Lunar Aerial Imaging is set to capture footage and stills even closer to people, buildings and vehicles having been awarded the OSC licence by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This non-standard permission has so far been granted to only a small number of professional drone companies and licensees have to prove to the CAA that they have the skills and experience to fly safely in difficult environments.
So far we haven’t turned up to a job with a busload of crewmembers, but one thing is certain – there’ll usually be at least two of us – the CAA approved drone pilot and an observer... Read more for the drone observer's perspective on it all.
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is starting to take seriously the business of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (American English for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAVs - or drones).
The tail end of 2015 will see thousands of new recreational drones being unwrapped in front of the Christmas tree, mostly tiny but some larger, and a lot of them will carry cameras. Expect the skies to be thick with the little creatures on Boxing Day as users start to master their radio controllers, and expect many tears to be shed as their craft crash into trees, smash into overhead cables, or fly off out of control towards the local fishing pond. Hopefully no dog walkers will be injured.
We were recently helped to create 3D images of a historic building in Derbyshire. This was music to our ears as it’s been something we’ve been interested in for some time and seems like a pretty cool thing to be able to do.
Pre-flight assessments are not just a CAA regulation, they are important, we illustrate this in our recent drone filming of the world famous architecture of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Read more to hear what was involved.
LUNAR Aerial Imaging creates compelling imagery using drones. We fly over land, over water, indoors and outdoors to create video and stills.
Based just south of Manchester in the North West, we work throughout the UK and abroad.
