Recent content by Kola

I see it was at Gariep, thanks. Just looks very similar to the area around Langebaan lagoon in the video. These will all be no-fly areas, either in a national park or too close to an air/heli port. But there are still many really great places in South Africa one could fly and photograph...

Not to onerous but there are a few rules… http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/RPAS/Remotely%20Piloted%20Aircraft%20Systems.aspx https://uavcoach.com/drone-laws-in-south-africa/

Some of it looks like Langebaan lagoon. If so, where were you flying when you took that?

I mostly fly where there are no, or very few people. The few times I fly when there are people around, to date nobody has approach me to tell me I am not allowed to fly where I am, but some have approached because they are interested in the drone. If I am in a situation where this happens my...

That went right over your head ;)

Can you fly BVLOS? Maybe, if you can fly. May you fly BVLOS? No.

Thanks for sharing this. Have been living in Melkbosstrand for 14 years and have never been to Silverstroom. Have been to Ganzekraal a lot though.

Waiting patiently for posts about the lad’s first flights with his own drone…

Oh that comment from me was firmly tongue in cheek, hence the smiley… He seems like a very fortunate young boy. If I got money every time someone told me my kids are too young to learn something new, we would have done more stuff :D

Indeed. I learnt so much from my dad from a very young age and tried to do the same raising my kids. What we all learnt, the joint experiences and memories - priceless!

Is he too young to fly his own drone? - You know him best. I started sharing a number of hobbies with my kids from very young ages and I am glad I did. Sometimes it took a lot of effort from me, and in some cases they lost interest along the way. I am still glad I did it at the times I did...

Thanks, we are over the worst at least, just a few days of self isolation before we go make sure we are negative again. Just remembered I do have a few more Cape Town and Cederberg images I can post, will go find them and add here.

Hi, No this waterfall is near Eselbank, on the road to Wupperthal. The Nieuwoudville waterfall has water this year, we had some very good rains so far. Also a lot of snow in the Cederberg. Sadly stuck at home with covid, so no road trips at the moment, which sucks, the Western Cape is...

Welcome - from Cape Town.

A quick forum search will reveal a number of very nice pre-flight checklists to use for your next flights. https://mavicpilots.com/search/580181/?q=checklist&o=relevance