Sally French

The four-day high school pilot summer camp, called Fly K-State Academy, will be held at Kansas State Polytechnic. It runs from July 22-25, 2019 and costs $1,200 (inclusive of all program supplies and instruction, 3.5 hours of flight time and 1 hour of simulator time, all meals and lodging in K-State Polytechnic residence halls). The Fly K-State Academy camp is open to high school students entering their freshman through senior year. In addition to working in the Stevens Flight Center and hands on learning on the flight line, students will stay in the residence halls, use the student life center and experience life as a K-State Polytechnic pilot student.

It’s also a great way to learn answers to tricky questions in the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate exam, as many of the topics addressed in the webinar relate to questions on the test (passing the Part 107 test is a requirement to be able to operate a drone commercially in the U. S.). How to identify what airspace you are operating in Registration opens on April 25 at 9 A.M. ET. How to use FAA Drone Zone Registration opens on July 3 at 9 A.M. ET. How public safety agencies can fly drones during emergencies Registration opens on August 1 at 9 A.M. ET.

The 2019 Lincoln County Photo Festival will host a drone workshop this year, and it will be led by yours truly, The Drone Girl. The annual Lincoln County Photo Festival takes place this year on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 in Caliente, Nevada. The Lincoln County Photo Festival drone workshop will be held on Friday, June 21 at 11 a.m. You’ll learn not just how to improve your aerial photography and accompany editing skills, but you’ll also gain important knowledge on how to fly drones legally — and how to make money from your aerial photography work.

Behind Joby Aviation came PrecisionHawk, which raised $75 million in January 2018 to “build upon its lead” in the commercial drone space by expanding its team, developing its products, and making “strategic acquisitions,” according to a statement. At the end of 2018, DJI announced it had selected PrecisionHawk as its new provider of airspace data in North America, replacing former provider AirMap. Other notable funding rounds went to Skydio ($42 million), which designs ultra-flashy, sensor-covered drones that can be operated without a control, Israeli industrial dronemaker Airobotics ($40 million) drone entertainment company Verity Studios ($18 million), which put on the drone scene in Cirque du Soleil, drone delivery company Matternet ($16 million), and teen-helmed consumer drone maker Teal ($11 million). DRONEII’s report also quells fears that the drone industry could be seeing a slowdown, particularly some major news shocked many in the drone industry last year. But instead, the report found that a total of $702 million was invested into the drone industry in 2018, which is actually up from $625 million in 2017.