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The Association of Lowland Search and Rescue (ALSAR) is the UK’s governing body working across the UK to provide support for a range of rescue teams.  If you are unfortunate enough to sustain an injury or fall into a river, it is these teams you will want to come looking for you.

Since the introduction of the EASA-based ruleset for drones at the end of 2020, the UK regulator appears to have been on the back foot. The industry waited a full 2 years before the risk assessment for PDRA01 operations was first released in the form of CAP 722H. 

Set Drones to “manual” Those of us who fly regularly are used to the instruction for cabin crew to “set doors to manual”. But what does ‘manual’ mean when it comes to drones? This vexed question came up recently during a CAA audit of a Specific Category PDRA01 Operational Authorisation operator. The operator received a […]