Drone racing takes off at Birmingham show – but only with men

Racing unmanned flying vehicles is catching on, with an event at the NEC and big prize competitions, but so far women are steering clear

Top Gun pitted Maverick and Goose against the Iceman and Viper. At the UK Drones Show Championships at Birmingham NEC on Sunday, it was Saggy Nun and Collision who competed to be crowned the nation's fastest pilot of an unmanned flying vehicle.

It was Collision, aka 22-year-old graduate trainee Brett Collis, who took the 1,000 prize in this new event in which pale young men sporting special goggles synched with flying cameras navigated an illuminated 3D obstacle course in the dark.