I am totally baffled - also totally inspired - by this competition, and by the results and the committment to running it.
Awesome.
I’m going into training to prepare for the next one 
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- A Castle
Berkhamsted Castle
Bonus point - built around 1066
Bonus point - entry in Wikipedia
DJi Mavic Air 2
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For the rest of the year things are somewhat less fraught. We run a Reason To Fly competition where three subjects are drawn at random from a list contributed to by GADC members. They then vote on which of the three subjects will be the basis of the competition. You have a fortnight to produce an image.
The best picture is chosen by a poll of GADC members. This time it is a test of artistic skill rather than your ability to find things. The winner gets …
… Nothing! Except bragging rights and the satisfaction of being judged the best by their peers. RTF resumes in mid-September 
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Thank you Barrie - 3 points 
7. A Telehandler - Video only
- Bonus point if it’s neither red nor yellow.
- Bonus point if it is in the process of lifting or lowering a load (provide a 10-second minimum video).
Taken 27th August - Mini 3 Pro.
Unfortunately no bonus points for a telehandler being led by a dog…
Just one point claimed please.
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ENTRY 3. A Steam Locomotive - x-6-x configuration ( six driving wheels). The track on which it runs must be at least 7 1/4 inch gauge
- Bonus point for having a separate tender.
- Bonus point for visible steam/smoke from the steam engine.
- Bonus point for both steam and diesel engines in the same shot.
Calming 3 Bonus points
Taken on 10/08/2023 with DJI mini 3 Pro
At Rothley Station Leicestershire
No.73156 British Railways Standard Class Five 4-6-0 Built at Doncaster in 1956
https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/73156-2/
Closeup picture for prof of x-6-x
Class 10 D4067 (10119) in top right of main picture
Claiming 4 points please.
Just the one Mrs Wembley 
Unfortunately no bonus points for a telehandler being led by a dog…
If it was being driven by the dog we might consider a bonus …
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ENTRY 4. A Graveyard
- Bonus point if there is a mausoleum.
- Bonus point if there is someone famous (which most people would have heard of, not just a local celebrity) buried in the graveyard (wikilink or photo of the gravestone or similar for proof).
claming 2 bonus points
Take 18/08/2023 with DJI mini 3 Pro
At West Ham Jewish Cemetery , London
Notable burials
- Evelina de Rothschild (1839–1866), socialite[6]
- Ferdinand James von Rothschild (1839–1898)[2][3][7]
- Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet (1797–1873), a leading figure in the 19th-century struggle for Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom. He was the first Jewish Sheriff of the City of London and Lord Mayor of London.[8][9]
- Philip Salomons (1796–1867), financier and High Sheriff of Sussex.
Total of 3 points claimed.
Are you sure of that Jason? It’s not just the driver or the fireman having a crafty smoke?
The liberal faction of Chall Com have decided to give you the benefit of the doubt. So - 4 points1
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Thanks for that! 3 points
We have just spent a wee while reading about Evelina de Rothschild and then following the link to the Evelina London Children’s Hospital
This Challenge is proving to be quite educational!
It was for me too 
Entry: 5. Public Art - be it a large sculpture, or street painting, it must be a work of art that can be seen by the casual passerby i.e. not in a gallery. Witty or Banksy-style graffiti is acceptable, plain old tags are not
This is the Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington outside Aldershot, Hampshire, sculpted by Matthew Cotes Wyatton. This was taken on the 28th August at around 5:10 pm, taken with a DJI Mini 2.
- Bonus point for a Wikipedia link. (here)
- Bonus point if six or more people are looking at it (not just passing).
Your high res monitor and magnification may be needed for the couple by the statue on the right.
Claiming 3 points.
Thanks
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Taken 28/08/23 with a dji mini3 pro at 13:26 on a slip way in Bristol
Claim 1 point car towing a boat on a trailer
Bonus point trailer backed into the water
Bonus point as boat is a RIB/ inflatable
Bonus point for person standing in the boat
Maybe for the cryptic clue if car is correct colour
- A Car or a Truck - towing a boat on a trailer
- Bonus point if the trailer is backed into the water to launch.
- Bonus point if the boat is a RIB or an inflatable.
- Bonus point if a person is standing in the boat.
- Bonus point if the car or truck matches William Brown’s female nemesis or, alternatively, The Duke’s mood in 1930.
Claim 4 points (maybe 5) please
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Not sure whether it is a couple or Zaphod Beeblebrox?
As the younger members of Chall Com are unaware of who Zaphod Beeblebrox might be we are allowing you the point. 3 points total;
But PLEASE everyone, can we try and get subject and bonuses both clearly visible as required by therules
Taken with dji mini3 pro at TIME in Arnos Vale Cemetery- Bristol
Claim 1 point graveyard
Bonus point a mausoleum
Bonus point someone famous with wikilink
- A Graveyard
- Bonus point if there is a mausoleum.
- Bonus point if there is someone famous (which most people would have heard of, not just a local celebrity) buried in the graveyard (wikilink or photo of the gravestone or similar for proof).
Claim 3 points please
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Nice shot, 4 points (maybe five) awarded
3 points for the graveyard. We would possibly have chosen William Day Wills as our famous person, seeing as he has been, at arm’s length, one of the more prolific killers of the last 150 years!
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Due to a slight mishap with our main computer system (which seems to have blacked out the entire Swanwick area for a time) we have reverted to our backup until we can get the system back on line.
We must say it has been pleasantly quiet today for a change, no background hum of aircraft to disturb our concentration …
Who has made use of the Bank Holiday to increase their score? Click the Pic™ to check out the LEADERBOARD
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Today was a journey into FRZ territory, which sort of worked (I think I made the zone too small, so had to go get the drone; it wouldn’t come back!)
17. A Listed Building - within an FRZ and photographed from within that FRZ - permission must be obtained prior to flight and proof of permission posted along with your image.
A successful submission will be awarded 3 points.
- Bonus point for Wikipedia entry.
- Bonus point for 360x180 (spherical) panorama (host on Kuula).
DJI Mini 3 Pro Monday 28/8/23
And here’s the Pano
The building is Monk Fryston Hall, a Grade II* listed building, in the Flight Restriction Zone for Sherburn airport
The Wikipedia entry is here: Monk Fryston Hall - Wikipedia
The permission from the Airfield is here:
Permission for drone flight.pdf (120.5 KB)
So I make that 5 points, please
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