Hi. Just a quick hello to introduce myself. I’ve been flying drones for quite a few years now. For a while I flew them at work and held a CAA Emergency Services License. I flew The Inspire and the Matrice as well as the Mavic. Now, I’m retired and just fly for fun. My go to drone is my Mini 3 Pro but I have a Tello and every now and then I dust off the phantom for old time’s sake.
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What’s a “CAA Emergency Services License”? Can you tell us more about it? 
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Hi Ian @Akers763 and welcome to GADC 
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Hi Ian @Akers763 - welcome to GADC
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I did it a few years ago now. At work we were looking to see if drones could help us in our specific role. As we were based and worked in a city and BVLOS was a requirement, I and others did a CAA approved course. It was a week long with Lots of practical and theory. There were practical and theoretical assessments at the end. I was only able to use the license when working for the emergency services. I couldn’t use it commercially. We then had further training and CAA assessments for things like night flying and BVLOS. After a couple of years, we decided drones didn’t really make our job easier and we stopped flying.
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Interesting, thanks for the insight
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Hi from sunny Blackpool
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Hi there @Akers763 and welcome to the GADC
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Hi @Akers763 and welcome aboard the GADC community
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Welcome 
@Akers763
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