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Written By | Tom Comet Ever since I first got involved in drones nearly a decade ago operations directly over the public have not been allowed. Even now, with the 2019 regulation rewrite we have only been able to get… read more »
Written By | Tom Comet It is not every day that we get to say that we achieved a world’s first but this is definitely one of those times. On August 18th, 2020 the DroneBoy Team flew the first ever… read more »
Written By | Tom Comet The DroneBoy Team is proud to have been chosen as the aerial video provider for the recent live stream of the spectacular Canada Day lightshow at the CN Tower. As you probably know all too… read more »
Written By | Tom Comet DroneBoy recently had the fantastic opportunity to be part of a large-scale documentary project where we provided all the aerial cinematography, Ops Team, equipment and drone services for a very high altitude, big-screen film project… read more »
By | Stefan Marchand Since Transport Canada originally announced the new RPAS (Drone) regulations in January, we have been providing updates on these regulations as well as sharing with you how we at DroneBoy are progressing to ensure we are… read more »
Written By | Stefan Marchand As you have likely heard, big changes are underway in the Canadian drone world with Transport Canada’s issuance of new regulations that come into effect June 1, 2019. If by chance you have not heard,… read more »
Written By | Stefan Marchand Well, 2019 has certainly started off with a a “bang” or is that a “bust” (more on that in a bit) for those of us in the aerial film & video business relying on drones.… read more »
Written by | Tom Comet In late May, 2018 the DroneBoy Team was back at Niagara Falls flying our newest model drone legally in the restricted airspace above this wonder of the world. This was our 7th UAV mission to Niagara… read more »
Written by | Tom Comet We get this call all the time – “I need to do a drone project and I want to use you guys but we are two miles from the airport so we are going to have… read more »
Most people don’t realize how much behind the scenes work goes into a successful drone operation. Things like flight planning, insurance certificates, client education as well as our own internal documentation are just some of the many important steps involved… read more »
Written by | Tom Comet Over the Christmas break we traveled up to northern Ontario and, as always, I took some drones along for the festivities. While we were enjoying the holidays the temperature dropped as low -36C and I actually… read more »
Written by | Tom Comet DroneBoy recently received an endorsement on our Special Flight Operations Certificate (S.F.O.C.) from Transport Canada that enables us to fly IN restricted airspace without having to wait the standard 21 business days (and often more) that was previously… read more »