Hi there, total newbie here. Never flown an aircraft, drone or model aeroplane in my life.
Just bought an Avata 2 and named it Zippy
Done all the registrations, insurance and joined the club like a responsible citizen. lol
I like motorcycles, cats, photography and cheese
Denise
Hey Denise @drigler Welcome to the GADC You will find this forum is brimming with information to help you get started with your drone. All the fellow fliers on here are very friendly and only to willing to help…so don’t be scared to ask any questions you may have about flying and/or drones in general.
I’m local to you as I live in Pompey…and I’m just on my way out down to Southsea to (hopefully) film HMS Prince of Wales (the carrier) as it leaves the harbour.
Add yourself to the southeast group to help keep up to speed on everything that’s happening here on the coast.
Andy 
P.S. I agree with all your likes too!
HI Denise @drigler and welcome to GADC
Hi Denise, welcome to the forum!
Avata are fun, love both mine 
Kind regards
Suzanne
Hi and welcome.
I think there are a couple of members in southsea today if you wanted to meet up?
Im sure there will be someone around to act as a spotter if you need.
Hi @drigler and welcome to Grey Arrows 
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 
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 
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!
Welcome along @drigler Denise enjoy
Ditto 
, and Hi from Sunny Blackpool (it really is today, honest).
Hi Denise @drigler - welcome to GADC
oh wow, what a lovely welcome from everyone. Thank you very much.
Unfortunately, I was working today so I couldn’t go down to Portsmouth but thank you anyway, it’s really nice that you do meet up. at least someone can help me with being a spotter if I’m really stuck.
My first flight in a few days will be a mixture of excitement and nerves. Just got to make sure I don’t go too fast too early I do like speed. lol
I think ozonevibe might be in the portsmouth area on thursday.
Light winds look ideal for Avata flying
Welcome to you and Zippy! I love motorbikes as well. Also name them, and still have dreams about the one I traded in. 
Thankfully it’s a lot easier to keep multiple drones if, even if they do take a bit more of a beating. 
Forgot to mention.
I have a bunch of avata 2 batteries you are welcome to use during a meet.
Btw BMW 75/5 here
Welcome to the club Denise. Enjoy the drone!
Hi, wow so many people down south has brilliant. I’m not gonna reply to every single person as I need to shoot out the door, but thank you for offers of batteries and meet up… that’s very kind, thank you. once my workload calms down a bit, I shall be the eyeballing the meet up section and the other sections mentioned. I wonder if there’s cheese section. lol
Have fun with Zippy
Being in Fareham, you might need to check your Airspace. Fleetlands FRZ is ‘normally’ Monday to Friday 9 to 5ish, but can be later in Summer and have occasional Saturday morning traffic too.
Outside these times you just need to call them, if you get the answerphone, they are closed. Adjoining that is the Daedalus FRZ, 24/7 but you can obtain permission to fly.
Hi Dave, yes. I know not to fly in most of Fareham, I’d be travelling away to fly unfortunately.
I can’t even fly my back garden. lol
Luckily, it looks like I can fly near the castle at Portchester but that’s about it.
Don’t worry, I’ve been analysing all the places I can and cannot fly. I didn’t know about the phoning them about permission to fly, I will investigate thank you very much.
