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3 06, 2019

Using a Drone at your Event Venue

By DSR Journalist|June 3rd, 2019|Categories: Featured Weddings |Tags: drone event policy drone policy drones at event venues drones at venues drones at weddings event event venue venue drone policies |Comments Off on Using a Drone at your Event Venue

Using a Drone at your Event VenueAs drones become more common in our everyday lives, they are also becoming more of a standard feature of wedding days and special events. A big part of planning any event has always been the selection of the perfect venue to provide the backdrop. picture supplied by DSR member DroneCam Soltuons Ltd – www.dronecamsolutions.co.uk A great deal of time and expense is invested by hotel management teams in making sure that their destination looks perfect from every angle and they are increasingly receiving requests that drones be able to capture eve [...]

1 06, 2019

Drones and the Hospitality Industry

By DSR Journalist|June 1st, 2019|Categories: Aerial Photography Featured Property |Tags: drone shots of holiday resorts Holiday properties Holiday resort vacation properties |Comments Off on Drones and the Hospitality Industry

Drones and the Hospitality IndustryToday’s hospitality industry is a far cry from the days of travel agents and stacks of glossy brochures.Today’s traveller can search resorts with a click of their mouse and view real life, almost real time reviews and images to help them to make their holiday decisions.The modern traveller is information hungry. They want as much data as possible about their hotel or resort before they decide to book and part with their hard earned cash for a much looked forward to holiday. They are also pretty savvy. The tricks that used to work, wh [...]

27 05, 2019

Hiring a Drone Pilot – What you Need to Know?

By DSR Journalist|May 27th, 2019|Categories: Featured |Tags: about hiring a drone pilot commercial drone pilots for hire Drone Operators for hire hiring a drone pilot the laws for flying a drone Thins you need to know |Comments Off on Hiring a Drone Pilot – What you Need to Know?

Hiring a Drone Pilot – What you Need to Know?If you’re looking to hire a drone operator for the first time, it can feel a little confusing when you start to look into it. As you read through articles online, you will see a lot of use of specialist terminology and acronyms and also mention of forthcoming changes in the law that can leave you wondering whether a UAV is the right (and legal) solution for you. So, here are the guidelines on drone usage straight form the horse’s mouth as it were. Commercial Pilots Only Drone pilots are divided into two categories Commercial Operato [...]

25 05, 2019

Aerial Drone Inspections The Best Prices Throughout The UK

By DSR Journalist|May 25th, 2019|Categories: Aerial Photography Aerial Video and Filming Articles Featured Inspections & Surveys Property Weddings |Tags: Drone Building Survey drone house pictures drone inspections drone roof inspections drone thermal imaging Drones uses |Comments Off on Aerial Drone Inspections The Best Prices Throughout The UK

Aerial Drone Inspections Throughout The UKYou can book aerial Inspections HEREA short and simple drone flight can be all that it takes to get a detailed aerial inspection of your home’s roof, gutters and chimneys. This can be an invaluable tool if you want to carry out an inspection to find the source of a problem, provide data to support an insurance claim or just for peace of mind on your own home or one that you are looking to purchase.Today’s drone cameras can create incredibly high quality images that allow you to zoom in on small areas for detailed evaluation with no need f [...]

20 05, 2019

Find My Drone Pilot

By DSR Journalist|May 20th, 2019|Categories: Featured Articles General Members |Tags: amateur flyers benefits commercial operators drone safe register dsr Joining membership Why joing DSR |Comments Off on Find My Drone Pilot

Our Drone Pilot Portal & UAV HubThe drone industry is new and changing fast. December 2018 saw apparent drone related activity close Gatwick airport and created a ripple effect amongst the general public with regards to drone operators, and some changes in the law regarding how all drone pilots (both commercial and amateur) can operate.visit our new online drone storeFIND MY DRONE PILOT NOWCouple this with the legislation changes that were already in the pipeline to bring the UK into line with the EASA standards and running a UAV business or even enjoying drones in your leisure t [...]

18 05, 2019

All Call Signs and Drone Safe Register

By DSR Journalist|May 18th, 2019|Categories: Articles Featured |Tags: all call signs army veterans drone safe register drone safe register members drones and search and rescue dsr safe and legal drone pilots |Comments Off on All Call Signs and Drone Safe Register

All Call Signs and Drone Safe RegisterIn March 2019, Drone Safe Register were very proud to announce their support or All Call Signs – a not for profit organisation that works with veterans and serving military personnel to offer mental health support.Staffed by volunteers with Forces experience, this incredible organisation looks to use their understanding of the struggles of life and out of uniform. As well as working with the media to raise awareness of mental health issues, they also offer a potentially life-saving Beacon Service, and this is where Drone Safe Register can [...]

15 05, 2019

Drone Deliveries and Medicine

By DSR Journalist|May 15th, 2019|Categories: News Featured |Tags: drone deliveries drone good news stories drone safe register drone safe register members drone uses drones and medicine dsr medical drone deliveries safe and legal drone pilots |Comments Off on Drone Deliveries and Medicine

Drone Deliveries and MedicineTime is often a critical factor in the field of medicine and so medical professionals are starting to look at drones to see if they can save valuable hours and minutes in a variety of capacities. Zipline International We’ve look at this ground breaking organisation before in a previous blog https://dronesaferegister.org.uk/blog/drone-deliveries-not-just-for-pizzas/ but they are worth taking a second look at – especially now that they have expanded their operations from Rwanda to also include Ghana and are now providing 13,000,000 with access to life s [...]

11 05, 2019

DSR Back into the Dragons’ Den

By DSR Journalist|May 11th, 2019|Categories: Dragons Den Featured News |Tags: bbc dragons den dragons den investments drone safe register drone safe register membership dsr filming national pilot network peter jones safe and legal drone pilots |Comments Off on DSR Back into the Dragons’ Den

DSR Back into the Dragons’ DenThe 9th of September 2018 was a landmark day in the history of Drone Safe Register as it was the air date of the episode of Dragons’ Den where we gained investment form Dragon Peter Jones CBE.At DSR HQ, we had been keeping our involvement in the BBC’s flagship business programme a secret for the best part of 6 months, so frankly it was a giant relief when it all went public.view our new drone store for the best serviceWe knew that having the investment and backing of someone like Peter would be a game changer for our organisation and it feels as th [...]

7 05, 2019

Insurance Claims Are Being Saved By Drone Technology

By DSR Journalist|May 7th, 2019|Categories: Aerial Photography Featured Inspections & Surveys Insurance |Tags: claims drone used for personal injury claims drones for loss adjusting insurance insurance claim by drone National Drone Network personal injury property insurance claim qlaims roof inspection |Comments Off on Insurance Claims Are Being Saved By Drone Technology

Drone use in Insurance ClaimsDrones are fast becoming part of the landscape of various different industries, reinventing traditional practices were time and cost efficiencies can be made.The insurance industry is one that is benefiting from UAV technology, especially those that are working directly with the Drone Safe Register network as we can leverage our National Drone Network commercially approved pilot network to provide a fast response to your insurance needs.The insurance industry has a poor reputation for the time it takes to investigate and settle claims. However, this [...]

4 05, 2019

Drone Registration – 6 Questions for the CAA and Government

By DSR Journalist|May 4th, 2019|Categories: CAA Articles Featured |Tags: CAA CAA Drone Registration Consultation Drone Leisure Registration drone registration Drone Registration Fee Government Hobby Registration |Comments Off on Drone Registration – 6 Questions for the CAA and Government

CAA Drone RegistrationDSR asks 6 Questions of the CAA and Government about the incoming drone registration process and feePurchase Drone Operator ID Stickers HERELong before the December 2018 Gatwick drone incident, the Government in compliance with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), agreed to implement the EASA harmonised rules and regulations for safe drone operations. In 2018, the UK Government mandated a drone registration and education scheme in the UK to strengthen, they believe, ‘the accountability of drone users and their awareness of how to fly their drones [...]

29 04, 2019

Drone Roof Survey Operator Directory

By DSR Journalist|April 29th, 2019|Categories: Featured Inspections & Surveys |Tags: chimney inspection chimney-survey drone roof inspection Drone roof survey roof inspection roof survey thermal roof inspection |Comments Off on Drone Roof Survey Operator Directory

National Drone Roof Survey & Inspection Service Roof surveys can be a crucial measure in saving you money in the long term by spotting potential problems early, whether you are inspecting a property you are planning on purchasing or one that you already own.However, traditional inspection methods such as scaffolding erection or hiring elevated platforms can seem to incur more expense and disruption than the benefit that they provide. Luckily, a drone roof survey can provide a faster, cheaper and simpler solution to your roof inspection needs.visit our uk network of dro [...]

27 04, 2019

Drones in Education

By DSR Journalist|April 27th, 2019|Categories: News Featured Schools |Tags: DJI STEAM drone pilots drone safe register drones for schools drones in education nationwide drone education programme safe and legal drone pilots using drones in a classroom |Comments Off on Drones in Education

Drones in Education - Book Aerial Book Photography Order a visit HEREFollowing on from our exciting announcement about our ground-breaking Drones for Schools programme, we thought we’d take a look at the wider impact and opportunities for drones within the education system.Drones are set to change the way we work in so many ways and industries, as well as offering a raft of new leisure time activities from FPV racing to amateur flyers exercising their creative muscles to create their own aerial photographs and videos. Children in schools now will be tomorrow’s pilots, [...]

15 04, 2019

Using Drones to Move Livestock

By DSR Journalist|April 15th, 2019|Categories: Agriculture Featured |Tags: drone farming drone shepherding drones in farming livestock Move Livestock New Zealand farmers Sheep shepherd Shepherding Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |Comments Off on Using Drones to Move Livestock

Using Drones to Move LivestockWe are always talking about new uses that people are finding for drone technology, but this is something really out of left field if you’ll pardon the pun – drone shepherding.New Zealand is famous for its high sheep population and farmers there are pioneering this UAV innovation in airborne shepherding which is now being tested in the UK.New Zealand farmers have been testing drones to partially replace the functions of their super-talented dogs in some areas. What’s more, the dogs are playing their part in ensuring the success of the venue by [...]

13 04, 2019

How soon will we have drone deliveries ?

By DSR Journalist|April 13th, 2019|Categories: News Featured General |Tags: Alphabet amazon Amazon Drone Deliveries drone deliveries google Maida Vale Maida Vale drone pilot Pizza Prime Air vertiports |Comments Off on How soon will we have drone deliveries ?

How soon will we have drone deliveries ?When you mentioned drones, one of the subjects that always come up is the possibility of drone deliveries and how realistic are they. It’s fun to imagine that a drone will drop your Friday night pizza to your doorstep but will it ever happen? In fact, the science-fictionesque sight of the sky buzzing with package carrying drones might become reality sooner than you think with large organisations such as Amazon and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) investing some serious resources into bringing the idea to life. There was a recent news re [...]

8 04, 2019

Flying near Airports and Aerodromes and other ANO Amendments

By DSR Journalist|April 8th, 2019|Categories: Articles CAA Featured General |Tags: ANO ano amendment CAA changes to the drone law drone safe register drone safe register members drones and the law flight restriction zones flying a drone near an airport legal drone operators protected aerodrome safe drone operators |Comments Off on Flying near Airports and Aerodromes and other ANO Amendments

Flying near Airports and Aerodromes and other ANO AmendmentsAs drone technology has become more and more a part of everyday life, it has become increasingly clear that amendments have will continue to be required to the UK’s Air Navigation Order. The law is never finished as the saying goes and must change to reflect the circumstances and sometimes, the events, of the day. One such event that can be credited with heralding the first of two rounds of changes of SUA operators in 2019, is the shutdown of Gatwick airport in December 2018 and again at Heathrow shortly after, by u [...]

23 03, 2019

Drone Safe Register Exclusive Merchandise

By DSR Journalist|March 23rd, 2019|Categories: Featured General |Tags: drone merchandise drone safe register merchandise drones dsr hobby membership dsr member dsr member resource page dsr member resources dsr membership merchandise member offers member update membership levels |Comments Off on Drone Safe Register Exclusive Merchandise

DSR Merch!There are many benefits of being a member of Drone Safe Register. We’re always working hard here at DSR headquarters to provide more work for our members, create new opportunities for drone pilots and bring awareness to the general public about the amazing work that UAVs can do when they’re in safe and legal hands.The good news is that now Drone Safe Register members can now look extra stylish while they are going about their business with exclusive access to the Drone Safe Register merchandise.Available from our pro member’s dashboard, these are high quality an [...]

22 03, 2019

Construction Site & Property Inspections National Same Day Service

By DSR Journalist|March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Featured Inspections & Surveys |Tags: Construction Site drone pilot hire drone pilot inspection drone property marketing initiative drones dsr aerial roof inspection hire a drone inspection service inspection drone inspection specialists property marketing video property owners sell my property faster why you should consider a drone inspection windturbine inspection |Comments Off on Construction Site & Property Inspections National Same Day Service

UAVs and Property InspectionsDrones can offer a safe, efficient and cost effective way to carry out property inspections whilst keeping your feet safely on the ground.Whatever stage of property development, drones can offer significant advantages over traditional methods such as scaffolding or cherry pickers. Using aerial technology, inspections with high quality photography and videography can be carried out in a fraction of the time that it takes to erect scaffolding. This means that not only are inspections completed quickly and efficiently, but at reduced cost as well [...]

18 03, 2019

CAA Regulations – Evolution and Revolution

By DSR Journalist|March 18th, 2019|Categories: CAA Featured |Tags: ANO 2006 BVLOS CAA Drone Regulation FPV REgulation VLOS |Comments Off on CAA Regulations – Evolution and Revolution

CAA Drone RegulationsThe world of aviation is facing a brand new challenge in the form of drone operators. Although currently much of the same aviation law applies to the pilot of a drone as much as to the pilot of a jet, it has to be recognised that UAVs have their own set of challenges and requirements.At this point in the industry’s development, commercial operators will recognise that the world of SUA legislation is in a state of near constant change as the various regulators grapple with an evolving technology and how it applies to a new cohort of aviators.The Air Naviga [...]

14 03, 2019

5 Amazon Gifts Ideas for the Drone Lover in your Life

By DSR Journalist|March 14th, 2019|Categories: Articles Featured |Tags: buying a present for a drone pilot drone enthusiast drone lover drone pilot drone safe register drone show drones drones as gifts hobbyist drones |Comments Off on 5 Amazon Gifts Ideas for the Drone Lover in your Life

Gifts Ideas for the Drone LoverKnow someone who loves their drone? Well, the good news is that not all drone gifts need to cost the earth and you’re sure to delight your UAV drone enthusiast with one of these. Also, if you want to drop a subtle hint for your Christmas or birthday list, then we’re not judging!1 – No Such Thing as Too Many DronesIf this is the motto of the drone pilot in your life, then look no further for their perfect t-shirt. It’s available in a number of different colours but we like the black one for its retro Space Invaders vibe.Amazon D [...]

12 03, 2019

March 13th 2019 Air Navigation Order Amendments

By DSR Journalist|March 12th, 2019|Categories: Articles CAA Featured |Tags: Air Navigation Order airspace airspace categories Amendments aviation CAA check your airspace DoT Drone governing body March 13th News online information online resource portal reporting resources uk drone law UK Drone Operators website |Comments Off on March 13th 2019 Air Navigation Order Amendments

As drone technology has become more and more a part of everyday life, it has become increasingly clear that amendments have been required to the UK’s Air Navigation Order.The law is never finished as the saying goes and must change to reflect the circumstances and sometimes, the events, of the day.One such event that can be credited with heralding the first of two rounds of changes of SUA operators in 2019, is the shutdown of Gatwick airport in December 2018 by the apparent unauthorised drone activity. Whether you feel that the amendments are a kneejerk response to an event that is [...]