As one of Henry Do's shots is taken from an altitude higher than the Eiffel Tower, and therefore at least 200 meters into illegal airspace, it is not unreasonable to then assume that the photo taken whilst hovering over the Arc du Triomphe roundabout is also unauthorised.

If this is indeed the case, I do hope that his publishing them on the internet leads to a conviction.

It is a pretty old stock photo of an early DJI Phantom with a non-stabilised Go-Pro. Nonetheless, it a good choice as a photo, as the Phantom heralded the beginning of the 'scourge of drones'. Before the arrival of the Phantom, multirotor copters were pretty much all kit built, plus home-brewed experiments as modellers sought to understand which combinations of frames, motors, speed controllers and Flight Controls worked best and endless frustrations with analog gimbals, servos, belts, linkages and post stabilisation of wobbly video.

DJI had started off producing Flight stabilisation systems for single rotor r/c helicopters and used their experience to manufacture the Wookong Flight Control system for multi-rotors. The German open source project that became Mikrokopter was the main innovator of multi-rotor drones with rather basic airframes and a complicated but very reliable electronic Flight Control. The DJI Wookong had a much more user friendly interface that made adjustable parameters more understandable.

DJI then expanded their product range with the S800 hexacopter kit and the excellent Zenmuse Z15 brushless gimbal for the Panasonic GH2 and Sony A2 ( I think it was the A2. Was it?). Suddenly it was possible to fly a camera without having to spend hours stabilising all the footage before it could be edited.

The type of people spending all the money on all of this kit were mostly modellers, with many coming from manual flight single rotor helicopters. Even with modern computerised radios, these single rotor helicopters required considerable skill to fly and they demanded very strict maintenance habits and a good deal of technical know how.

Then the awful day arrived and DJI released the Phantom. A fly-out-of-the-box quadcopter designed for idiots ... and eagerly snapped up by idiots in their thousands. Idiots with no grounding in r/c aero-modelling, flight principles, rigorous maintenance or etiquette, whose primary aim appeared to be seeking YouTube Likes with irresponsible feats of daring do, like flying through the clouds.

'Flyaways' became synonymous with Phantoms. Not that the Phantoms were unreliable. It was the stupid operators who did not understand the equipment and how to set it up and use it properly.

Governments and Civil Aviation Authorities freaked and regulations started appearing thick and fast. Nothing wrong with that except that they targeted entirely the wrong group of users, the commercial sector. The sector that was comprised of a fairly small number of experienced operators who had been involved in the single rotor helicopter aerial photography market before the 'drone' arrived and who largely operated in a responsible manner. The authorities completely ignored the hobby sector. And it was the hobby sector that was, and still is, the problem, largely fueled by the inexpensive DJI Phantom.

Of course, it is probably not thrill seeking hobby idiots disrupting Gatwick, but I am only talking about the use of the Phantom photo. It is entirely appropriate and justified. They should be outlawed and banned, along with Mavics and all the other cheap offerings, and made available ONLY to operators who have taken the considerable trouble and expense of attaining recognised competence qualifications through theory and practical exams, have a CAA issued authorisation to operate and who necessarily hold the correct insurances. Regardless of whether they are commercial or hobby operators.

RTF 'Drones', and specifically the DJI Phantom, are responsible for completely ruining regular r/c aero-modelling for thousands of hobbyists, because they will now ALL have to register all of their models and be subjected to overbearing regulation. And all because of some silly little c**ts with their Phantoms.

My first reaction as well. I met the Amimon team at the 2012 IBC. They had a tiny little booth buried at the back somewhere. Paralinx was sharing a booth with someone else and Teradek were doing what they do - massive marketing and publicity with a huge display, complete with glass walled broadcasting TV studio.

Teradek produces nothing better than anyone else, because they are all using the same Amimon technology, but has prevailed through sheer brute force corporate marketing.

This is not good news for the consumer.

My sentiments precisely Richard Krall. Apple has completely lost the plot.

Over the past seven years they have removed all the connectivity and versatility of their laptops in this ridiculous obsession with thin. To add insult to it all there are now built in fkng EMOJIS. I detest, detest, detest Apple's direction with both hardware and their OS which becomes more kindergarten with every iteration, and their stupid six month update cycle that obseletes not only your computers but all your ancillary gear and software at a ludicrous rate.

I started rebelling six years ago and I keep two 2011 iMacs running, with SSD and HD installed, and a 2010 17" special order MBP. So easy to open and service, modify, upgrade or repair ALL of them. I have Firewire, USB, Ethernet, Thunderbolt, CD/DVD drive, SD slot and an Express 34 bay that gives me eSATA and USB3.

No need to lug around docking bays, adapters, external DVD drives.

I felt myself being surprised that everyone was not kitted out in hazmat-style anti-dust suits, hair nets and face masks.

The "10 Best Drones"?
Not setting the bar very high are we?