I’d like to know why private planes, hot air baloons, helicopter,
and microlites can fly over houses but if you have a drone you are penalised. 
And commercial airlines… the B*stards! 
Probably something to do with the reason why you can’t walk into Currys PC World and leave with any of those things.
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Seriously?
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they’re extremely well qualified, with many hours of training, assesment, re-assesment & medical checks.
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they’re above 500 feet so less of a privacy issue.
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they tend not to take off from people’s gardens.
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if you’re suitably qualified with the correct permissions you can fly over whatever you like with a drone, including houses and even airports.
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you can’t buy a plane, helicopter or balloon from Curry’s and immediately start flying it with no clue what you’re doing.
This is getting utterly ridiculous. Why can Lewis Hamilton drive at 150mph and I can’t? Why can a rugby player smash someone to the floor and I can’t?
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Those bastards in the ISS flew right over the other night
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And those fucking GPS satellites… right nuisance they are! 
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This question merits the creation of a new badge
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I think there’s a plonker badge already…
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Did the Wright brother’s have to have as licence to fly? no it all comes down to money👍
Things have changed since 1903
Thanks for your reply good picture 
Like the picture ned👍
One of the reasons I love this group is that you can ask questions without fear of getting ridiculed or put down. I know, because I often ask the same question. I think the OP had a valid query for grown up discussion, even though he maybe hadn’t thought it through completely
Can I make an application for the Drone Rescue badge?
I myself rescued my drone from a waterfall pool not more than a week ago! It was underwater for approx 1 minute, with the red light still on. I would estimate the depth of the pool was welly length + 2 inches.
Without thought for my own personal safety I waded in up to my knees in freezing cold water and plunged my arms in, up to the elbows!
I then walked a quarter of a mile home with wellingtons full of water!
The escapade was relayed on here recently. I think I deserve some sort of badge, preferably not the Rodney one.
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You seem to have misspelled ‘plonker’?
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Yeah, but, no but, you should’ve seen the twig, I swear it was invisible.
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You mean I? 
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