To be clear, you can still fly your drone here within the realms of the usual airspace restrictions and drone code that would apply to any drone flight.
Precisely my point, should of had better clarity from the off stating the 400ft, and maybe mentioning about UAV.
Altitude angel did not respond. I did however speak to Manchester ATC a couple of weeks ago, who control this area and they gave me the details for CAA operations. I called and they said it is very unlikely to affect unmanned aircraft but were unable to confirm verbally and asked me to email in. Since then I have seen an email response stating it does not affect drones.
Then obviously this new skywise article update is published, so I would imagine that they are having a lot of questions so decided to make updated alert.
I was never against any ones facts or opinions about the matter, but was looking for it to be written from an official source that it does not affect drone use.
I think this has been a worthwhile topic, and thanks for all responses for any questions.
This topic is now one of the top responses to EGR323 on a google search!
I found this article very helpful, as the NWRC is shown in red on DroneScene.
Would it be helpful to put the airpace classications on by any chance (Class G in this case)?
I see Drone Assist has now updated the remarks on this flight restriction to say “The paragraphs listed (a) do not apply to unmanned aerial systems flying in accordance with visual line of site below 400ft AGL…
Does this clarify now that we can fly a drone (under 250g) in this area?