In 2025, we flew 22 of Glenwood’s residential buildings to capture footage that could be used to update and rebrand their building tour content. With each fly taking 1-2 months to be approved by the FAA and NYPD Drone Unit, and working around weather and wind limitations in each 1-5 […]
In Autumn 2025, we did a permitted fly of the Gowanus Canal. One of the buildings on the Canal is a non-profit arts center, PowerHouse Arts, that we were able to develop a teaser video for, utilizing some of the Canal footage. Because the physical structure of PHA is so […]
James Haig was a highly regarded senior flight instructor in the USAF, familiar with all aspects of curriculums, simulations, flys, and testing. These are his notes about the similar requirements for pilots of autonomous flying vehicles.
The Coming Urban Air Mobility Air Travel Revolution Trillions of dollars are being spent on urban air mobility projects by the likes of Toyota, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Intel Corp, NASA, Airbus, and Boeing. Funny enough, this has not yet hit mainstream media. This revolution in air travel […]
Good think piece about the steps involved in creating drone divisions in city government. We’ve seen some of these issues up close.
Liability/Vendor Vetting We use a proprietary scorecard to rate flying vendors and only accept “highly recommended” scoring ones with all the proper insurance, training, and credentials. Safety Risk management is at the core of all of our work. All equipment is inspected, flights are only scheduled for perfect weather days, […]
Marketing/Entertainment Advertising Agency, Direct 3. DJI Mavic Pro Cine Facades DOB white paper DOB 3. DJI Mavic Pro Cine Transportation Traffic Surveys DOT 4. Autel Evo Max 4T Infrastructure Bridges, City Buildings, Tunnels MTA DOT Port Authority 3. DJI Mavic Pro Cine 4. Autel Evo Max 4T Emergency Search & […]
Chapter 24, section Three, titled Applications, details what must be contained in the application. It lists the requirements to explain who you are, what you want to do with the drone, where and when you want to fly, the type of drone, registration, insurance requirements, and lastly data and cyber […]
Automated Drone Bridge Inspection with Pipe China. Of course it is a sell sheet, but it gives a good idea of the potential for near future deployments of preliminary inspections of city infrastructure.