Newbie to Drone-world. - West Norfolk

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Hi,
I’m a hobbyist / enthusiast photographer who is considering getting a drone to expand my photography interests and I saw a post about this group on the Olympus e-users forum as I use an Olympus OM-1 camera and various PRO lenses.
I don’t know where to start with my journey into drones and photography, hence signing up with this group.
I live in west Norfolk and wondered if there was anyone fairly local to me who could help me with a drone demo and advice on all things drone / photography related.
Looking forward to some replies,
Many thanks,
Ian.

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Hi @Kustom1936 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-and-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.

Please also take a moment to look at the Membership Levels section on our FAQ as we’re quite different to other clubs and you’ll be eligible for some rather exclusive club discounts as your membership level increases :blush:

Welcome once again!

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Hi Ian and welcome to GADC :+1: :+1:

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Thanks, and I hope that I’ll find the answers and help I’m looking for.

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Hi, welcome to GADC

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

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Thanks for letting me join and your welcomes.

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Hi Ian, welcome from the Black Country

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Hi Hotrodspike,
With a name like that are you into hotrods and kustoms by any chance ?

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Hi from a life long Boyd Coddington fan :blush:

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Me too, love his detailing and ‘look’, plus many other builders like him .I was fortunate to meet Norm Grabowski in his Caddy powered tudor tub, driven 'round the Oklahoma NSRA Nats and introduced to many of his friends as the ‘Cockeney’ !
I scratch built my own steel '29 model A roadster pickup a few years back when I was a member of Surrey Street Rodders.

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Welcome Ian, glad you made it here. I’m sure someone local will be able to help. More chance here than the Oly forum. Good luck, Bruce

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The name comes from ebay mate. I wanted a 1/18th model of the “piss yella deuce coupe” from American Graffiti but I needed a user name. Everybody at uni called me spike so I tried that. It appears that about 1500 other Spikes were on there, and ebay suggested “hotrodspike” instead, and it stuck.
I do like hotrods and drag racing tho, had a lovely chat with Don Garlits at the Pod one year, lovely bloke. Also had a long chat with the late great Ray Beadle of “Blue Thunder” fame in the '70s, another really nice guy.

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There was some useful info on the Oly site as it led me here.

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Welcome Ian to GADC :clap: :clap:

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Hi DroneGeek and thanks for your welcome.

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Hi Ian and welcome to GADC.

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Thanks, BTW -as I’m a newbie to the drone world scene, what are yours, as I’ve not heard of them until now.