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Old 1st May 2017, 19:18
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Drone over Headingley

Watching an excellent game of cricket at Headingley today, I noticed Sky TV were flying a substantial drone over the stadium area. At times, the drone reached what I would estimate to be about 400 ft agl. Inbound traffic to Leeds passes over the stadium at about 1500 ft so I suppose the stadium is in "controlled" airspace (sorry, my terminology may be a bit out of date)? If I flew an aircraft at 400ft over Headingley I would need special VFR clearance from Leeds ATC so how does that work with a drone where the controller is on the ground?
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