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Stories from 400 Feet
by Danielle Gagne, Chief Storyteller for Drone Network News at Volatus Aerospace
Drone professionals are making dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs safer, faster, and more actionable. In this podcast, we highlight the everyday and the not-so-everyday stories of drones and technologies being used in the field, whether that is to conduct routine data collection or to test new and exciting avenues for the drone industry. If a drone flies, we’ll be there!
Episodes
Craig Husselby Talks About Synergy Aviation's Latest Expansion into the U.S.
11 Jun 2024 · 3 min
At Energy Drone Robotics Coalition Summit (EDRS) in Houston, I sat down with Craig Husselby, VP of Business Development for Synergy Aviation to talk about oil and gas pipeline inspections and their recent expansion into the U.S.
Empowering Indigenous Communities Through Drone Technology
21 Jun 2023 · 15 min
Jacob Taylor - CEO Indigenous Aerospace; Darian Edwards, Indigenous Air Mobility Specialist, Canadian Advanced Air Mobility; Kimble McComb, Drone Advisor, Moose Cree First Nation; and Jo-Anne Tabobandung Dean of Aviation, First Nation Technical Institute join us this week to discuss how the usage…
Safe and Efficient Data Collection in Challenging Environments
19 Apr 2023 · 8 min
Justin Simkins, a Technical Specialist from Emesent, joins us this week on how Hovermap is creating a new industry standard in autonomous lidar mapping. Justin discusses Emesent's SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) based lidar system and how it can be utilized for autonomous navigation…
Drone Market Trends and Investment Perspectives with Kay Wackwitz, CEO of Drone Industry Insights and Abhinav Singhvi, CFO of Volatus Aerospace
25 Aug 2022 · 41 min
What are the current trends in the drone market? What do investors think about the drone industry? How do the answers to these questions impact the drone industry and how do we bridge the gap between positive market trends and investor confidence? We spoke with the CEO of Drone Industry Insights,…
Remotely Piloting Beyond Visual Line of Sight Near an Active Airport with Optical Detect & Avoid and No Visual Observers
10 Aug 2022 · 9 min
Richard Podolski, VP of Flight Operations, talks in-depth about the recent SFOC granted to Volatus Aerospace by Transport Canada to remotely pilot a drone using Remote Flight Control System (RFCS) software and optical Detect and Avoid (DAA) within an active aerodrome traffic zone. This is the…
Delegate for Transport Canada, Nigel Waterhouse, Discusses the Integration of Large Autonomous Drones into the National Airspace
12 Jul 2022 · 10 min
While at CanSec, we sat down with Nigel Waterhouse, Delegate for Transport Canada, to discuss the challenges and nuances between autonomous passenger flight, remotely piloted passenger flight, and uncrewed cargo delivery when it comes to integrating them into the National Airspace safely.
Ali Dian, CEO of Aerovel, Discusses the Defense and Commercial Applications of Flexrotor
11 Jul 2022 · 23 min
Designed by Dr. Tad McGeer, the inventor of the ScanEagle (a UAV that defined a whole new group of military aircraft), the Flexrotor from Aerovel is a vertical takeoff and landing autonomous aircraft with a pedigree that predates most commercial UAVs. In this podcast, we speak with Aerovel's CEO,…
Task Force Drone Provides Canadian Veterans the Training to Start a Second Career
7 Jul 2022 · 9 min
Colonel (ret'd) Michel Latouche, leader of the Veteran Training Program, Task Force Drone, speaks about the challenges veterans face when retiring from the military and how becoming a drone pilot can be a fulfilling second career that leverages their military skills.
Stories from Ukraine: Brothers & Sisters in Arms
24 Jun 2022 · 14 min
We speak with Lieutenant Colonel Melanie Lake about what it has been like witnessing the Russian invasion of Ukraine after serving with Ukrainian soldiers as a commander during Operation UNIFIER from March to October of 2021 and how that experience led her and many others to establish Mriya Aid, a…
Stories from Ukraine: Evacuation
22 Jun 2022 · 5 min
What does it take to evacuate a family from Ukraine? What are the dangers involved? We spoke with a gentleman, who in order to keep his family safe has asked to remain anonymous, about what it took to not only get his family out of Ukraine but to provide six weeks of humanitarian aid throughout…
An Industry First: Elizabeth Police Department Obtains BVLOS Waiver for Drone as a First Responder Program in Class B Airspace with Paladin's Knighthawk
16 Jun 2022 · 25 min
Divy Shrivastava, Founder and CEO of Paladin, joins us again on Stories from 400 Feet to talk about working with the Elizabeth Police Department in New Jersey to obtain one of the first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waivers in Class B airspace for a Drone as a First Responder (DFR) Program.…
Partnering to Bring Drone Solutions to Latin America: Interview with Bruno Leoni, CEO of EOLO
8 Jun 2022 · 10 min
Latin America is an important emerging market for drone applications, but to understand its needs, culture, and regulations across many different countries requires a combination of demonstrated experience and local knowledge. We spoke with Bruno Leoni, CEO of EOLO Drones about his joint venture…
Iowa State University's Geology Dept. Uses Drones for the First Time to Study Earthquakes with the Help of Pacific Triangle
27 May 2022 · 24 min
What determines when an earthquake will happen or not? Slow-Slip Events are relatively minor movements that don't cause massive disruption like earthquakes despite having similar elements. Subduction, the process of a plate sliding under another plate, is still a key factor with slow-slip events.…
Defining Autonomy, Automation, & BVLOS: An Interview with Andy Lacher, Chief Technologist for Future Airspace Operations – Intelligent Flight Systems, NASA Langley Research Center
20 May 2022 · 40 min
Andy Lacher is currently the Chief Technologist for Future Airspace Operations in the Intelligent Flight Systems organization at NASA’s Langley Research Center where he works on the safe operational integration of new aviation technologies. His deep knowledge and experience made him the ideal…
By Adding a Position Sensor Inside Their High-Performance Propulsion System, IQ Motion Control Offers OEMs Better Position Control and Advanced Health Monitoring
18 May 2022 · 6 min
By embedding a position sensor inside their propulsion system, IQ Motion Control is enabling better position control and safety protocols and advanced health monitoring that eliminates the need for a swashplate. We spoke with Co-Founders Jon Broome and Matthew Piccoli to learn more about their…
Rethinking the Mailbox to Make Way for Drone Delivery
16 May 2022 · 5 min
We spoke with Dan O'Toole about drone delivery infrastructure and how reimagining secure mailboxes is an essential element to scaling autonomous package delivery.
Talking About Tethered Drone Applications with Troy Hittle of Elistair
16 May 2022 · 9 min
We asked Troy Hittle, Managing Director of North America for Elistair, what can you do with a tethered drone? More than you think. Tethered drone solutions are starting to get more traction as industries look for 24/7 overwatch solutions, but, as Troy points out in this episode, there are more…
If Your Drone Crashed, Would You Be Covered? Choosing the Right Insurance to Protect Your Assets
16 May 2022 · 9 min
If your drone crashed, would you be covered? This is a question every end user and drone pilot should be asking before starting a mission, because finding out afterward is too late. Crashes can be costly and dangerous, and you want to be protected if the unforeseen happens. But, the answer on…
How Sky Ladder Conquered the Mission Impossible Bridge
13 May 2022 · 44 min
You've inspected one bridge with a drone, you can inspect them all, right? If only that were true! Unfortunately for inspectors, engineers and architects have deployed multiple designs and materials in the building of bridges all over the world. This is the story of one particular bridge in…
Inspired Flight Talks About Blue sUAS, Supply Chain Management, and End User Maturity
12 May 2022 · 7 min
In this episode, Adam Bilmes, Director of Sales at Inspired Flight, talks about Blue sUAS and their American-made drone, being prepared to handle supply chain disruptions, the growing maturity and savvy of end users, and what this all means for the industry.