Recent content by JCFlippen

I did the RPQS course and it was suggested that the requirements of the National Private Pilot Medical Declaration should be adhered to.

I belong to BMFA here in UK and use official flying sites. Farmers seem amenable once CAA PfAW/insurance is discussed so I have a number of areas available at any time.

The trouble is if the 'New Wave' did an awareness course then they would discover that most of their bright idea flying plans would not get off the ground.

I joined the local BMFA club and that gave me a winter indoor venue to clock up time on a Hubsan to really get used to orientation flying. Just clocking up hours of airtime so that your FRCs become second nature is a good idea. My spotter even had a checklist to make sure the FRC checklists were...

Yep I used Resource Group UK they were great. Made me sweat a bit but that was all to the good. Managed 95% on flight test and have never since forgotten the things I did forget on the day.

I would have at least one more so that you have removed this worry from the test. You will need enough batteries for a full days work at some time soon anyway.

Interesting that even the cautious FAA comes up with an observation from accepted data that .... 'giving the chances of accidents involving a drone and a manned aircraft as being 1 in 1.87 million years of 2kg drone flight time. Their own report concluded that ...'This appears to be an...