This day is “Everything they don’t teach you on a GVC Course, but really should”. We walk the walk. We believe we are unique in conducting large-scale, complex, multi-site drone work for commercial clients. As well as feeding everything we learn from doing that back into our drone training.
We’ve poured everything we know from literally thousands of well paid, interesting, and often immensely challenging, commercial drone flights, into this In a Day experience. Led exclusively by our Founder, Alan Proto. If you want to understand commercial drone flying from the inside, this Day is for you.
Everyone else seems to want to sell you something. The more expensive the better, it seem to us. This Day, we guarantee, will save you money. We don’t think the answer to making money flying drones lies in buying expensive equipment. We think it lies in exploiting the amazing potential of all drones. Our current favourite money-maker is the DJI Mini 2. Less than £500. You read it here first.
Unique opportunity to ask Alan the questions about drones that you want answers to.
At a Glance
Your tutor: Alan Proto
Type: In a Day
Numbers: Maximum 8
Base Camp: Chester; Maidenhead; Maidstone
Skill level: Existing and Aspiring Commercial Drone Pilots
Timing: Once a month
Exertion: Light
Weather: In the event the forecast is bad for the day of the event, we will contact you to arrange another suitable date, or offer you a full refund. The good news is, across 1,000s of lessons delivered over six years, fewer than 10% of lessons needed to be rearranged because of the weather. Who knew? The weather in the UK is not that bad, after all.
The morning is spent in a meeting room, where Alan will start with a comprehensive overview of where the drone sector is now, and where it is going. As an acknowledged thought leader in this field, he’s been invited to present his ideas to Airbus, Amazon, and to the biggest Construction and H&S conferences. We guarantee his insights will add value to your business.
Then he’ll give you his honest opinion on the hardware and the software. With no side. We have experience of every type of drone. We fly all of them every day. We have 12 M210 and M300 drones on our fleet, because they are perfect, in very specific situations. And utterly over-specced and a waste of money otherwise. We don’t sell any of them. We just want to help you succeed.
At the end of the morning, he’ll take a deep dive into every wrinkle in the drone laws and regulations. Here and in Europe. Open Category and Specific Category. Light-weight drones and heavy drones. In the countryside, over National Trust property, from Crown Estate Land, in City centres.
The afternoon will be spent out in the field, where Alan will demonstrate the power of the surveying tool, DroneDeploy, and advise on tips and tricks for successful drone inspection work. This will be an opportunity for you to fly your drone, under Alan’s watchful gaze, as he asks you to execute instructions similar to the ones a client might give you.
At the end of the afternoon, Alan will go through your drone flying strengths and weaknesses with you, and give you advice on what to work on next to become a complete commercial drone pilot.