Greetings from the Wirral Peninsula

Hello to all from a returning to the hobby novice. Used to fly a Mavic Pro until regulations and the faff of hooking my phone to the controller resulted it to me selling it to my employer.

After a fair few years and a very poor work life balance I’ve decided to come back and have purchased an Air 3S (with an interest in photography the camera setup and UK1 status appealed to me).

I’ve been watching the excellent Ian in London videos on YouTube which brought me here.

Received my drone yesterday and am going through the motions of setting it up.

Many thanks for admitting me to the club and I look forward to learning from you all how to get the best from the hobby :smiling_face_with_sunglasses::grinning_face:

Warmest regards

Keith (aka Oniboshi67)

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Welcome! Great choice of UAV :eyes: Enjoy :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Hi @Oniboshi67 and welcome to Grey Arrows :wave:t2:


Looking for recommendations of places to fly? Check out our interactive map on Drone Scene and please feel free to add locations of your own too :smiley:


Wondering whether you can fly a particular model of drone under particular circumstances? Check out Good 2 Go where you’ll soon find the answer :blush:


Have you seen our Members Map? You may find some members living near you.

Feel free to add yourself to the members map too!


Flying a drone is great fun but sometimes you feel the need to have a purpose for doing so and the Challenges category provides some great reasons for you to fly.

There are regular challenges which are open to all, that attract members of all abilities. Support, advice and constructive criticism is freely available; still photography, video and the techniques for editing both are involved in the challenges. Suggestions, for subjects or for complete challenges, are always welcome - take a look in the Challenges category for more information.


We’re a well established club with many knowledgeable members so it’s very likely that any issues you come across will have been discussed here before. Our discussion forum has very powerful search features which should help you find what you need but if you get stuck you can post a new question in the Questions & Answers category.

And finally, if you are new to drones and wondering what it’s all about, have a look at Resources for a beginner.

Welcome once again!

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Hi @Oniboshi67 Keith and welcome to GADC :blush:

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Welcome Keith @Oniboshi67 .
It might be really useful to you if you could get to the meet up happening tomorrow which I think isn’t too far from you?
See this thread Meetup at Beacon Country Park, West Lancashire, North West at 08:00 on Sunday, 28th June 2026 for info.

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Hi Keith @Oniboshi67 and welcome to GADC :+1: :+1:

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Hey Keith :smiley: Welcome :waving_hand: Air3S is an excellent choice, as was watching Ian’s excellent videos :+1:

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Hi Keith @Oniboshi67 from just down the road in Wigan :waving_hand:t2:

Ian is a long standing and valued member of our club, you’ll no doubt bump on to him at some point :smiley:

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Hi from sunny Blackpool

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Thanks Ian, I’m gutted as my car is in the garage till Tuesday :sob: It’s about an hour away so would have been ideal. Hopefully won’t have to wait to long for the next opportunity :+1::+1::wink:

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Hi :waving_hand:

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Hi Keith @Oniboshi67 - welcome to GADC :+1: :+1: :+1:

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Hi Keith, from across the river (Mersey). :wink:

Unlike yourself, I’m a recent convert to drones. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi Keith

Welcome and nice to see another new wirral member. :waving_hand:

Rob

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