Commercial Drone Flight Academy services business, media, government, and education professionals who value the importance that proper training has on safety, long term productivity, and protecting their investment. Immersive 1, 2, & 3-day training courses and small class sizes offer plenty of hands-on experience and personal attention. Enjoy the benefit of learning from your classmates' experiences as well as your own. Courses include the Academy’s comprehensive Multirotor Flight Training manual and all the equipment required during the training. Participants in Commercial Drone Flight Academy courses receive instruction on regulatory compliance, drone operations, and the flying techniques required to safely maneuver a multirotor, avoid obstacles, and keep an onboard camera pointed at a target. Upon completion of the course, pilots will have all the fundamental skills and knowledge to start utilizing a multirotor as an effective camera platform. The world's most experienced drone training source also offers Credentialed Commercial Drone Video Capture Services (e.g., Real Estate Sales, Property/Equipment Inspection, Event Coverage, Raw Accident/News Site Video Capture, etc.). Many commercial operators jump right into flying and start figuring things out as they go. However, along the way there are numerous crashes, repairs($), and a lesser degree of safety. Others put their success in the hands of one of the many upstarts found online. You can choose with confidence the only commercial multirotor training program developed directly from the experience of training thousands of drone pilots, Commercial Drone Flight Academy.
Commercial Drone Flight Academy is a division of 1st RC Flight School -- the world’s leading source for accelerated radio control flight training with a 30+ year track-record of exceeding customer expectations. Its founder, Dave Scott, has amassed 14,000 hours of professional drone flying and teaching experience. He is a Commercially rated pilot and possesses a Part 107 license for commercial filming, data collection, and flight training. If you wish to retain Dave as the contract pilot for your drone needs, contact him with your request. Dave's base instruction fee is $75 per hour plus expenses. Base video capture fee is $125 plus expenses and optional video editing time.
NOTICE: Any drone aircraft operation in the national airspace system “in furtherance of a business” or “for compensation”, including flight instruction, requires that the aircraft be registered and flown by a pilot possessing a Part 107 Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certificate with a sUAS rating. A “drone” is any ground controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/System (UAV/UAS). Commercial Drone Flight Academy's pilot, Dave Scott, is a Commercially Rated pilot with all necessary sUAS ratings. In addition to flight training and/or video capture duties, clients can expect Dave to provide detailed instruction pertaining to relevant FAA compliance and operations. Students wishing to begin drone operations for business upon completing a training course must pass the Part 107 Airman Knowledge Exam. Obtain an Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certificate with a sUAS rating. Register each aircraft with the FAA. Businesses, etc., also have the option to hire a credentialed private contractor pilot, such as Dave Scott, with the option of Dave supplying the registered drone to be used for filming or data collection.