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End of the Pier show

End of the Pier show

After a winter of discontent made glorious summer by this Pier of wood (excuse the Richard III quote slightly mangled), it felt great to be getting out and about again with my inspire 2 drone. Boscombe Pier was my second drone shoot in a week. The first in contrasting drizzly murk was around Southampton comparingRead more about End of the Pier show[…]

Racing boats under Brunel’s beautiful bridge

Racing boats under Brunel’s beautiful bridge

By Simon Ludgate Just back from filming a new drone video on the Tamar River near Plymouth. The river divides two English counties – Devon and Cornwall. It was a challenging shoot technically. Flying hazards like the beautiful bridges featured in the film, tall masts of boats and dozens of “gig” racing boats whizzing aroundRead more about Racing boats under Brunel’s beautiful bridge[…]

Window on the stars

Window on the stars

The British Isles are full of little nuggets which surprise you. With Neil Armstrong’s famous words rattling round my brain I went to Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall for the 50th Anniversary of the first moon landing. The station received that transmission from space and beamed it around Europe. If it hadn’t been forRead more about Window on the stars[…]

How to set up a drone downlink and broadcast live

How to set up a drone downlink and broadcast live

Did you know you can broadcast your cool drone shots live to the world? If you are all over that already, then great. If not, here is my step by step pictorial guide on how you set up your link. It is quite easy and it does work really well. I am going to useRead more about How to set up a drone downlink and broadcast live[…]

Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber

Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber

What better way to spend a sunny afternoon in Florida than fly round the Bermuda Triangle in a World War 2 bomber? Except it’s not any old bomber. This is a newly-restored Avenger. Identical to the ones which disappeared in the biggest unexplained Bermuda Triangle mystery just after the end of the war. It’s knownRead more about Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber[…]