New kid on the block, (75 year old 🧓 Kid)!

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Hi All, After enjoying still photography for a number of years with some success in exhibitions and competitions, last year I decided to swap from a conventional DSLR camera to the DJI Mini 3 Pro
Although I have had my DJI Mini Pro 3 for just over a year, I am a complete novice and lack confidence whenever I am out with the drone. I have registered the drone with the CAA and have a CAA flyer ID and have also taken the basic drone pilot test. I Used to live in Whitstable Kent but recently moved to Gosport and I am surrounded by “Red” restricted areas when I log into Altitude Angel, hence my confidence to fly around here. However, I will persevere and get out a little more often.

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

Have you seen our members map? (Click the burger-menu in the top right) You may find some pilots living near you. Feel free to add yourself to the members map too :+1:t2:

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.

Looking for recommendations of places to fly? Check out our interactive map on Drone Scene - be sure to log in to gain access to the full suite of features and map layers:

And please feel free to add locations of your own too.

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Welcome once again!

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Hi Bill, and welcome to GADC.
I’d recommend having a look at Drone Scene (you can find it by clicking on the 3 lines at the top right of the screen), as this has a lot more useful info about restriction, but as @SparkyFPV has said, it will also show places that others have found to be good places to fly.
I live within a “red area”, but have found that Coventry Airport are very supportive, and have never refused a request to fly in their Flight Restriction Zone (FRZ). I tend to fly early morning as the airport does not ‘open’ until 8:30

Look on Drone Scene, identify whose Red areas they are, and see if you can get permission to fly… they can only say no :slight_smile:

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Hi Bill @wrel and welcome to GADC :+1: :+1:

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Thank you all for the info and advice. Will look at these.

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Hi Bill and welcome to Grey Arrows :slight_smile:

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Hi Bill @wrel welcome aboard the GADC team

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Thanks you

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Hi Bill and welcome. Hope you manage to get out and about lots and have fun with it :+1:

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Hi Bill - welcome to GADC :+1: :+1: :+1:

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welcome to GADC

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Many thanks.

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Welcome Bill to GADC :clap: :clap:

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Hi Bill, I’m not too far from you as the drone flies but a bit of a road trip otherwise ( southeast hayling ). Plenty of good sites here.

Drone Scene is your friend for finding good sites to fly. There is a space between the FRZs, a park just north of Explosion! that gives good views of the harbour and HM dockyard.

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Thanks.

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Hi & thanks for the info.