#012 - Fixed-Wing, BVLOS Drones for Industry with Benjamin Benharrosh

#006 - FAA Part 107 Test Prep and Study Guide for Drone Pilots: Test prep and study guide for the FAA's Part 107 knowledge test for commercial drone pilots. Ian reviews the entire 35 questions—and answers—that he was administered during the online test (for Part 61 certificated pilots) for the upcoming... by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#023 - Drones in Agriculture: How They're Really Being Used with Norm Lamothe: There are many misconceptions on how to effectively use drones in agriculture. Norm Lamothe is a farmer, seasoned commercial drone operator, and co-founder at Deveron UAS—a publicly traded, Canadian drone service company. Norm joins Ian to set the... by Commercial Drones FM

26 min listen

#020 - Drone Compliance is Serious For Business with Eric Kubicka: Think you're a serious drone operator? Then you better take compliance seriously too. Eric Kubicka is a founding partner of DroneLogbook, software for flight tracking, logging, and drone compliance. At their peak, DroneLogbook users track thousands of... by Commercial Drones FM

26 min listen

#061 - An Exclusive Conversation With DJI On Drone Data Security: DJI is, by far, the world's largest drone company. Recently, there have been a slew of controversial reports and conversations about the Chinese drone giant in the media, across social channels, and in boardrooms. From allegedly sharing data from... by Commercial Drones FM

44 min listen

#003 - How To Get a FAA 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card: Attention commercial drone pilots: learn from Ian how to get access to a little-known FAA program which essentially grants you a "Get Out of Jail Free" card that can be used to help you get out of trouble when operating your drone commercially. Please... by Commercial Drones FM

15 min listen

#013 - Making Maps with Drones: An Overview: Drone mapping can be a game changer for your business. Learn about why you should be making maps with drones and how to do it successfully. What kind of drone and software do I need? What does it cost? How do I make 3D models? Is it hard? These... by Commercial Drones FM

20 min listen

#002 - Drone Venture Capital with Kevin Spain: Ian sits down with Kevin Spain of Emergence Capital where they chat about venture capital trends in the drone space, the future of the commercial drone industry, and tips on what venture capitalists really look for in future (drone) portfolio companies. by Commercial Drones FM

36 min listen

#005 - Making Drone Software with Nicholas Pilkington: Ian is joined by DroneDeploy's CTO, Nicholas Pilkington, who guides listeners down the rabbit hole of aerial ones and zeroes; revealing secrets from the extremely important—yet unfortunately mysterious—realm of drone software programming. by Commercial Drones FM

25 min listen

#019 - Breaking Down the Crash of 3D Robotics with Forbes' Ryan Mac: For Forbes, Ryan Mac has written some of the drone industry's seminal articles—covering DJI's Frank Wang, Parrot's Henri Seydoux, and now, Chris Anderson in "The Crash Of 3D Robotics, North America's Most Promising Drone Company". Ryan and Ian... by Commercial Drones FM

38 min listen

#007 - Dissecting Drone Industry News with Ben Popper of The Verge: For The Verge, Ben Popper has reviewed every one of the most important drones of the past few years. Ian and Ben dissect the latest news from the drone industry including 3DR's layoffs, DJI's dominance, the promise of Yuneec, Xiaomi's new drone,... by Commercial Drones FM

40 min listen

#014 - A Bitcoin-based Drone Delivery Network and the Hover Drone App with Dan Held: There's a favorable exchange rate when transitioning from bitcoin to drones, according to Dan Held, the co-founder of Hover—a mobile app for drone pilots that enhances situational awareness. Ian speaks with Dan about why he chose to make a drone... by Commercial Drones FM

36 min listen

#054 - Aerial Drone Cinematography with Brian Streem: This episode of Commercial Drones FM focuses on aerial cinematography and the business behind it. Brian Streem is CEO of Aerobo, a nationwide drone service provider who claim to have shot more live telecasts than any other drone company in the world.... by Commercial Drones FM

36 min listen

#004 - Solar Powered Drones & Esri GIS with Devon Humphrey: Ian chats with Devon Humphrey, CEO of Flightline Geographics out of Austin, at the 2016 Esri User Conference in San Diego to cover the announcement of the new AeroHawk solar powered drone and discuss GIS, Esri, and how it's all connected in the drone indu by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#001 - The First Episode: Learn about the host, Ian Smith, his experience with drones, helicopters, aviation, and the plans for the show moving forward. by Commercial Drones FM

15 min listen

#016 - The DJI Mavic Pro: A Viable Commercial Drone Platform: DJI has announced their Mavic Pro drone, the smallest and most powerful drone they've ever created. The new Mavic Pro drone platform has specs and pricing that best the popular Phantom 4 and newly announced GoPro Karma which make it a promising... by Commercial Drones FM

21 min listen

#025 - Analyzing the Growing Drone Industry with Colin Snow: With so much noise surrounding the drone industry, whose opinion are you supposed to trust? Colin Snow AKA "The Drone Analyst" joins Ian to explain why his team's thoughtful, pragmatic approach to analyzing the drone industry sets them apart. Colin... by Commercial Drones FM

52 min listen

#011 - Drone Remote Sensing for Crop Insurance with Cassidy Rankine: Drones are becoming popular among farmers for analyzing crop health. Cassidy Rankine, PhD and co-founder of Skymatics, proposes another scenario: using drones for crop insurance. Ian and Cassidy discuss this innovative method and even offer a way for... by Commercial Drones FM

31 min listen

#009 - Solving the Automated Drone Workflow Challenge with Lucas Van Oostrum: Lucas Van Oostrum is co-founder of Delft Aerial Robotics as well as Aerialtronics. The Flying Dutchman joins Ian and tells entrepreneurial tales of starting up a high-end drone manufacturing company in Holland in 2011 and how we'll eventually move... by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#022 - Drone Intelligence, Insight, and Peace of Mind with Joshua Ziering: As a classically trained model aircraft pilot, Joshua Ziering didn't easily imagine a future beyond flying chalupa-shaped blimps inside NHL stadiums. So he did what came naturally and built the future himself. Joshua, along with Jon Hegranes, is... by Commercial Drones FM

34 min listen

#037 - Drones At Scale with Airware's Buddy Michini: Airware is a commercial drone company which was founded in 2011, a couple of years before the drone industry truly began to explode in popularity. They're somewhat notorious for having raised more venture capital funding than nearly any other drone... by Commercial Drones FM

45 min listen

#017 - Inside Drone News with Austin Smith: Ian is joined by Austin Smith, GM of Inside.com, a startup which focuses on tech newsletters. Inside.com produces the Inside Drones newsletter, a thoughtfully curated, twice-weekly digest of the most interesting drone news. Ian and Austin discuss how... by Commercial Drones FM

35 min listen

#008 - Drones for Whale Snot, Education, and... Women? with Sally French, The Drone Girl: Sally French (aka The Drone Girl) sits down with Ian to discuss important issues in the drone industry. From teaching how to use drones in schools, whale snot, drone industry projections, and the unfortunate lack of females in the industry, Sally sets... by Commercial Drones FM

24 min listen

#032 - Drones For: Good, Search and Rescue, and Enterprise with DJI's Romeo Durscher: Romeo Durscher is Director of Education at DJI, the world's largest, most successful drone manufacturer. His job is one of the most fascinating in the world. Romeo acts as global ambassador for safe and effective use of drone technology. His mission... by Commercial Drones FM

67 min listen

#015 - GoPro vs. DJI: Who's Goliath?: Publicly traded GoPro have officially revealed the hotly anticipated Karma drone. Incidentally, this first effort into the industry directly competes with the largely dominant DJI, a private company, who happen to have a similar drone of their own... by Commercial Drones FM

20 min listen

#010 - Constructing a National Drone Operator Network with Andrew Dennison: Andrew Dennison, COO of LIFT Technologies, recounts his journey into the drone industry. Ian and Andrew cover topics from real-world construction and insurance case studies, the drone deliverables that enterprise clients expect, not flying drones... by Commercial Drones FM

33 min listen

#021 - De-droning Your Skies with Sebastian Blum: There are many ways that drones benefit society—but unfortunately, with the rise of drones comes the rise of malicious activity. Dedrone is a company which offers an automatic, anti-drone solution for their clients. Prisons, large events, and even... by Commercial Drones FM

35 min listen

#012 - Fixed-Wing, BVLOS Drones for Industry with Benjamin Benharrosh: Co-founder Benjamin Benharrosh, lets us in on the evolution of Delair-Tech—the first company in the world to achieve BVLOS certification for their fixed-wing drones. Since starting in 2011, the French company has been involved with railroad and... by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#027 - Raising $20 Million and Creating the World's Largest Drone Data Platform with Mike Winn: DroneDeploy is a drone data company who recently raised $20 million to power the further development of their software. Tens of thousands of users from more than 135 countries have collectively processed more than 8 million acres of data using... by Commercial Drones FM

47 min listen

#024 - How to Monetize Your Drone in 30 Minutes with Derek Waleko: It can be difficult to buy a new drone when the technology is advancing so rapidly. DJI just made two huge product announcements within 6 weeks of each other, which prompted some to cancel one purchase in favor of another. Up Sonder is a startup that... by Commercial Drones FM

32 min listen

#031 - The U.S. Department of the Interior: 500 Million Acres & 1,200 Aircraft (Drones Included) with Mark Bathrick: With over 500 million acres of land under their management, the Department of the Interior (DOI) is the largest single landowner in the United States. The DOI maintains this land for U.S. citizens and in order to keep eyes on it, have 1,200+ aircraft... by Commercial Drones FM

47 min listen

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