I’m part of a team climbing 4 mountains (Carrauntoohil, Snowdon, Scafell Pike & Ben Nevis) as part of a charity event.
I’ve got a Mavic Air and was hoping to capture some of the hiking and in particular get some footage at or near the peak of each mountain for part of our social media campaign in fundraising (and because it would look awesome!)
I’ve been trying to do bits of research on permissions but am just confusing myself more and more.
From what I can tell, anything under National Trust, there is a blanket ban under bylaws of flying drones off of or over their land. However, I’ve seen recent posts on here flying over National Trust.
Can anyone clarify if I’m allowed or how I’m allowed to fly on National Trust land?
Some background, I’ve got all the necessary flyer ID, operator ID. I’m planning on having the A2CofC in place by the time we go there and I’m also open to joining a flying club such as FPVUK which would give some liability insurance cover if required. Not sure if this is overkill, but I’d rather be over licensed for it than under.
I also understand the rules around distances and height of flight from land etc, this is purely about permissions to fly in those places.
Side question; if I’m fully registered for my drone under CAA, does that grant me registration to fly in Ireland for Carrauntoohil?
Thankfully NT don’t own the airspace, much as they think they do. You can legally fly over any NT land, providing there are no airspace restrictions in play.
Thanks for this, some of those threads are helpful already.
I think I’ll stick to this forum for information from now on! I strayed outside into the world of Google and was immediately confused!!
Dronescene doesn’t show all the land owned by the National Trust e.g. this is the summit of Snowden from the NT land map, showing the land they own on the southern slopes.
The Dronescene map seems to be getting the open access and limited access layers from the NT (see screenshot) - the crosshatched and red outlined areas
The full land map includes property categorised by year of acquisition, which appears to be more extensive:
@OzoneVibe No, to be honest I just thought ‘that’s how it is’ … I use multiple sources for flight planning, so it didn’t cross my mind that there could be a fix. Hope there is, as it’s one less tab to keep open on my browser !
