# Completely new to drones - Twickenham **URL:** \ **Category:** Introductions\ **Created:** [3 September 2026 22:02 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215 "2026-09-03T22:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mahmoudh](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@mahmoudh](https://greyarro.ws/u/mahmoudh)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 22:02 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/1 "2026-09-03T22:02:33Z")
Hi, I’m Mahmoud. I’ve been an avid photographer for a while, both as a hobby, and for a little while, professionally. I’ve always wanted to start flying drones, but life has it’s way of distracting you. I’ve just bought my first drone, a DJI Mini 5 Pro this week, and am very keen to start flying. Please bear with me if I ask a lot of questions, and of they feel silly. ---
**Author:** ![Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/rocket/32/241765_2.png) [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 22:05 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/2 "2026-09-03T22:05:48Z")
Hi @mahmoudh and welcome to GADC 😃 no questions are silly if you don’t know the answer! ---
**Author:** ![macspite](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/macspite/32/15317_2.png) [@macspite](https://greyarro.ws/u/macspite)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 22:13 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/3 "2026-09-03T22:13:42Z")
Everyone is welcome to ask questions and this is agood place to do it. You will get answers to your queries, if three people respondthen you may get at least three different answers 🙂 A question for you - where are you based? People local to you can get in touch if they know where you are! ---
**Author:** ![milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/milkmanchris/32/237713_2.png) [@milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/u/milkmanchris)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 22:15 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/4 "2026-09-03T22:15:28Z")
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**Author:** ![mahmoudh](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@mahmoudh](https://greyarro.ws/u/mahmoudh)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 22:15 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/5 "2026-09-03T22:15:42Z")
I’m in Twickenham in London, not far from the stadium. I plan on going to the meetup in Seaford on Saturday, so looking forward to meeting some of you there too. ---
**Author:** ![macspite](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/macspite/32/15317_2.png) [@macspite](https://greyarro.ws/u/macspite)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 22:22 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/6 "2026-09-03T22:22:00Z")
I won’t be there unfortunately but there should be a gathering of some of those in the [south east group](https://greyarro.ws/g/group-southeast) . I too began as a photographer, back in the days of film and darkrooms. Earned a living in advertising then aerial photography before moving into computers. And computers led me to digital photography which brought me to drones, Enjoy Saturday - the meets are as much about talk and passing on tips and help asthey are about flying! ---
**Author:** ![WoolySheep](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/woolysheep/32/241330_2.png) [@WoolySheep](https://greyarro.ws/u/WoolySheep)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 07:05 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/7 "2026-09-04T07:05:47Z")
Welcome @mahmoudh to GADC. ---
**Author:** ![Onanist](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/onanist/32/88334_2.png) [@Onanist](https://greyarro.ws/u/Onanist)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 07:06 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/8 "2026-09-04T07:06:17Z")
Hi Mahmoud @mahmoudh and welcome to GADC 👍 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Raider](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/raider/32/240402_2.png) [@Raider](https://greyarro.ws/u/Raider)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 07:48 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/9 "2026-09-04T07:48:37Z")
![icegif-258](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/a/8a13a281218978db96c8d96d5748633a359e2bbf.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Jhdee](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/jhdee/32/12763_2.png) [@Jhdee](https://greyarro.ws/u/Jhdee)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 16:21 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/10 "2026-09-04T16:21:55Z")
Hi Mahmoud @mahmoudh - welcome to GADC 👍 👍 👍 ---
**Author:** ![mahmoudh](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@mahmoudh](https://greyarro.ws/u/mahmoudh)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 20:51 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/11 "2026-09-04T20:51:24Z")
Shouldn’t Morph have marshalling wands seeing as this is a a forum for drone pilots? ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Baker](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/robert_baker/32/234196_2.png) [@Robert\_Baker](https://greyarro.ws/u/Robert_Baker)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 23:06 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/12 "2026-09-04T23:06:44Z")
Hi and welcome to GADC 👋 ---
**Author:** ![Seadog](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/seadog/32/241770_2.png) [@Seadog](https://greyarro.ws/u/Seadog)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2026 00:38 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/completely-new-to-drones-twickenham/115215/13 "2026-09-05T00:38:17Z")
Hi from sunny Blackpool