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    Drone down, enemy action!

    Any significance with today's date by chance (April 1st) Lol
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    Drone laws in Florida

    Hi Everyone, So I emailed the Florida State Parks to get the official stance, as I'm off to Florida in April. Here is the response . . . . Thank you for your interest in visiting Florida’s state parks. Unfortunately, launching and/or landing a drone is prohibited within Florida State Parks...
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    Mavic Air yawing during flight

    Compass re calibration again? It can't hurt to try. Maybe there is some confusion as to which way it's facing and that is causing the yaw ? Just a thought, and will only take a couple of minutes
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    Police (UK plods) to get new powers to tackle illegal drone use

    Interestingly, I live near the former Manston Airport in Kent, UK. It's been closed for 4 years, but still shows up as a NFZ on a number of apps including DJI
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    Police (UK plods) to get new powers to tackle illegal drone use

    Indeed. The public are so gullable with regard to what they hear. Here is a good example from a few years ago. Drone in ‘near miss’ with passenger plane carrying 62 people The drone is reported as "flying alongside the aircraft". Well the approach speed of an ATR 72 (the aircraft involved)...
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    Police (UK plods) to get new powers to tackle illegal drone use

    I fully agree. As a retired officer, I'm happy that the police will be engaged in more important things. It's yet another piece of legislation which will sit in the background and only be had when someone fails the attitude test, ie, is an arse**le to the officer. As for the ticket, you ALWAYS...
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    New Pilot from Didcot In UK

    Me too ! Is it a UK thing ?
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    New Mavic Air pilot - Westgate on Sea, Kent UK

    Hi Everyone, Thanks for the welcome, looking forward to the coming days/weeks/months experimenting with the Air Cheers
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    New Mavic Air pilot - Westgate on Sea, Kent UK

    Hi Everyone, Checking in, got my Air yesterday. Not new to DJI, had a Phantom 2 a few years ago, put loads of add-ons on it, but didn't use it much. The Air goes to show just how much things have progressed in 4 years. Managed a quick flight at dusk yesterday as the fog rolled in