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I'm heading there in a month or so, then onwards to St Helena - I have a penchant for wanting to visit weird and remote places. Taking a drone, I might post foo

I'm heading there in a month or so, then onwards to St Helena - I have a penchant for wanting to visit weird and remote places. Taking a drone, I might post footage here. Getting permission to visit is a laugh, I had to write to the governor and explain why I want to come (last sailing of last mail ship).

goda90 11y ago
I probably will never visit St Helena, but it makes me kind of sad that such remote places end up getting an international airport and an influx of tourists.
- madaxe_again 11y ago
  Yup. That's why I'm going now - last sailing, first flight out, it's going to change pretty fast over the next few years. I want to go to Tristan (and Inaccessible!) too, but it's going to have to wait for another trip, as I only have so much time off, and the sailings don't work for me. There's one place that'll almost certainly never get an airport.
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- Symbiote 11y ago
  I used to work with someone from St Helena (a "Saint"). She'd never left the island before she was 18, when Britain paid for her to attend university in the UK. Once in Britain, she had more money than her parents could ever get, but visiting her parents still took the best part of a month for the trip to be worthwhile. Without an airport, the island would probably depopulate.
runjake 11y ago
Are you going to post updates to the web anywhere? If so, where? I have the same penchant and am extremely curious.
- madaxe_again 11y ago
  Not likely - connectivity in both places is pretty dire (although the saints are to get a cable landing in a few yrars, to go with their shiny new airport this year), and part of my purpose to going to the middle of nowhere is to unplug.
ChuckMcM 11y ago
I'd be interested to hear if you're allowed to fly your drone anywhere.
- madaxe_again 11y ago
  Same rules as British airspace - as it is British airspace. 1000ft ceiling in fpv, spotter with line of sight, observe no-fly-zones around airports/structures. Even without a drone I've had (occasionally gunpoint) dealings with all sorts of bemused security forces around the world, so not too worried.

goda90 11y ago

I probably will never visit St Helena, but it makes me kind of sad that such remote places end up getting an international airport and an influx of tourists.

madaxe_again 11y ago
Yup. That's why I'm going now - last sailing, first flight out, it's going to change pretty fast over the next few years. I want to go to Tristan (and Inaccessible!) too, but it's going to have to wait for another trip, as I only have so much time off, and the sailings don't work for me. There's one place that'll almost certainly never get an airport.
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Symbiote 11y ago
I used to work with someone from St Helena (a "Saint"). She'd never left the island before she was 18, when Britain paid for her to attend university in the UK. Once in Britain, she had more money than her parents could ever get, but visiting her parents still took the best part of a month for the trip to be worthwhile. Without an airport, the island would probably depopulate.

runjake 11y ago

Are you going to post updates to the web anywhere? If so, where? I have the same penchant and am extremely curious.

madaxe_again 11y ago
Not likely - connectivity in both places is pretty dire (although the saints are to get a cable landing in a few yrars, to go with their shiny new airport this year), and part of my purpose to going to the middle of nowhere is to unplug.

ChuckMcM 11y ago

I'd be interested to hear if you're allowed to fly your drone anywhere.

madaxe_again 11y ago
Same rules as British airspace - as it is British airspace. 1000ft ceiling in fpv, spotter with line of sight, observe no-fly-zones around airports/structures. Even without a drone I've had (occasionally gunpoint) dealings with all sorts of bemused security forces around the world, so not too worried.