That sounds a great advice. Thank you!You're welcome. I agree it is confusing and frustrating trying to find safe places, and work out what is fine and what isn't !
The area DJI assist marks as a danger area is probably referring to the controlled airspace, where there will probably be a fair bit of other air traffic (but most of it higher than 500 ft), so you should be constantly on the lookout in these areas, but they are not necessarily unsafe to fly, especially if you have a spotter with you, who can look around and tell you what's coming while you look at your craft.
The only place you could take off from would be Phillips Park on the other side of Alan Turing Way, near the River Medlock. You're still a good way away from the stadium but you should be able to get some good footage from there. There are plenty of paths and tree cover where you could lose yourself. Not sure if there are any rules/bylaws in Phillips Park about flying drones, best check. Keep your drone 50 metres away from the Alan Turing Way, don't be tempted to fly over the road. That could land you in hot water if you post your video on social media and the authorities see it. No you won't be able to fly directly over the stadium, it is not under your control. Unless you actually go there and ask if you could take off from the pitch itself. You never know if you don't ask!
Thank you! Do you have any experience in taking the drone footage of Manchester? Any advice on it?
I live just south of Manchester in Altrincham. If you fly from Phillips Park, that will be a good test for that zoom lens you have on your Mavic 2! Flying in congested areas is fraught with regulations, plus you're almost certainly going to be in controlled airspace. There's more chance of a helicopter happening along and you don't want that to happen, trust me.... My advice would be, don't fly around the city, you'll almost certainly fall foul of some drone flying regulation or other and the long arm of Dibble will soon be feeling your collar!
Indeed, I did say my advice would be don't fly around the city. However, I don't know how good your Manchester geography is but Phillips Park, if you are near the River Medlock is 560 metres away from the Etihad stadium, it's a fairly big park but yes, it'd basically be a straight up and down flight. I believe the zoom on the Mavic 2 is very good. BTW, Media city is 5 miles away right on the other side of town in Salford, nowhere near the Etihad. The OP did say he wanted footage of Manchster City stadium? I think you are getting confused with Manchester United's stadium at Old Trafford. Yes, that is pretty near Media City and I definitely wouldn't recommend flying around that area under any circumstances! Totally congested in every direction....
Indeed, I think all football stadiums have a NFZ around them but I don't know how far that zone extends? The OP would be flying a half a kilometer away......... In any case, he wouldn't be allowed to fly too close because it'd fall into the congested area rules, even if there were no NFZ.
Wrong! You are correct in that they use to be recommendations. But it has been since 2016 included in the CAA Air Navigation Order article 94 and 95 See the coat or arms at the top of the page with the word 'Legislation' next to it. The Air Navigation Order 2016 and has recently been updated to include the 1km limit from airports and 120 (400ft) height limit. And yes, there's more to come, much more. You'll soon have to register your aircraft and pass an on-line competency test. And possibly you'll have to use an app each and every time you fly that will tell the authorities exactly where you are! And if you think all that is a bit draconian, then you can thank all the people that didn't stick to what were previously only recommendations for that...
