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Hi everyone, Well... Here we go! The one you've been asking for... The main reason I've been quiet on the channel for the last 6 months or so and what role the UK CAA had to play in my silence! Link to the AAIB report, as mentioned in the video HERE: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-...​ Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

IT'S OFFICIAL, TOMORROW'S DJI LAUNCH WILL BE THE DJI MINI 2 DRONE. THE UPDATED, 4K SUCCESSOR TO THE DJI MAVIC MINI! Hey Everyone! A BIG ONE TONIGHT!!! We've just received official, unofficial confirmation that DJI's release WILL be for the Mini 2 (the new name for the updated Mavic Mini Drone). The drone will feature: - 31 minutes flight time - OcuSync 2.0 (10Km range where legal) - A 4K, 30fps camera capable of 100Mbps! - RRP £419 for aircraft and £579 for the FlyMore Combo You can preorder yours now at: https://www.uavhub.com There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR UK DRONE OPERATORS... Hey everyone & welcome to the channel! Today, a reminder for all UK PfCO holders (past and present) that if you don't have a valid PfCO on the 31st December 2020, then you'll have to do your commercial drone training course AGAIN, if you want those permissions in the future... That's right, if you let your PfCO expire and don't have it valid when we move over to the new drone regulations, you'll need to do a GVC training course (including flight test in most cases) in order to be able to fly under the 'top' tier of permissions in the UK. To help everyone get themselves ready for this, you can get £50 off our Operations Manual update service by using the link below... The discount will be included automatically at checkout. The code is valid until midnight on the 7th November 2020... Let us complete get your Ops Manual up to date, so you can get your renewal into the CAA in the next few weeks... No risk, no fuss! https://www.mrmpw.com/discount/76W9TG... Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below... There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

UPDATE ON THE CAA DMARES - DRONE OPERATOR RENEWAL SYSTEM - FAILS AND WINS!!! Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well! Thanks so much for ALL your messages over the last few days - about the channel AND, more importantly, about the situation surrounding the CAA Drone Operator Registration Renewal Portal. Looks like it's a 50 / 50 split... Some people are getting it done just fine and KEEPING their Operator ID's, with their registration date being preserved... And the rest of us... Well, we're still battling with no payment options, no renewal options and being given new Operator ID's and losing a few weeks of registration 'time' because the process hasn't worked as intended... FRUSTRATING isn't the word. The CAA have been asking people to give them another week to get it sorted, so we'll do that, check again and keep you all up to date. ALSO: Some interesting NEWS about the changes to the Registration Scheme in the next 12 months! Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below; how has your experience been? Did you register in the first place? If so, are you going to renew There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

CAA DMARES - DRONE OPERATOR RENEWAL UPDATE & NEWS!!! First off - I'm sorry I've been away for so long; needed to divert my attention to family and friends during the situation over the summer and make sure we made it through ok as a family... I hope you're all doing well & have managed to keep safe throughout! :) Hey everyone, we've been asking the CAA as a community, what their plans were surrounding renewals for the Drone Operator Registration Scheme for a few months now... With little to no response from them. Today, we have some news about the registration scheme and renewal of your Operator ID - in the form of the first round of Renewal Reminder Emails, which have been sent out to a bunch of registered operators... Great news that they're reminding us, but it doesn't seem like the renewal portal is working correctly at the moment... Fingers crossed they'll fix it quickly and we can all keep using our 'current' Operator ID's, rather than having to be issued new ones but... We'll see! Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below; how has your experience been? Did you register in the first place? If so, are you going to renew There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Mark Boyt from Drone Safe Register: https://dronesaferegister.org.uk/ Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) and tonight's special guest Tom Pattison, Movie & TV Drone Pilot and CAA Instructor/Examiner from UAVHub! Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

EASA DELAY END OF DRONE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS UNTIL 1 Jan 2023!!! LOTS of you have asked for this and we've finally managed to plough through all the changes to the regulations... And there's a BIG REVEAL which is great news for drone pilots in EASA... And hopefully in the UK too! :) Link to the EASA DELAY - BREAKING NEWS VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/Rb7f0ke3f_E Link to the CAA EASA Implementation Communication HERE: https://mailchi.mp/d25498039828/drone... Please feel free to rate the video and leave any comments or questions below... There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

CAN YOU CONVERT YOUR CAA PFCO DRONE LICENSE TO THE NEW GVC? Hey everyone! :) Hopefully this one can clear up a little bit of confusion which seems to be cropping up surrounding people who want to 'upgrade' or 'convert' their PfCO to the new CAA GVC Drone Certificate! Please feel free to rate the video and leave any comments or questions below and keep your questions coming in - I'm here and happy to help however I can. There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) and tonight's special guest Will Glover, Movie, TV & Live Broadcast Drone Pilot Legend from Fleye Aerial! Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

CAA OFFICIALLY DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW Drone LAWS UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2020!!! Frustrating to many, great news for some... Hot off the press; the CAA announced a few minutes ago that the EU are delaying the Implementing Regulation which 'brings in' the new Drone Laws... Until the 31st December 2020. Link to the CAA EASA Implementation Communication HERE: https://mailchi.mp/d25498039828/drone... Please feel free to rate the video and leave any comments or questions below... There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

WHAT CAN DRONE PILOTS DO WITH THE DJI MAVIC MINI AFTER THE 2020 EASA AND CAA DRONE RULES BEGIN... IF YOU DON'T REGISTER AS A DRONE OPERATOR?

CAN YOU LEGALLY FLY YOUR DRONE FROM PUBLIC LAND, RIGHTS OF WAY AND IN PARKS IN THE UK?

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) and tonight's special guest Adam Howard-Dobson, TV Drone Pilot Hero from Echo-Alfa! Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

BIG NEWS FOR FPV PILOTS IN THE CAA CAP1789!!!

UK CAA GIVE GREEN LIGHT FOR SMALL DRONES TO USE 'FOLLOW ME' FEATURES - MORE GOOD NEWS FROM THE UK CAA!!!

THE UK CAA WILL BE TRACKING ALL DRONE FLIGHTS AND REMOTE ID WILL BE MANDATORY!!!

CE DRONE CLASSES WILL NOT BE APPLIED TO LEGACY DRONES RETROSPECTIVELY!!!

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) Commercial Drone LEGEND - Peter Ayriss aka 'The Film Drone Pilot', who has worked on Hollywood films such as Ready Player One, Star Wars and many others... You can find Pete at www.thefilmdronepilot.com . Make sure you check him out and ask him for a FREE sticker on his website! Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

THE DJI MAVIC MINI HAS JSUT BECOME THE ULTIMATE DRONE FOR UK DRONE PILOTS - GOOD NEWS FROM THE UK CAA!!!

WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE DETROIT DRONE HAD HIT THE BLUE ANGELS DURING FLIGHT...

THE PROCESS FOR GETTING PERMISSIONS TO FLY YOUR DRONE IN NO FLY ZONES AND CONTROLLED AIRSPACE HAS CHANGED!

BUSTING MYTHS ABOUT THE CAA A2 CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY DRONE COURSE - THE TOP 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) Ian from the drone YouTube channel 'Ian in London' talking about his hands on experience with the DJI Mavic Air 2, since his arrived yesterday! Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

CAA CAP 1789 BRINGS SOME GOOD DRONE NEWS & PUTS LEGACY DRONES ON A DIET!

UAVHUB DRONE FLIGHT ASSESSMENTS FOR GVC AND PFCO ARE STARTING AGAIN!!!

CAN YOU FLY DRONES DURING THE LOCKDOWN WITH THE UPDATED GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE?!

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Thanks to: Sean from @Geeksvana for joining us tonight; giving his thoughts on this week's news from the drone world! :) Alex Cameron from Echo Alfa talking about what they get up to, how they've become one of the biggest names in the drone industry in the UK and how their new ONLINE Courses could help you improve your skills during the lockdown! You can check out their courses at the link below and use the code MRMPW50 to get a whopping 50% off their Davinci Resolve Course! https://enroll.echoalfa.academy/ Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

CAN YOU FLY A DRONE IN YOUR GARDEN DURING THE LOCKDOWN?!

TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY DURING THE LOCKDOWN?!

THE DJI MAVIC AIR 2 HAS OFFICIALLY 'LANDED'... IS IT THE BEST DRONE FOR HOBBY PILOTS?!?

ARE YOU BEING CONVINCED TO WASTE YOUR MONEY ON USELESS DRONE COURSES?!?

DJI HAVE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THE MAVIC AIR 2... BUT, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS 'IN-BETWEENER'?!?

Join the conversation on discord: https://discord.gg/KJmTsQQ Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA... Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content!

UK CAA EASA RULES START DATE CHANGE - ANNOUNCED!!!

***CAA CONFIRMATION - DRONE PILOT CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS*** A couple of weeks ago, the UK CAA Announced that they were changing the drone pilot currency requirements for commercial drone operators due to the ongoing worldwide situation. The wording of the changes were a little confusing though and LOTS of you asked for positive clarification from the CAA... So, we reached out to them and this is their response... Want your question answered on the channel? Drop your questions into the comments below and we'll start to get through them all as quickly as we can! :) Links to useful videos and documents below:

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!! Which course is right for you the CAA A2 C of C or the GVC? Depending on your circumstances, either one of the new CAA Drone Training courses could be the correct fit for you... And sometimes, you might be better NOT doing the more expensive GVC Course over the A2 CofC. In this video, we answer a subscriber's question about which course is right for them. Want your question answered on the channel? Drop your questions into the comments below and we'll start to get through them all as quickly as we can! :) ***Apologies for the Audio and video quality on this one - we're still trying to battle with not having everything set-up in the studio and working out of the garage... We're getting there and are hoping to be back up to our usual production standard ASAP! :) *** Links to useful videos and documents below:

Welcome to this week's LIVESTREAM event - a general catch-up with the drone community and an update on the latest information from the UK CAA.. Looking to purchase stuff from AMAZON? See the gear we use and recommend and help the channel by purchasing through our affiliate link. It costs you nothing but allows us to keep improving and bringing you new and helpful content! https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mrmpw LINK to CAA COVID-19 EXEMPTION - Official Record Series (ORS) 4 - Exemption 1360: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/... Links to useful videos and documents below:

WHAT IS THE 'KING OF DRONE PERMISSIONS' IN THE UK? The CAA's mechanism for getting drone permissions, that are better than the 'standard permissions' is the Operating Safety Case. Yes - when the new EASA regulations go 'live' on the 1st July 2020, there are 'bolt-ons' in the framework which should eventually allow you to be able to fly in congested areas, close to uninvolved persons... However, this seems like it's going to be at least 2-3 years off and will require additional training AND specific aircraft - whereas the OSC process remains the same as ever and is becoming increasingly 'useful' as competition in the industry increases. LINK to the OSC Seminar Product Page: https://www.mrmpw.com/collections/fea... Links to useful videos and documents for drone operators below:

NEW EXEMPTION ISSUED BY THE CAA - EXTENSION TO PfCO EXPIRY DATES DUE TO COVID 19... The CAA have issued a minimum 3 month extension to PfCO expiry dates due to the ongoing issues surrounding the current COVID 19 Outbreak. We take a quick look at the exemption and what it means to us as drone operators in the UK and you can find the official Exemption from CAA at the link below... LINK to CAA COVID-19 EXEMPTION - Official Record Series (ORS) 4 - Exemption 1360: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/... Links to useful videos and documents below:

Update for UAVHub Clients, friends and Channel followers... There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

CAN USING A FLIGHT SIMULATOR MAKE LEARNING TO FLY CHEAPER? Whilst talking in the last video about the 5 main reasons I could see which are preventing General Aviation in the UK from growing, the big one which we omitted was the cost of learning to fly. Obviously, this is really high... But, are people helping themselves? With how awesome modern flight simulators like X-Plane and the upcoming Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 are, could you save a bunch of time (and therefore, money) by learning lots of things by flying and practising in a flight sim? Please feel free to rate the video and leave any comments or questions below... There are more videos and reviews coming all the time so be sure to check back regularly or subscribe to stay up to date! Blue skies, Matt _____________________________________

THIS WEEK'S DRONE QUESTION AND ANSWER LIVESTREAM! Hey everyone - welcome to this LIVE episode... We run these sessions every 2 weeks for you, the drone and aviation community! :) Thanks to everyone who joined the last one, on the 14th February, unfortunately due to losing my voice I wasn't about to do a livestream 2 weeks ago. Kicking off I'll be talking about the CAA EASA withdrawal and how that may or may not impact the drone industry and then I'll take questions from you the viewers. Link to the UAVHUB - 'HUBSUB' - https://courses.uavhub.com/courses/th... Link to the Drone Masterclass Training - https://www.uavhub.com/products/drone... Links to useful videos and documents below:

CAA UPDATE - UPCOMING 2020 DRONE LAWS VS UK WITHDRAWAL FROM EUROPE. We've had confirmation from the CAA, that the Drone Regulations in the UK are set to change to the new EASA regulations on July 1st 2020 as per the current plan. This means that the only options for getting enhanced permissions (over and above having to operate in the A3 subcategory of the Open Category) are to complete either the A2 C of C, the GVC or gain an OSC. IF YOU HAVE A PfCO - KEEP IT CURRENT, DON'T LET IT LAPSE AND/OR GET ONE IN PLACE IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED YOUR TRAINING... BEFORE 1st JULY 2020. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL MEAN YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING COURSE WITH A CAA RAE BEFORE YOU WILL BE GRANTED PERMISSIONS AGAIN BY THE CAA! Links to useful videos and documents below:

HELP SPREAD THE WORD BY CLICKING THE LINK TO TWEET THIS VIDEO TO GRANT SHAPPS - https://ctt.ac/N56GK UK TO WITHDRAW FROM EASA - HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE NEW DRONE REGULATIONS? The drone industry in the UK is in a state of flux at the moment; mainly due to the proposed changes in the UK Drone regulations, to the new, EASA regulations... There's already a fair dollop of confusion surrounding the upcoming changes; not helped at all by the CAA and DfT REFUSING to listen to the community and give us all some strategic direction. This was exacerbated over the weekend by the media announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps 'letting slip; to the media that the UK will formally withdraw from EASA. We've asked the CAA for definitive direction on this and at the moment; we've not been given and black and white answers. So, here's my open letter to the CAA and Grant Shapps; asking for them to confirm the current position and provide ALL OF US with some strategic communications and guidance, so we can work out what the HELL the future looks like for us over the coming months. Links to useful videos and documents below:

NEW DRONE REGULATIONS ARE COMING TO THE UK THIS SUMMER - WHAT ARE THEY? Over the last few months, since the UK CAA announced the upcoming changes to the UK Drone Regulations which come into effect on the 1st July 2020; we've tried to get the message out to as many people as possible. Unfortunately, the changes are quite complicated at first glance... So we decided to try and bust the confusion and make them as simple to understand as we possibly could! In today's video, we dive on in and take a look at the upcoming UK CAA Drone Regulations... In 4 minutes(ish)! ;) Links to useful videos and documents below:

CAN YOU MAKE £65K PER YEAR AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT IN THE DRONE INDUSTRY? There are lots of Drone Training Companies in the industry; particularly in the UK who it seems are 'Selling the Dream' of becoming a VERY well paid commercial drone operator... But, is it possible to earn the kind of amounts which some of these Drone Training Schools are telling people or is it just a lot of hot air? In today's video, we dive on in and take a look... Links to useful videos and documents below:

Back Next Week :-)

IS SELLING SPADES THE BEST WAY TO MAKE MONEY IN THE DRONE INDUSTRY? The 'Drone Gold Rush' has been much talked about within the drone industry over the past few years... But, is it actually over? Did it exist in the first place, or is the industry just following the well-documented 'Technology Adoption Curve'? In today's video, we dive on in and take a look... Links to useful videos and documents below: