Drones and Low Flying Military Aircraft

South Side, my mate lives just behind Hockneys Place.

Great day today weather wise, even manage a pint and some fish and chips

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Ah yeah I’ve delivered Hockney’s post.

Emperors New Clothes of an artist too :joy:

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An observation: I’m a newish DJI Mini 3 Pro owner. I’ve read the rules and took the CAA’s online exam even though I didn’t need to but just for good measure. Today a couple of RAF Grob trainers flew over our home. I checked them on FR24 and they were at 700 feet (or maybe a little bit over). 700 feet is 213m, meanwhile our home is built on land which lies at 111m, meaning they were 102m above us. Our limit is 120m, so there could have been a collision if I’d been flying at the limit. The CAA tells us to get out of the way in the presence of low flying aircraft, so, too right! These aircraft were pretty quiet and because of the lay of the land they were only visual at the last moment. In other words, if you hear LFAs coming descend as quickly as possible!

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Welcome to GADC, @AviGas. Moved your post to an existing thread on the topic.

Thanks!

Avigas FR24 altitude reading will be set at international std atmospheric altitude which is the altitude when the altimeter in the aircraft is set at 1013mb. So does not take local terrain hight into account
Dont rely on FR24 alt readings for hight separation