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<blockquote data-quote="Martin Lines" data-source="post: 16210" data-attributes="member: 1708"><p>You just have to use a bit of imagination and also realise that in the UK people do not own the airspace otherwise you could stop light aircraft, gliders, balloons etc from going over your house.</p><p></p><p>So places like Windsor Great Park etc. can stop you launching from their grounds but they do not own the airspace. Take a look at the NATS map which shows where you can really fly (within the CAA guidelines of separation from people and property). So the key issue in our area is the London TMA, however the Spark is below 7kg and the CAA guidelines are less that 400ft so most of the area is actually ok to fly the spark.</p><p></p><p>At Runnymede for example, the National Trust do not own the Runnymede Pleasure Gardens and also the public footpath through the pleasure gardens. On a week day you could launch a Spark out from here and keep the requisite distance from people, particularly if you went out over the river. Most people would not even see a Spark. There are plenty of small parks and places which are empty of people and have a public path etc. meaning you can launch, the key being public. A lot of land is of course private.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martin Lines, post: 16210, member: 1708"] You just have to use a bit of imagination and also realise that in the UK people do not own the airspace otherwise you could stop light aircraft, gliders, balloons etc from going over your house. So places like Windsor Great Park etc. can stop you launching from their grounds but they do not own the airspace. Take a look at the NATS map which shows where you can really fly (within the CAA guidelines of separation from people and property). So the key issue in our area is the London TMA, however the Spark is below 7kg and the CAA guidelines are less that 400ft so most of the area is actually ok to fly the spark. At Runnymede for example, the National Trust do not own the Runnymede Pleasure Gardens and also the public footpath through the pleasure gardens. On a week day you could launch a Spark out from here and keep the requisite distance from people, particularly if you went out over the river. Most people would not even see a Spark. There are plenty of small parks and places which are empty of people and have a public path etc. meaning you can launch, the key being public. A lot of land is of course private. [/QUOTE]
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