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Hi, The manufacturers don't provide any FRC's as, other than the specification and operational limits (which can be obtained from their websites), they are YOUR 'reminders' of what you will do before you leave your premises, fly the aircraft, and return back to your premises. In other words...

Sub 7kg SUSAs (like your Inspire) are not legally required to seek permission from or indeed inform the ATC in a Class D airspace BUT it is courteous, good practice and professional to do so, letting them know where you are flying, the times you will be there, how long for, and at what...

Good decision

In response to your question - yes! The new P4 camera is excellent. However as you shoot within the construction industry and large machinery I don't understand why you simply don't add some lenses to your existing kit to give you more flexibility than a single focal length P4, you could get a...

I accept the points you make and agree but, nowhere I can find, does it say that you cannot fly at night without special CAA permission. Again, am I missing something?

From the outset, can I say I have found this thread invaluable and have covered the topic via an additional page in my OSC/Ops Manual. However, having done some research on the CAA website and reading the ANO I cannot find any reference therein to having to have CAA permission specifically to...

I recall that this has been covered a little some time ago but I was curious just how many forum UK certified pilots who qualified post October 2015 did so using the CAA Ops Manual template from 2011 compared to how many did so using the later CAA OSC template from October 2015 - in either case...

I'm in the NW UK and found one NQES whose courses are run in Leyland and Blackpool (and other areas too) - they are called FlyIcarus. Hope this helps you Ian I.

Hi Dan, Interested in the controller for the Inspire. Would you accept £150 by bank transfer or cash on collection if you happen to live in NW England? Thanks, Barry

I want to say thank you very much to all members who provided their invaluable advice and information. As an update and, I suppose, to provide closure, this afternoon I signed up for the full course hopefully leading to a PfCO with RUSTA. I've started their e learning package in preparation...

Once again thank you to all responders - your advice is very welcome and much appreciated. I've looked at several training companies, one of which is very local to me and commutable but home distractions would be an issue. There is a company which provides full board included in their package...

Thank you guys for the quick response - very much appreciated. I'm reassured to hear from both of you re the no issue with the CAA regarding quads. Maybe my confusion arose by my assimilating PfCO and OSC. jborden - the insurance cover would be a bonus. NickU - yes I would be more...

Here's my problem. I've been flying quads for some 3 years and a few months ago upgraded from my P3Pro to an Inspire 1 Pro - mainly for the increased dynamic range over the P3 and ability to vary aperture, etc, due to my long term interest in photography. Having retired from the police after 30...

I think Blacksails friend has hit the nail on the head. The vast majority of UK police officers, if not all of them, receive no update/refresher training once they are out of their top year probationary period. So basically unless an individual officer does his own research re UK law, say to...