Recent content by Grasshopper

Possibly - I Could have explained it a little better. Not publishing the List more regularly, last one in August, means that a potential client does not see your company on the CAA list and so does not bother to contact you for a potential job. I should have used "pro-active" instead of commercial.

I wonder why the CAA cannot update their list more frequently! Potential clients look at this list and if the info is incorrect then they look to someone else - really poor commercial support from the CAA and not good enough!

I changed the name of my company 3 months ago and notified the CAA. The new name is still not listed but the old one is. I have asked the CAA via e-mail to confirm acceptance of my request but get a standard reply with no specific response to my request. Does anyone know of a more positive way...

Editor I agree with you. I would go for 50 metres above the highest roof top along the side of the roof so that if it did fall out of the sky it would bounce and fall into the garden area not into the road ( where there might be cars! ) I would look along the garden row first because if there...

A congested area is defined in the ANO Art 255 as any area in relation to a city, town or settlement which is substantially used for residential, industrial, commercial or recreational purposes. Substantially is for the most part - you would have to interpret that for yourself. Does that help?

IN-2014/190 para 6.1.3 the standard CAA permission for SUA/SUSA in the 7 kg or less category gives an automatic exemption that allows flight within congested areas to within 50 metres of persons, structures etc. Interestingly para 6.1.4 states that in any circumstances or weight category, it...