Well thank goodness for VLOS. I was 320ft up and saw these 2 paragliders. They must not of been over 50m from people, and here are us having to follow drone code 
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What is this? Does it relate to me or the drone? Would I be the one in the wrong or are they. Sorry for all the questions never come across this before. The offices are closed unfortunately due to coronavirus.
Golf course too ;o)
Paragliders fly over the local beach, often at below 50 feet. I queried the legality and was informed that āthey are practising their landingsā
At least our aircraft donāt rely on forward speed to stay up and can hold off from landing if an incident is about to occur.
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Hmmm practising landings! That seems like a get out clause, more like showing off.
There is a golf course in the shot, but itās way way off in the distance. This was at Cutacre country park.
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Itās a way of reporting ānear missesā between aircraft. When you see those ādrone almost hits plane at Heathrowā reports, they are generally journalists mis(reporting) the outcome of Airprox investigationsā¦
I was being a little tongue in cheek as itās usually big-thing pilots reporting drones as being too close and not the other way around.
The good thing with Airprox is you arenāt setting yourself up to get your wrists slapped even if youāve done something wrongā¦ they arenāt there to apportion blame, just to improve safety:
https://www.airproxboard.org.uk/Learn-more/Benefits-of-Airprox-reporting/
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