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30 12, 2020

Gold Certified Drone Operators with Drone Safe Register

By |December 30th, 2020|Categories: Aerial Filming Aerial Photography Aerial Video and Filming CAA Featured General Members News Newsletter-Articles Promotions |Tags: |Comments Off on Gold Certified Drone Operators with Drone Safe Register

Gold Certified Drone OperatorsWith over 6,000 CAA Approved PfCO holders, and hundreds more set to qualify in 2021, Drone Safe Register™ has over the last 5 years endeavoured to set the benchmark for the hiring of trained, safe and insured commercial drone operators.Gold Certified members – The safest, most skilled and advanced operators available. In an increasingly expanding and rapidly diversifying industry, it has never been more important to stand out as the safest, most skilled and advanced operators available.We have recognised that with the introduction of new laws an [...]

17 04, 2019

DRONE SAFETY AT EVENTS 2019

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Drone Safety At Your Event As spring approaches and the UK’s weather improves soon we’ll be seeing more drones taking to the skies than ever before.Drone season is nearly upon us and this year DSR predicts that in 2019 we shall see more drones being flown at events than ever before.  This is great news as the nation’s businesses embrace drone technology.  There is nothing wrong with this at all, as long as the pilots flying drones at events are legal commercial pilots.Under the UK’s aviation law, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) states that anybody who is flying a [...]

26 02, 2017

Drone Hire Made Easy

By |February 26th, 2017|Categories: News |Tags: |Comments Off on Drone Hire Made Easy

Easy Drone HireDSR is the UK’s largest drone hire and specialist camera services website. We proudly market the nation’s top drone professionals who are all Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) qualified and insured to carry out commercial drone work.Each week DSR publishes a weekly news blog to keep our members and the wider drone community up to date with industry related news. We aim to keep both professional and drone hobby readers informed with the UK’s latest drone news, laws and regulations.  We hope that our blogs inform both hobby and professional drone users.  We [...]

5 02, 2017

DRONES ARE BECOMING ACCEPTED PRACTICE

By |February 5th, 2017|Categories: News |Tags: |Comments Off on DRONES ARE BECOMING ACCEPTED PRACTICE

In little less than three years the number of professional drone pilots with CAA permissions has grown significantly. This new wave of qualified pilots (who simply didn’t exist five years ago) is leading the way in which drones can be used to save time and improve efficiency.With more and more businesses and sectors realising the benefits of drones, 2017 is expected to see more drone hire than ever.  DSR discusses some of the UK’s sectors that are embracing drones:Film / TVWe are not using it as a drone. That is completely the wrong terminology to use to describe it. We see [...]

22 12, 2016

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT DRONE REGISTRATION

By |December 22nd, 2016|Categories: News |Tags: |Comments Off on DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT DRONE REGISTRATION

Where to register my Drone?Yesterday, the Department for Transport released new plans to ensure safe drone practise and to protect the public.  Measures released for consultation include (21 December 2016)Mandatory Registration of new dronesTougher penalties for illegal flying near no-fly zones and new signs for no-fly zones at sensitive sites such as airports and prisonsMaking drones electronically identifiable so the owner’s details can be passed to police if they are spotted breaking the lawThe consultation will also consider whether there is a need for a new criminal offen [...]

24 11, 2016

DRONE SAFE & THE CAA PROMOTE DRONE SAFETY

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We are delighted to report that today, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and NATS have launched a new website to help promote drone safety called Drone Safe.The new Drone Safe ‘Dronecode’ website has advice for users on how to operate UAV’s safely and has been set up following a spate of near-misses with planes which we keep seeing within the UK news headlines.These included an incident in July,when an Airbus A320 had a “very near-miss” with a drone near the Shard in central London. One reported stated that, The pilot, who was approaching Heathrow with 165 passengers on board [...]

16 09, 2016

CAA and Drone Professionals

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CAA Drone Professionals This week, Drone Safe Register (DSR) spoke to Jonathan Nicholson who is the Assistant Director of Corporate Communications at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Press Office.DSR: What is the role of the CAA concerning drones both as a hobbyist and a professional?CAA:  The CAA’s interest is as an aviation safety regulator.  So our role covers both drone safety whether you are a hobbyist or a professional.  The CAA is interested in making sure that drones can fulfil their potential commercially and that people can enjoy flying their dr [...]

12 12, 2015

Footage shows Illegal Drone Flight over Lincoln

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Illegal Drone FlightsYouTube footage has emerged showing an “incredibly irresponsible” drone flight over a city.  Police have previously released an image of the drone pilot in an attempt to trace him, as they believe the flight may have been illegal.The footage was filmed from the drone as it flew over Lincoln, which is close to two RAF bases.  Flying within 150 metres of a congested areas is illegal unless permission is given by the Civil Aviation Authority and this is the first time that the Police force have issued such a request with regard to a UAV [...]

11 02, 2016

Drone Hire Check List

By |February 11th, 2016|Categories: News |Tags: |Comments Off on Drone Hire Check List

Drone Hire Check List Here’s a straight and simple check list that you can use as a guide when you are hiring a drone operator.  Of course our best advice would be to hire from the Drone Safe Register where safe and legal is guaranteed. Always check your drone pilot has a valid CAA PfCO (Permission for Commercial Operation) certificate along with the appropriate valid insurance. There are a number of things that must be considered and or followed before carrying out aerial work. They should carry out a thorough site survey to ensure it is feasible to carry out the require [...]