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‘The Mantis Q from Yuneec is still Chris Taylor's incredible image ‘Some of the shats we see from our
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Livingin Spain now, he's surrounded
by incrediate locations. Pictured below is
cone of his favourites, Fortuna Hills Nature
& Residentia\ Golf Resortin Murcia,
Construction started in 2007 for 3,737,
houses and by 2009 it was halted with
debts of 120 million eurasand ust left.
"We Drane Seekers callit FPV City,” he
says. There's enough Land hereto fly for
weeks with nobody to bother you.
The Murcia region of Spain has always
been popular with British expats. Indeed
there's great community there and Shaun
hhas certainly tapped into it well, Itseems
there'salso.acansiderable number of
drone fans there too,
Murcia has also been a popular movie
location over the years, thanks tait's
‘unusual landscape. Scenes for Taken 3
where filmed there as wellas the latest
Terminator movie and dozens of Western
It Looks quite authentic, tke the Wild
West! Like Arizona litle bit," said one
movie butt,
Ineffectit'sa drone user's para
With places suchas Alhama de Murcia to
explore, | thinkyou would struggle to get
bored, Pictured right, you can eeis the old
towenand the castle in front overlooking
the town, inthe old town there isa viewing
platform with views looking out over the
whole area. "itcan get very windy at times
sowe try te flyin the mornings. In the
an get very cold up there but the
drones handle it very wall,” said Shaun.
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‘The ruins stand on private property so
1 cannot legally enter the grounds to
take off, Ifyou follow Park Lane to whereit
crosses the River Slea, you will ind a public
carpark [53°01'56.4°N 0°21'07.1"W]. Park
here andthe ruins are about 300 metres
uite within reach to fy.
the Penderels Trust
want to contact
them and request permission to gatattle
er. You might just be Lucky.
ly there's very litte ofthe building
{eft now. The only part being one of the
towers. From the top down shot it seems