Recreational Airspace Users Online Workshop

eDrone Research Consortium

As part of the EPSRC e-Drone research project, this meeting will discuss the use of drones with recreational airspace users.

Participant Info Sheet available <a href="https://sotonac-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/ao2g15_soton_ac_uk/Ee3bpGxb6vpNt8zMQLVffO4BeNFhl6sW7MruwLCXbvFGcA?e=WCb4VN" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.We lead a large consortium of organisations that will be undertaking a national programme of drone flights targeted at carriage of medical supplies and urgent items for the NHS.Having already undertaken many Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights, we want to engage with a wide cross section of non-commercial airspace users such as General Aviation (GA), glider, microlight, hang glider, paramotor, hot air balloon and other such users/operators. We want to do this because the widespread use of large, long range (BVLOS) drones will particularly impact users of uncontrolled airspace (such as class G). We appreciate that within this class users currently have freedom of access and a relative lack of controls and constraints.Long range drone operations potentially introduce loss of uncontrolled airspace (through the use of Temporary Danger Areas; TDA’s) or the need for complex procedures and equipment (Transponder Mandatory Zones TMZ’s).As part of the CAA approval process the drone community is required to consult with other air-space users. However, there has been criticism from the manned aircraft community regarding this process. Concern has been raised that drone developers/operators only consult when they are required to and only in connection with each specific airspace change. This forum is an attempt to address these criticisms.The forum will give an overview of the likely exploitation and impact of drone technology over the next few years. It aims to allow a wide range of stakeholders to raise issues and give their viewpoint. In particular we want to propose a new class of airspace (“Class Lima”) and want your participation in the design of this. The outcome of the forum will be recorded, and the results published.

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