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I can’t stress enough the risks of fire in the home. Many are caused by electrical fires. Smoke is the main killer. And the speed of a house fire is frighteningly quick. It happened to us a few years back. We now have a small fire extinguisher and a fire blanket strategically placed near the...

Hi aneal321. The good news is that you’re already familiar with camera settings, so that’s one less thing to think about. And I’m assuming you’re already using a ND/PL filter? (We use the Polar Pro ND/PL set.) My second point would be to acknowledge that a certain amount of nervousness is...

Many thanks to you both (and for the links, which I'd already visited). I'll register well before leaving for your great country.

Can overseas visitors to the USA register with the FAA (for recreational drone use) in advance of arriving? Or must it be after landing in the USA? (Perhaps this is one for BigA107 or similar?)

Update: It's the first day of August and - unless I've missed something - the planned disruption thankfully didn't go ahead. Perhaps the legal action against members of this dubious pressure group for other recent protests have dissuaded others? People should be judged by the sum of their...

Huey: We fly over similar terrain, albeit a dry part of South Africa, and with dramatic/steep mountainsides thrown in for good measure. My simple advice is to take it easy, step by step, learning to walk before trying to run. The P4P is a great drone, with a very good camera, so it's just a...

Hi Andrew: We use a Sandisk 64GB card, downloading the data after each flying session (triple backed up). The micro card has sufficient capacity and downloads quickly.

Heathrow Airport faces more serious disruption in the weeks ahead. Environmental activists Extinction Rebellion - in my view, as a professional wildlife conservationist, a pressure group run by dubious semi-extremist left-wingers - are planning to shut down Heathrow by using drones "one day in...

It became obvious early on in the Gatwick disruption that the many reported sightings were by credible professionals. The media frenzy/farce that followed was typical, not helped by the fact that most experienced journalists were on holiday. Then the conspiracy brigade got their fangs into the...

David: What you are saying, of course, is sadly true. It's a reflection of society nowadays and internet behaviour in particular. That said, this is a very good forum. And the moderators do an excellent job. I'm someone who always treasures straightforwardness and factual accuracy. Some others...

Chris Woodroofe, Gatwick's chief operating officer, has admitted that the drone pilot(s) "had a link into what was going on at the airport". Sussex Police agree that the possibility of it being an inside job is a "credible line of enquiry". The recent comments have come to light prior to a BBC...

After another sunset and two more sunrises, we're done. Yesterday morning, in particular, was memorable. The weather conditions were again perfect. We filmed at the first location three or four minutes after sunrise, then drove across two mountains on a tricky rocky track before descending over...

Thanks, NM_Quad. Yesterday evening at sunset was scrubbed because of a howling wind. I took off, just in case there was a brief lull, but landed 90 seconds later. The wind was pulling our dancer's long dress half way up her body, somewhat inelegantly. This morning at sunrise was perfect...

Skyhawk: I'm from the Eastbourne area. There are restrictions where you can and can't takeoff/land/fly along various parts of this Sussex coastline. Where you are planning to fly is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and the local authority has correctly made it a no-fly zone for drones...

Sunrise on day two was a failure. The wind was light, but cloud everywhere blocked the sunlight. It was frustrating, but that's weather. There was still lots of cloud as sunset approached, and the wind was much stronger, but we could see a window of opportunity at the horizon for the sun to...