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<blockquote data-quote="Hamlet" data-source="post: 118037" data-attributes="member: 15604"><p>Thank you for your comments. I was in IT for 35 years before I retired 10 years ago. So I am persistent and determined to make applications work they way I think they should! The old quarry isn't part of our reserve, but we hope one day to acquire it and increase our 22 acres to 80. Peregrine falcons nest on the cliffs every year.</p><p></p><p>To get permission to fly in the Bristol NFZ, call Air Traffic Control on 01275 473714 and explain where you want to fly. There's a bit to do beforehand. You used to have to get permission in principle for up to 12 months from NATS using their AUP application, but this has been scrapped. Instead, some time before each flight you raise a non-standard flight request on <a href="https://nsf.nats.aero/" target="_blank">https://nsf.nats.aero/.</a> I typically do it the evening before. ATC get an email from NATS telling them about the request. Sometimes I then receive permission from ATC in the morning via email. Or I phone them up, they find the paperwork and I confirm exactly where and when I want to fly.</p><p></p><p>ATC are very friendly and helpful and it's nice to chat with them. I've never had an issue getting permission, but the nature reserve is 2.5km north of the airport and well away from the flight path. </p><p></p><p>Once you have their permission, you use the DJI self-unlocking procedure on their website to unlock the DJI Go 4 app and Spark so that you can actually take off. That's a bit fiddly but it works. Sometimes ATC ask you to call back when you've finished.</p><p></p><p>It's all part of the fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hamlet, post: 118037, member: 15604"] Thank you for your comments. I was in IT for 35 years before I retired 10 years ago. So I am persistent and determined to make applications work they way I think they should! The old quarry isn't part of our reserve, but we hope one day to acquire it and increase our 22 acres to 80. Peregrine falcons nest on the cliffs every year. To get permission to fly in the Bristol NFZ, call Air Traffic Control on 01275 473714 and explain where you want to fly. There's a bit to do beforehand. You used to have to get permission in principle for up to 12 months from NATS using their AUP application, but this has been scrapped. Instead, some time before each flight you raise a non-standard flight request on [URL='https://nsf.nats.aero/']https://nsf.nats.aero/.[/URL] I typically do it the evening before. ATC get an email from NATS telling them about the request. Sometimes I then receive permission from ATC in the morning via email. Or I phone them up, they find the paperwork and I confirm exactly where and when I want to fly. ATC are very friendly and helpful and it's nice to chat with them. I've never had an issue getting permission, but the nature reserve is 2.5km north of the airport and well away from the flight path. Once you have their permission, you use the DJI self-unlocking procedure on their website to unlock the DJI Go 4 app and Spark so that you can actually take off. That's a bit fiddly but it works. Sometimes ATC ask you to call back when you've finished. It's all part of the fun! [/QUOTE]
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