Let's hope not! After about 18 months of flying, unfortunately, the P4A has had a serious crash. Even though I do fly it quite frequently, I do swap-out the props for new ones about ever 10-15 hours. On this occasion, it seems, that wasn't frequent enough. As a result, while it was about 100ft away and 30ft high, a prop snapped which immediately caused it to drop onto the thick mud of the River Mersey river bank. Many drone pilots have said that there is nothing more heart-breaking than walking away carrying only the controller - on this day, I came very close! Even though it was unlucky for a prop to fail, it could have failed while the drone was over the river and it would never be seen again. Also, it could have failed while it was over rocks on the river bank and have been smashed to pieces. As it happened, it failed while it was over very soft river mud. Walking out to it was very treacherous, very fortunately, their was some kind help offered from 2 guys who were better prepared than I was by roping themselves together. As a result - it was successfully retrieved. Damage: both legs broken, gimbal yaw arm bent, lower plastic shell cracked, smart battery swollen (discarded). On opening up the shell, mud had to be cleaned out from most places. Even with a cracked lower shell, it does still fly! With a bit of help, it might be possible to fix the final part of it whereby the camera doesn't send images to the controller and the controller doesn't send commands to the camera. So, the generally trustworthy P4A will now be retired until it can be fully fixed. DJI no-longer support this model, so it was flying without a Care Refresh package. Music kindly provided by: Quiet Music for Tiny Robots, "Lullaby for a Broken Circuit", under the guidelines of a Creative Commons BY-NC License. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-7yUTlLbKo

http://www.grannyannies.co.uk Well, THIS has been one of the most bonkers places to fly so far! Many thanks to the Granny Annie's staff for agreeing to and arranging access for this flight. Drone was a DJI P4A, collision sensors switched off, gps off, gimbol using +30 degree upward sweep. Building had many huge steel girders which caused take-off refusals due to magnetic interference. Although this was flown out of hours - closed to the public - it was still a very tight place to manoeuvre in - some take-offs were aborted due to prop-wash causing instability. One of the landings was bouncing very close to a bench :~) While this was flown by me, Granny Annie's also have a full unedited copy of the drone footage to produce another version of this film. "Hey!" version: https://youtu.be/PwvuQTM-BIc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT0geGPxDK8

Liverpool 1 Shopping Centre immediate tribute to the announcement of the death of HRH Queen Elizabeth II ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcMnQoAXTY8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever Here, the present condition of the site that was referred to in "Strawberry Fields Forever". Yes, free copyright clearance to use a version of the song in this video was sought - see below. Perhaps the royalty-free songs used emphasise that this was always a "The Salvation Army" location- not a "The Beatles" location. Music: Song: Strawberry Fields Forever Artist: Andy Timmons Band Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCxksJO7EHw Writers: Paul McCartney, John Lennon Licensed to YouTube by Sony ATV Publishing, UBEM, CMRRA, and 1 Music Rights Societies Let's see if Sony are true to their word... RE: Strawberry Fields forever FilmTVInquiries@sonyatv.com 29/11/2018 23:16 To: River Mersey Hello River, Thank you for contacting Sony/ATV with your inquiry on uploading copyrighted material to YouTube. Provided that your content is (i) not branded, (ii) does not promote a company, non-profit, or any organization, & (iii) you are not planning to monetize the video, then you are free to upload to YouTube. After you have completed uploading your video a notification will appear identifying the matched portion of the audio contained in your video with the Sony/ATV-controlled composition. This claim means that YouTube has identified our track and is now monetizing on our behalf. This does not have any negative effect on your channel. Simply acknowledge the claim and your video will appear as normal. If you do wish to monetize directly from your video or are part of a managed MCN you are required to secure a license. Synch licensing inquiries may be obtained at AdvertisingInquiries@sonyatv.com or FilmTVInquiries@sonyatv.com . For mechanical / cover video licensing inquires please refer to the agency We Are The Hits at wearethehits.com. Thank you, Sony/ATV From: River Mersey Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2018 12:37 AM To: SMP Film & TV Inquiries FilmTVInquiries@sonyatv.com Subject: Strawberry Fields forever Hi I've just flown over the original site of strawberry Fields with my DJI phantom 4 drone - it's now a building site. As a hobbyist flyer, non commercial, I'm wondering if I could ask for permission to use this sound track as backing for my video on YouTube please - fully credited. Best wishes, River Mersey ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76X_ygDZFtA