AviSight Drone Academy has many partners within the drone / unmanned systems industry and is always excited when new people from large organizations come to vet your course material. We live and breath drones in our everyday life, so it is a good testament to our credibility in what we do on a daily basis when we get the gold seal of approval from large organizations. Last month, we had a few special students there to vet our course for the rest of their organization, one being the US Forest Service and another being a major university in the United States. Both gave rave reviews and our course is making ripples within the community preparing students for Part 107 regulations / testing in August.
The reason I am mentioning this is because today we received a special thank you card from that large university (I can release the name shortly once we move forward with a partnership agreement), but the card read:
“Thank you for the opportunity of attending the master drone class! I had a great time and enjoyed getting to know you and your team. I was extremely impressed with your team, company, and expertise in this industry. We are all excited about the possibility of working with AviSight and look forward to the future! Best Regards (name withheld)”
It’s special gestures like this that make us feel like we are really doing something great for the industry. AviSight itself was a services based company only, working in the entertainment industry of film and television, industrial survey etc. but we felt there was a great gap in the training offered in the marketplace, with a lot of the training facilities not focusing on the SAFE and LEGAL side of flying, but instead putting most of their stock into showing students how to fly different cinematic shots.
Because we are a team of aviators, whether commercially or prior Air Force, we understand the importance of both flying safely but also under all FAA regulations and stress that in the course. We also teach some of the cinematic shots during our 4-day master course as well, but the primary focus is an understanding of the legal side of drone flying, including current regulations of Part 107, airspace considerations, pre-flight checks and many other areas that will be on the Part 107 knowledge test in August.
Without rambling too much longer, to our great students and to our future students, we thank you for putting the faith in our program moving forward with your own drone businesses and hope to help you every step of the way. It’s little gestures like the card sent to us that make us proud to have our students part of the AviSight family.
