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UK flights overhead

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Can someone advise on how the following would be allowed in the UK?

On loads of documentary programs now in-between takes (channel 4 /5) you can see UAV video overflying populated areas of town, which are quite clearly directly overhead people. As an example, look at any "Cant pay, Take it away" and you'll see when the voice-over person says the UK stats, etc, there is normally an areal shot overflying an area.

How can this be achieved within the law, as I know from our own ground school, etc that overflights of this nature are not allowed ?
 
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Yea this is a open area for interpretation, what is classes as over, if you could cast a shadow of the spot on the ground the size of the aircraft then is it 1mm, the whole thing ?
 
OSC? May be considered acceptable by CAA with ballistic parachute. The funny thing is that they love these things even though they add a huge uncertainty into where the drone will land/crash. With them it's all about reducing energy of impact, not the type of impact or whether a car windscreen will be suddenly obscured by a parachute.
 
Simplest way is to stick a longer focal length lens on the camera, that way it looks like you're flying over stuff when you're actually still well clear it. 25mm and 45mm on the Inspire's fit the bill for this.

A larger Hex or Octa along with the Holy Grail of a reduced distance OSC would also help ;) :D

But most likely way for many Journo's and ENG crews... they just run-n-gun & fly from the roadside.
 

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