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Little Dipper Sky Shots is managed by Principle Operator Simon Ludgate, an award-winning tv director. We offer aerial photography for broadcast, corporate, agricultural, surveying and architectural applications.
That sinking feeling
05 Mar
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That sinking feeling

March is the “quiet” part of the year. Time to take stock, catch up on CAA changes and do some maintenance. The CAA fly exclusion zone around ATZs (air traffic zones) is being extended to 5 km from 1 km. Everyone who owns a drone will need to take a simple online knowledge test, registerRead more about That sinking feeling[…]

Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber
27 Feb
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Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber

What better way to spend a sunny afternoon in Florida than fly round the Bermuda Triangle in a World War 2 bomber? Except it’s not any old bomber. This is a newly-restored Avenger. Identical to the ones which disappeared in the biggest unexplained Bermuda Triangle mystery just after the end of the war. It’s knownRead more about Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber[…]

Where it all began
25 Feb
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Where it all began

There is that moment in every flying enthusiast’s life. They undergo that amazing lightbulb moment where they get the bug. For me it was on a shoot in Miami investigating the myth or otherwise of the Bermuda Triangle. Half way down the Florida Keys is an airport. It’s built on the narrow ribbon of landRead more about Where it all began[…]