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Starting a Drone Service Business – Ten steps to success

There are few events in your professional life more rewarding than starting your own business. The ability to take an idea and grow it into a thriving entity is a dream many people share. Unlike some business endeavors that require large amounts of capital or extensive training, drones offer a chance for anyone to become […]

High-Risk Operations: Embry-Riddle bridge-inspection challenges

Pilot Report To any person who has ever uttered the phrase, “Those who can’t do, teach,” I’d like to extend an invitation: spend a day on the flight line with Dr. Scott Burgess of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Campus Department of Flight. For myself, I’ve always had the utmost respect for the teaching profession, […]

Flying After Dark

As a professional drone pilot, conquering the hours of darkness means acquiring new knowledge, thinking seriously about safety and clearing bureaucratic hurdles—but it opens up a whole new world that only a few have begun to explore. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there are 180,000 certified commercial drone operators in the United States, […]

Eyes Over the World: Aerial Photo Secrets from Around the Globe

Editor’s Note: Getting an aerial perspective on your subject is terrific, but it doesn’t guarantee that the resulting photograph will be interesting or engaging. Drone photographer Dirk Dallas knows what it takes to capture an image that stops viewers in their tracks, and his new coffee-table compilation of drone photos, “Eyes Over the World,” is […]

UAVTek Bug: Small Eye in the Sky

With its low visual profile and ability to fly in winds of up to 45 knots, UAVTek’s Bug provides full situational awareness for operators in law enforcment and the military. UAVtek has been commended with a Drone Innovation Award 2020 for its work providing Nano drones with “unrivalled capability.” The company’s managing director and founder, […]

Missing Cows Found by Drone

When a herd of cows mysteriously disappeared the quickest way to find them was to try to spot them from a bird’s-eye view. So the worried farmer turned to newly qualified drone pilot John Allcock to find the missing 100-strong herd. After all, every second was vital, especially if they had wandered onto roads. John’s […]

Remote ID & Universal Traffic Management: Your top 10 questions answered

Remote Identification (RI), Universal Traffic Management (UTM), and drones connected to wireless networks are top of mind in the drone industry right now. To get the inside story on these topics, I sat down with Skyward President Mariah Scott and Skyward Co-Founder & Director of Aviation Network Technology Eric Ringer for an Executive Roundtable webinar […]

Amazon Ski Lift Drone?

Goodbye, chairlift line, hello drone! Amazon just patented a drone that can drag skiers up a mountain using a tow handle! After calling for the drone with a smartphone, the drone would arrive at the geo-tagged location and drop a rope. The drone would then slowly drag the skier up the mountain and at the […]

Join the Deep Drone Challenge

Sponsored by Airbus, this drone hackathon will take place in September, October, and November 2020. Participants will tackle a problem around the interplay of drone technology, algorithms and artificial intelligence. About the Deep Drone Challenge The challenge will be carried out in two events (WarmUp and Final) close to Ingolstadt, Germany You can choose between two possible […]

Police Force Solution

Curious about how to best protect its 36 square mile jurisdiction—a large portion of which is occupied by a lake—the Town of Linn Police Department in Wisconsin wanted to explore the growing trend of using drones to help solve different cases, from drug busts to locating lost children and felons on the run. A popular […]