To request permission to operate a drone near our airfield, please email BEN-DRONES@mod.gov.uk.
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Ah brilliant
Many thanks
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You don’t ring your insurance company if you were driving your car 29m away from the edge of a ditch on the A580.
The analogies are endless 
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Yes I know
Just didn’t want to be that bad guy giving drones a bad name because of a stupid mistake but I see what your saying……
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A thread perhaps ?
Its 183 miles from me, don’t bother with the email though @Kirky I’m ok with your flight as its as relevant to the FRZ here as it is there ;o)
No you don’t.
But if you later want to fly inside their FRZ it would be helpful to let them know youre not a twat and a responsible/considerate operator. Absolutely no need to though.
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I’d let them know that at the time.
I had to do a drone survey down in the Midlands before Christmas and rang Birmingham airport ATC just let them know as I was operating on the fringe of their zone. They confirmed that I didn’t need formal permission (which I knew anyway) but thanked me for calling and advising of the planned flight and said if I call again just before lifting off they would check the local area for any known helicopter traffic etc which I thought was nice of them.
Many thanks ….
Hi, I guess I’d like to know how to do that just in case. Did you mean creating the report via a website? Via a phone app? Which one(s)?
Update: this converstation prompted me to create another Q&A topic: Must-have apps?
Thanks Wayne I’ll set one up.
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Done it, it’s there when I go to drone scene.
Also available in the AppStore ( which I didn’t know ) so I’ve downloaded it.
That’s a great tool, so once I’ve submitted my report do I have to wait for confirmation / go ahead ?
No…you are informing everyone else about your planned flight
only if you ask it twice 
& some 
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This year I was flying my drone very close to an active runway for the Navy.
Had full permission, yet helicopters were still taking off! I had cleared my take off with the control tower before I launched and when I was back down. I could hear the helicopters very clearly!
Got stopped by military security - who knew nothing of my flights - but when they saw my paperwork shook my hand and said enjoy my flight.
This photo shows how close I was! (not zoomed in)
