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Drones in Agriculture: Weighing up the costs involved
Drones are an excellent investment for agribusiness across Australia, creating never before seen efficiencies in operations. But how do the costs stack up and how long does it take to get a return on that investment? Drones are an innovative...
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How to capture good drone footage
Capturing aerial footage with drones is becoming increasingly popular, especially in the creative industries. It’s a new opportunity to capture perspectives and views we’ve never seen before. Good drone footage can add context to stories and narratives, demonstrate growth and...
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How Drones Are Used in Agriculture
As more industries search for modern, inventive solutions to issues of sustainability, productivity, and other challenges, drone technology has become more prevalent across a wide range of industries. This prevalence offers a growing catalog of job opportunities in a variety...
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The Australian Association for Unmanned Systems “RPAS in Australian Skies” conference
It’s that time of year again when we start getting ready for one of the most high profile events of the year …. The Australian Association for Unmanned Systems “RPAS in Australian Skies” conference. Anyone who knows anything about drones...
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Carving Out A New Career That’s More Fun Than Gaming!
The increase in demand for qualified drone pilots keeps rising, but there aren’t nearly enough to meet demand, and that presents wonderful opportunities for anyone wanting to launch a new, successful career. We’ve all seen amazing videos but this one...
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When Birds Strike
Us Aussies are tough, we can handle the 8ft brown snakes and bird eating spiders, but one animal garners more fear than all of the rest, particularly during mating season. The humble magpie. Spring is a time of new beginnings...
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Drone Training Courses in a COVID-19 World
One of the questions that has continually popped up over the past few months is about how we do our remote pilot licence training in a world where restrictions exist because of Coronavirus. This week, rather than tell you about...
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The Drone pilot – getting the job you want!
It’s the year 2035, you head out your front door and walk down to the nearest sky station, jump in the remote aircraft in front of you and zip off to work. Pie in the sky stuff or realistic and...
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How to get your drone pilot licence and fly for a living
We spend a lot of time responding to enquiries about the pathway to obtaining a drone licence. There seems to be a lot of confusion out there regarding the type of licences available, and what you’ll need to achieve your...
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Where can I fly my drone? How to have fun legally
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the night prepping and making sure your gear is fully serviceable in anticipation of being up at first light. You’re chasing that dream sunrise shot, the one that will catapult your drone career...
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Drones in a COVID-19 world
We get asked regularly by people at aviation days, or from our Remote Pilot License courses about the future of drone technology, how we see the industry growing, and how we see drones changing the lives of everyday Aussies. As...
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The future for drones – 1 Billion drones by 2030
Have you seen the latest article in CASA’s Flight Safety Magazine on the future for drones? Its an interesting read including some cool info on manned drones (drones with people in them but a remote pilot or autonomous pilot) and...
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UAV Careers – are there really UAV jobs?
We often get asked about UAV careers for graduates of our industry focussed training programs, particularly by parents of potential students. Its not easy to answer – not because there are no career paths, just that the industry is growing...
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