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Working on Set During These Strange Covid-19 Times

Nov 30th, 2020

Written By  |  Tom Comet Obviously we are all a long way down the garden path of this Covid-19 “new normal” but it has only been a couple of months that my Team and I have been actually working again… read more »

Safe & Legal Drone OPs OVER The Public

Sep 21st, 2020

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 »

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Flying Our Airplane To The Drone Shoot

Sep 1st, 2020

Written By  |  Tom Comet At DroneBoy we have owned and operated our own aircraft for a couple of years now.  Our awesome Cessna 337G has been a valuable business tool and has opened a lot of doors for us. … read more »

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First Ever LEGAL FPV Drone Mission Over Niagara Falls

Aug 26th, 2020

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 »

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Mission Report – Flying & Filming With Drones in Canada’s Beautiful Torngat Mountains

Feb 3rd, 2020

Written By  |  Tom Comet Last summer the DroneBoy Team had an amazing opportunity to fly and film in Canada’s Torngat Mountains in northern Newfoundland & Labrador.  In this BLOG post I will provide some insight into this incredible and… read more »

The Dawn of Canada’s New Drone Regulations!

Jun 3rd, 2019

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 »

Update on the Upcoming Canadian Drone Regulation Changes

Mar 25th, 2019

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 »

New Transport Canada Drone Regulations Announced – Our World Will Change June 1, 2019

Jan 18th, 2019

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 »

DroneBoy – Back at Niagara Falls

Jun 3rd, 2018

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 »

Flying Drones at the Airport

Apr 16th, 2018

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 »

DroneBoy Now Has A National S.F.O.C.

Mar 14th, 2018

Written By: Tom Comet We are pleased to announce that DroneBoy recently received our National S.F.O.C. from Transport Canada. What does this mean you ask? Well, if you don’t know all about the drone regs in Canada or the S.F.O.C.… read more »

Compliant & Restricted S.F.O.C.s Now in Place

Oct 6th, 2017

Written by | Tom Comet We have written extensively about our Special Flight Operations Certificate (S.F.O.C.) in the past.  A quick review – the S.F.O.C. document is our flight permit issued by Transport Canada (TC) that enables us to fly drones… read more »