Agreed - but the intention to extend the NFZ 4.6km radius plus runway extensions to small rural airfields seems like an overreaction.
Of course I would say that because the new NFZ when applied to my local White Waltham airfield will place my back yard inside the NFZ so I will no longer be able to fly since my age and infirmities limit my ability to travel.
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The Government's full drone response is worth reading because it is not all bad for recreational pilots. Police powers have been reined in, for example, and proposed penalties for offenders have been reduced.
But they confirm that built-in NFZs are coming, which has been obvious for a while.
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And the previously tabled compulsory drone registration and online competency test will come into force at the end of November.
These are a slight inconvenience but much less damaging to the industry than enforcing expensive live flying training and tests.