you need to stay far away from clouds and fogbanks. No flying in zero-visibility environments so you don't kill people who have clearance to be in those clouds. Not...

I've been flying real, human-carrying airplanes since the late 1960s (and yes, I was v-e-r-y young when I learned to fly, they had me sitting on a stack of pillows so I could see out the front window). Had trouble reaching the rudder pedals for the first couple years. I think I'm pretty good at...

Not gonna be in Boracay, thanks. I'll double my Ozempic dose.

Looking at a trip to the Philippines next year and starting to research how easily I might be able to fly my drone there (yeah, I'm planning ahead). We will be staying in/around Anilao and Romblon (far from Manila and other big cities). I'm planning to take my Mini 3 Pro (249 grams, with a...

Looks like I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.

Yes, as I clearly stated in a response to this thread, above. See post #12 in this thread. The money-shot (quoting myself)... Now, the above was true when I went (Fall of 2023). It worked out OK for me. It seemed a bit expensive, but it was a "solution" (meeting the requirements) with a price...

Now here's where it gets tricky (at least I think so). From a high level, one can see that the "red" prohibited airspace often follows the coastline. That's pretty obvious in many places. But when you zoom in, the depiction of the prohibited airspace often follows the coastline just loosely...

Here's what the French (national) airspace map looks like: So yeah, there's a lot of red, but not all over (France is not a small country). For those who are geographically challenged, Corsica (where I'm headed) is that bit in the lower-right corner, off the coast of Northern Italy. Here's...

This. Yes, there are lots of places in France where you can not fly legally. That's true at home, too (home for me = the USA) and it's also true in most countries so it should not come as a complete shock that you can't just fire up your drone and get footage of the Eiffel Tower or major...

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Very few people can accurately judge the altitude of aircraft flying by. Maybe you're that one-in-a-million who can. Or maybe you're just like almost everyone else and that plane was really at 500'. As an airplane owner and lifelong pilot myself, I can tell you that other than operations...

Fair enough - I did see one TFR depicted up in the north end of Shetland - for rocket testing (!). Definitely want to know about such things to steer clear. So how exactly does one know about the breeding dates? I don't see anything alluding to that in any of the SSSI's I examined (I found no...

OK I'll happily register with the CAA for my UK flights. And thank you for all the above, that's very helpful (though in some cases disappointing). It raises some questions... First, an observation: the linked Drone Safety Map seems like a good tool (in some ways, VERY good - I appreciate...

Dumb questions about flying my drone in the UK, specifically in Shetland... Shetland looks like a spectacular place to fly. I'm hoping to visit there in July 2025. I'm from the USA, have my 107 at home, and am already registered for EU countries with EASA (passed the online training and did...