Maggie Schuster and North Central Texas are working towards greater diversity in the drone industry - critical for expansion and growth. North Central Texas - Leading the Way in Developing a Diverse Drone Workforce! By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi The autonomous flight ecosystem of tomorrow requires a concerted effort to create a diverse workforce today. Last year, a study … [Read more...] about Diversity in the Drone Industry: North Central Texas is Making it Happen
Know Before You Fly
“Know Before You Fly”: North Texas Community Steps Up to Provide Drone Flyers with Resources
Government agencies, community based organizations, professional drone pilots, or manned aircraft management - almost all drone industry stakeholders agree that getting new recreational and professional drone operators the resources they need to understand the rules and fly safely is a huge challenge. The North Texas UAS Safety and Integration Task Force is stepping up with … [Read more...] about “Know Before You Fly”: North Texas Community Steps Up to Provide Drone Flyers with Resources
Major Drone Groups Cement Support for Know Before You Fly
“Partnership” may be the best way to describe the recent AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 conference in Chicago. Across the expo, hundreds of UAV-centric groups and companies found new ways to collaborate to make an already-vibrant industry more effective. In the arena of drone-issue public education, perhaps no relationship is stronger than the new commitment between the host group, … [Read more...] about Major Drone Groups Cement Support for Know Before You Fly
Know Before You Fly Reaches 500,000 Drone Operators
The Know Before You Fly safety campaign announced today that they have reached more than 500,000 unique since the launching the educational program in December 2014. "The robust traffic to the Know Before You Fly website is evidence that the safety campaign is potentially reaching the majority of people flying or interested in flying UAS," says the campaign's press … [Read more...] about Know Before You Fly Reaches 500,000 Drone Operators
FAA: Fly Safe for the Holidays
Taking a new (kinder, gentler) approach towards educating the anticipated throngs of holiday drone operators, the FAA has published a kid-friendly educational guide for parents to print out and give with the holiday drone. Emphasizing the fact that drones are aircraft, and that drone operators are pilots, the FAA announcement of the "safety checklist" takes a friendly and … [Read more...] about FAA: Fly Safe for the Holidays
