Meetup at Hampshire Farm Meadows, Havant, South East at 17:00 on Thursday, 21st August 2025

[macspite]

I’m organising a meetup at Hampshire Farm Meadows

Meetup at Hampshire Farm Meadows

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When: Thursday, 21st August 2025

Start time: 17:00

Approximate end time: 20:00

Suitable for drone types: Camera Drones & FPV Drones

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Additional notes:
This is a location recommended by @grandad1950.

There isn't much there apart from a space to fly that is shared by dog walkers, local residents and families. There's a wee pond, some allotments and some small trees to fly around. There's also a kids' play area that would be best avoided.

So this is likely to be a typical small meetup, some flying, some banter, all abilities welcome. Bring your own refreshments and camping chairs, there are some benches scattered around the area. No toilets that I'm aware of.

At time of posting, Sunday 17th August, Airdata's OKtoFly shows Thursday as the best weather for flying. THIS MAY CHANGE. Watch out for late-breaking information.

Meet in the car park (2.1 metre height barrier) at the end of Yarrow Road, on-street parking nearby for overheight vehicles

Hampshire Farm Meadows - Added to Parks and Recreation in Havant, South East

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene: A 42 acre wild public open space with lots of room to fly [hampshire farm meadow 7] The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 10/07/2025. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

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Tagging regional group @group-southeast to let you all know

Hope to see you there!

[Topscooby]

I’ll be attending this meetup @macspite, see you then

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[stephen1]

I’ll be attending this meetup @macspite, see you then

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[AeroJ]

I’m thinking about attending this meetup @macspite

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[CJLL]

I’ll be attending this meetup @macspite, see you then

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[Nik469]

I’m thinking about attending this meetup @macspite

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[CJLL]

Sorry @macspite, I’ll not be attending this meetup now

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[OzoneVibe]

If there was a “Highly unlikely, so probably no, but who knows.” button, I’d click it.

[macspite]

@OzoneVibe

If there was a “Highly unlikely, so probably no, but who knows.” button, I’d click it.

[Nik469]

Ill more than likely be there, i still have the uncertain transport thing but still..

As usual i’ll get to the area late morning.

Tomorrow i was planning a swift jaunt down to yeovil. Evil facebook suggested i visit the haynes motor museum and who am i to argue.

Ill probably hit up this meets area on the way back.

[OzoneVibe]

@Nik469

haynes motor museum

A good place to visit.

[Nik469]

I did Beaulieu the other week so..

[macspite]

@Nik469

Ill probably hit up this meets area on the way back.

It’s nothing special. Just a field open to the public

Enjoy Haynes - I hope the jaunt is a swift as you hope on a sunny summer school holiday Tuesday!

[Nik469]

There you go again with your logical and apropos observations…

I usually avoid such places during holidays but i’m continuing my quest to piles on the miles

[Nik469]

Quick and painless so far aside for an older gentleman that dropped his shiney new Harley at some traffic lights.

450 miles on the clock too…

I did suggest stabilisers after we helped him up

[macspite]

Not a fan of Harley-Fergusons. Too big, too heavy, too slow. Give me a nice, well-built Triton any day Enjoy the museum.

I’m sorting out a risk assessment for a flight in an FRZ (yawn) but once it’s done it should work for every time I’m asked for one - and cover me when I’m claiming Article 16 concessions

[Nik469]

Btw,

I’ld go for a nice r75/5 given the choice.

The one i have isn’t that nice

[Nik469]

Oops accidental deletion…

Oh fun,

Paperwork…

Thanks for taking one for the team

I can generate a generic RA for the area if it might help in any way?

[macspite]

It’s Goodwood being a PITA. I simply filled out a simple form on the Goodwood website several years ago, got a quick email reply, phoned in on the morning of flying and phoned when I finished. All very civilised and friendly.

Last night I spent a long time looking for that form on the shiny, revamped website, searched for “drones” and got nothing. (OK, some of the time was spent in pricing up the various Spitfire flights I could take from just under £4000)

E mailed them and got a curt use the Altitude Angel form on the site. Took an awful lot of searching as it doesn’t appear on the site menu anywhere.

AA wants know to all kinds of things about your aircraft including the controller serial number! And they want files uploaded: Flyer id - no problem, Insurance - downloaded the club certificate and risk assessment.

They are getting a modified version of a Rotherham Council drone RA pulled off the net.

It’s like old times, I used to do this for intstalling ticket machines on railway property

[Committee]

Could we keep posts a little more relevant to the topic title, please.

Thanks.