The Great Big GADC 6th Birthday and Treasure Hunt Challenge!

[DroneGeek]

12. This may be your Mission Impossible - a railway track passing under a road bridge

• 3 bonus points if a train is passing underneath the road bridge (not approaching or leaving) and there is a full-size articulated lorry (tractor unit and 40-foot or longer trailer) completely on the bridge. - i.e.within the confines of the bridge walls.
• Bonus point if the truck cab colour matches Christie’s ornamentation of the aged Quercus.

Mavic 3 Pro - 5th September - M4 Rogiet

Claiming 5 points (as tankers are lorries)

[DroneGeek]

19. A Car or Van - with a canoe/kayak on the roof

• Bonus point for red car or van.
• Bonus point for more than one canoe/kayak.
• Bonus point for at least one yellow canoe/kayak.

Mini 3 Pro - 31st August - Farmshop Services M5 (yes, that place again)

Not going to improve upon this one, so just 3 points claimed

[Challenges_Committee]

FOUR points, Ian

And possibly one more if your guess at the colour is correct.

[Challenges_Committee]

And three points for car and canoe

[MA2flyer]

11. An Island - in a Lake/Loch/Lough

Lownes Park Chesham

Mavic 3 pro

View over Skottowes Pond, an ornamental man-made lake. Lowndes Park, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom Stock Photography - Alamy

[Challenges_Committee]

Vista sobre Skottowes Pond, un lago ornamental hecho por el hombre?

One point

[Challenges_Committee]

@group-challenges

"Can’t be one of the GADC pilots we know, it’s more than 30 feet off the ground … "

How high is your score? Click the Pic™ to check out the LEADERBOARD!

[DroneGeek]

The unofficial spreadsheet showing the maximum points that everyone can get. (hopefully)

To date we have had 17 phone boxes, 16 castles, 16 park life, 15 graveyards and 14 steam trains…

I know that my maximum points will rapidly decrease now - so a top 5 finish would be good as there is some great entries this year.

(assuming no further entries tonight)

[Challenges_Committee]

Thanks Ian.

From the Chall Com spreadsheet:

DHL vans 1, Car, boat and trailer 2, illuminated building 2. And bo one has yet legitimately flown over 120 metres AGL …

[ANDMUL]

9. A DHL delivery vehicle

• Bonus point for the driver carrying the delivery toward the customer’s premises.
• Bonus point if a Royal Mail or Parcel Force van is recognisable in the same shot.

DHL Basildon Depot, 05/09/2023, 19:09, DJI Mini 3 Pro
Claim: 1 point please

[Challenges_Committee]

Several DHL vehicles. And you have resisted the temptation to photoshop a Royal Mail logo on those big Biffa skips!

One point

[ANDMUL]

14. A Tower Crane - still or video

• Bonus point for slewing (spinning round) - video only.
• Bonus point if it has a suspended load completely clear of the ground - video or still.

Basildon Industrial Site, 05/09/2023, 19:12, DJI Mini 3 Pro
Claim: 1 point please

[Challenges_Committee]

One point for the crane. We are intrigued by what appears to be a wee man standing outside of the cab on the main swivel of the jib:

[ANDMUL]

Well if it was a wee man, he was standing still for a long time, it took me a while to line up the shot, plus it was way past closing time. Maybe he just left his hi-vis jacket behind for the morning, or maybe its a parachute for when he tries base jumping.

[ANDMUL]

Well there was a UK Mail trailer but I didn’t think that would count I do try to be good

[BadManners]

1. An Illuminated Building

• Bonus point if the building is illuminated all around (360 degrees) and not just at the front.
• Bonus point if the illumination colour matches a capital-increasing inquisitor, once a trans-Atlantic ferry pilot.

I claim 2 bonus points for:

• illuminated all around, at the top
• illumination colour (white) matches the cryptic clue

The Shard, London
16 Aug 2023 DJI Mini 2, cropped from RAW, default conversion to jpg by Apple Photos app, no sliders nor auto buttons were touched.
I claim 3 points please

[john768]

19. A Car or Van - with a canoe/kayak on the roof

Taken Brigg 1844 05.09.2023 DJI Mini3 pro

Claim Bonus point for red car or van.
Claim Bonus point for more than one canoe/kayak.-one yellow one blue kayak
Claim Bonus point for at least one yellow canoe/kayak.
The small blue kayak if anyone wants to buy one cost £800 made by an American
company
Claim 4 points

[Acedrone]

ENTRY 13. A Vessel on water with two or more masts

• X Bonus point for raised sails.
• X Bonus point for towing a dinghy.

No Bonus points

Taken on the 18/08/2023 with DJI Air 2s
Location:Bradwell Breakwater, Southminster,

CK18 Pioneer

https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1903/pioneer

1 point please.

[AdrianR]

Tonight’s sojourn:

1. An Illuminated Building

• Bonus point if the building is illuminated all around (360 degrees) and not just at the front.
• Bonus point if the illumination colour matches a capital-increasing inquisitor, once a trans-Atlantic ferry pilot.

Clifford’s Tower, York. DJI Mini 3 Pro Tuesday 5/9/23

And just to confirm it is illuminated all the way round:

Unfortunately, I don’t have the correct colour, so 2 points claimed, please.

[AdrianR]

I’ve decided to admit defeat on the bonuses for this one.

13. A Vessel on water with two or more masts

• Bonus point for raised sails.
• Bonus point for towing a dinghy.

Whitby harbour. DJI Mini 3 Pro 17/8/23

There’s actually two ships with more than 1 mast (sorry it’s not a great angle!), but no sails or tied dinghy.

So just 1 point, please.