The Drone Trainer Podcast

John Brainerd is a drone pilot from the Philadelphia, PA area, who is working hard on his full time drone business. In this episode we follow up on our chat in episode 138, and get a two year update on the past 2 years of business. Where to find John: 400 Foot ViewsLinkedInInstagramYouTube Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Eugene Matthews is a university professor who teaches public safety, public service, and commercial enterprise. He's integrated drone training into his programs, and also has a side hustle commercial drone business. It doesn't stop there though... he's also a published author, and military veteran that focused on law enforcement and investigations around the world. Where to find Eugene: CW3 DronesInstagramTwitterLinkedInEugene's Books on Amazon Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Luis is a drone pilot in Connecticut who uses his engineering background to grow his drone business. With his focus on construction, we do a little role playing where I'm a site foreman, and Luis pitches his drone services to me. Where to find Luis: Creative Drone ImagingFacebookInstagramLinkedIn Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Internationally recognized artistic drone pilots, Athanasia & Nestoras are a couple based in Athens, Greece. Listen in as they discuss how their advertising background has helped them excel, how to enter a drone footage competition, their editing process, and more! Where to find Athanasia & Nestoras: Inva + SlaFacebookInstagramYouTube Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

The topic of Neural Radiance Fields, aka NerF, is so hot right now! Especially when it comes to the discussion of how we can use this tech with our drones, and how it compares to the photogrammetry that we've been utilizing for years. So who better to bring on the show than Jonathan Stephens! In this episode, Jonathan discusses the difference between the tech, best practices, and a ton more. Prepare to have your mind blown! Where to find Jonathan: LinktreeTwitterLinkedIn Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Jeremy Almond is a drone pilot based in Washington state. By day (and night!) he is a law enforcement officer, where he is also utilzing drones during his investigations. He's also side hustling a drone business, and has recently picked up a DJI M300 RTK with an L1. Where to find Jeremy: Centerville 3DFacebookInstagramYouTube Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Jack Rhysider is the host of Darknet Diaries, and he joins us to discuss passion, business development, and even a little bit of his own drone experience. Where to find Jack: Darknet DiariesFacebookInstagramTwitterRedditDiscordYouTubeMastodon Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Michael Tucker is a retired military combat veteran, who is also a member of The Drone Trainer Pro. Listen in as Michael discusses how he started his business, Drone of Arc, as well as detail on his archeology missions. Where to find Michael: Drone of ArcFacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedIn Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Dan McDonald is a drone pilot based in Clearwater Florida, but originally from the UK. He's concentrating on real estate work right now, and is looking to branch out into video as well. Listen in as we discuss competition, bracketing, outsourcing, and more! Where to find Dan: McDonald MediaFacebookInstagramTwitter Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

I had a request from a listener to speak with Sean from Pensacola Vibes... here you go Jeff! Sean is the founder of Pensacola Vibes in west Floira, and we discuss his business which involves land cameras, air cameras, hand cameras, and more! Where to find Sean: Pensacola VibesFacebookInstagramYouTube Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Glen Cairns is a Scottish photographer, videographer, and drone pilot. Listen in to hear about meeting Sir Alex Ferguson and presenting him with one of his drone photos! Where to find Glen: Glen Cairns Video ProductionsFacebookInstagramTwitterYouTubeLinkedIn Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

This afternoon we fired up the recorder and caught up with our friend, Billy Kyle! You may remember Billy from episode 111 where we discussed the new (at that time) Skydio 2. Billy is a smart man who is really hustling with his drone business, as well as his online presense (that you NEED to check out!) Listen in as we discuss twitter, instagram, youtube, tiktok, commercial ops, editing, etc etc. Trust me, this episode is worth your time! Where to find Billy: Billy KyleYouTubeTikTokInstagramTwitter Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

In the second episode of Drones and NFTs, we're going to hear from Roberto Alcaraz! Roberto is from Mexico, and is flying back and forth between California and the Baja California (you know what I mean). Listen in as we discuss his drone business, and about his adventure into the NFT world! Where to find Roberto: Roberto AlcarazInstagramTwitter Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Kara Murphy joins us to discuss how drones fit into the NFT space. You may recognize her from episode 19 (4 years ago!), where we discussed her drone business, and in this episode we take a deep dive into world of blockchain NFT assets. Where to find Kara: InstagramTwitter Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Originally hailing from Mexico, Luis Escobedo is a drone pilot now based in New Jersey. Listen in as he tells his story of moving to the United States, purchasing an existing drone business, consulting, training, solar farm and wind farm inspections, and more. Where to find Luis: NJ Drone AcademyInstagramTwitter Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Devin Clark is back to discuss his drone business growth, and his new income streams. Listen in to hear about how he's working with solar companies, as well as his new venture into multispectral agricultural work. Where to find Devin: Digital Mapping ConsultantsFacebookInstagram Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Lawrence Dennis is the owner of Aerial Technology International, and has been flying since 2007. He's flown around the world, and gets into detail about what he's found in the industry over the past 15 years. Where to find Lawrence: ATIecalc Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Nayid Diaz is a drone pilot based in Houston, TX, and he's flying drones part time, but considering making the jump to full time. Listen in as Nayid tells us all about how he's making $1000 a week part time, flying for Bees360. Where to find Nayid: Bees360 - The Future of Property Inspections Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Chris Robertson is a drone pilot based in Colorado who is the Drone Center Director at the Colorado State University Drone Center. Prior to his current role with the university, he as a university police officer. In this episode, Chris shares his drone experience on both the public safety side of things, as well as the educational side of things. Where to find Chris: CSU Drone CenterFacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedIn Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show:

Oli Dickinson is a drone pilot based in the UK, who has had a very fortunate journey in the commercial drone space. Listen in as he discusses how he's flying for IBM and has also garnered attention from CNN. It's really a great drone story that we can all take inspiration from. Where to find Oliver: Different View PhotographyFacebookInstagramLinkedInThe IBM docuseries trailerThe full IBM docuseries Join our community at TDT Pro! Join a support and strategy-focused community for commercial drone pilots who are ready to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth: Join now for free! Please support the show: