Drone Pilots

Courtesy of DroneUp The new DroneUp training, testing and research center is supporting rapid growth for the company and a career path for drone pilots.  A DRONELIFE Exclusive interview, from the floor of Commercial UAV Expo. by Paul Rossi, DRONELIFE Contributor and Chief Operations Officer and Chief Pilot at Nine …

Drone Cadets on Dawn of Drones this week, with Tony Reid!  Stream below Wednesday, July 27 at 11:00 AM EST: This week, we continue “Innovation” Month (sponsor: Glass G) on the Dawn of Drones Podcast! Join Dawn with special guest Tony Reid Founder of Drone Cadets! Drone Cadets provides a …

The U.S. Air Force and Drone Racing League (DRL) share a passionate interest in showcasing drone pilot skills and encouraging new entrants into the drone industry. Continue reading, or listen below: Now, the US Air Force and Drone Racing League have partnered to “showcase their mutual commitment to ‘Innovate, Accelerate, …

Skyfish M4 US manufacturer Skyfish produces survey-grade engineering drones that are rapidly emerging as a critical tool for large enterprise and government clients.  Now, Skyfish and DroneLogbook have partnered to provide the compliance data that drone pilots and large customers require. Skyfish has announced the addition of secure, enhanced mission data …

The FAA Wings program has been around for a long time, helping aviators to improve their flight skills.  The FAA Safety Team (FAAST) also offers free classes that benefit drone operators – an excellent resource for public safety professionals and others to keep learning.  There are classes focused specifically on …

For drone photographers, selling drone stock images can be a frustrating exercise.  Revenue models often don’t recognize the hard work of the artist: for purchasers, cheap sites don’t always guarantee clear use rights or that the image was procured legally.  HOsiHO (HSH) – which is a French language play that …

A DroneUp patent, published today, demonstrates just why the company is leading the pack of large service providers. Three years ago, Tom Walker and his partners had a great idea.  What if there were an automated system that allowed a central agency like DroneUp to enter a job into a …

Image: Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez Along with everything else these days, FAA testing centers across the country have closed.  But what does that mean for new pilots waiting to take their Part 107 Remote Pilots Certification test?  What if your Part 107 Certification has expired, as they all do after …

DRONELIFE honors talented people and innovative companies of all types – and we try to do our part to promote diversity in the industry.   March 8, 2019 is International Women’s Day, so we reached out to women and men in all areas of the industry to get their thoughts …

With the steady improvement of autonomous flight modes and safety features from DJI and futuristic computer vision from the likes of Skydio, you might think that the way we pilot drones is only heading one way: to true autonomy. Also known as not really needing to pilot them at all. …