Post by Gareth Williams on Aug 29, 2020 12:54:41 GMT
The CAA has established a complex of temporary danger areas covering much of the English Channel and extending into Lydd Airport and Folkestone and Hythe. These will be applied whe required between 31st August and 30th September to allow for the operation of unmanned aircraft (drones) for surveillance operations in the Channel operating out of Lydd. The drones are operating out of direct line of sight and are not equipped with avoidance systems, hence the implementation of the danger areas.
For our purposes, the key are is centred on Lydd Airport and is a car le with a two nautical mile radius, which therefore embraces the Lade. The other area, whilst in the channel, covers parts of Folkeztone, and just touches land at Hythe. The exclusion zone operates from the ground up to 3000 ft above mean sea level. The full document is attached, on the last page is a map showing the exclusion zones.cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5f4a4ffc2986b/BRIEFING_SHEET_ENGLISH_CHANNEL_V3.pdf
For our purposes, the key are is centred on Lydd Airport and is a car le with a two nautical mile radius, which therefore embraces the Lade. The other area, whilst in the channel, covers parts of Folkeztone, and just touches land at Hythe. The exclusion zone operates from the ground up to 3000 ft above mean sea level. The full document is attached, on the last page is a map showing the exclusion zones.cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5f4a4ffc2986b/BRIEFING_SHEET_ENGLISH_CHANNEL_V3.pdf
