Drone Used To Save 2 Teens Caught In Dangerous Australian Waves
Why It Matters
This is a great example of why you need a professional drone pilot. A pilot certified as a Remote Pilot that has been trained and understands controlled airspace. Early last July a drone was spotted on the approach to Gatwick airport in England. What happened wasn’t pretty and caused expensive cascading events for conventional pilots […]
Fahrenheit 118
When Survivorman Les Stroud says it’s hot — it’s hot! 118°F to be exact. HighGround Images had the immense pleasure of working with the creative team from Canada’s Cream Productions for their Lexus of Canada project. Two full 12 hour days, temps up to 118°, a few gallons of water later and we got some […]
Remote Pilot
Passed the FAA’s remote pilot aeronautical knowledge exam last week and just passed the TSA’s vetting process. So we can now leave the exemptions and waivers behind! HighGround now operates under the new FAA Part 107 rules. This is a good thing.
Mt. Lemon Beauty
Been a busy spring. HighGround flew the camera while the ridiculously talented international photographer Benedict Campbell took the photos. Huge crew and an amazing project! We love our jobs!
Shooting Nothing
Nothing Arizona that is. The amazing creative team from Mullen & Lowe booked HighGround to shoot some drone shots for the fun tongue-in-cheek Century 21 Give Dad Nothing for Father’s Day commercial.
Endless Desert
Ok, that was amazing! HighGround did a drone shoot in the Wilcox AZ Playa dry lake last week. A beautifully barren landscape. We want to thank King Hollis of Media 13 Studios in Dallas, TX for making us part of the team and helping tell their client’s story. Some clips from that shoot are in our reel on the […]
Positive Press on Drones?
Could it be true? A positive article on drones? A story from the BBC News references a study from George Mason University that concludes that: “One damaging incident will occur no more than every 1.87 million years of 2kg [drone] flight time,” said the researchers. Fatal incidents will be even rarer. “This appears to be an […]
HighGround vs. DIY
How hard could it be? Right? If your company is considering buying a UAV and “doing-it-yourself”, please consider the following: Hiring HighGround will help you: Shift Liability Unless your liability insurance policy specifically states you are covered for aviation/UAV related accidents, you are not covered. Ask HighGround for a certificate of insurance or to be named […]
HighGround Joins UAViators
The high point of the Commercial UAV Expo we attended last month in Las Vegas was meeting Patrick Meier of the UAViators Humanitarian UAV Network. His presentation was the most interesting and powerful given during the expo. DJI has posted a short documentary of the work UAViators had done in Nepal after their devastating earthquake. […]
Drone Liability Insurance
If you are looking for UAV operator and need them to carry liability insurance, be careful. There seems to be some confusion on what is needed and what is covered. We’ve run into operators that believe since they carry general liability insurance then their drone operations are also covered–this is frequently not the case. Drone […]
Drone Helps Firefighters
From WFLA: Here’s what can happen when a drone operator and a fire department coordinate: A smoky brush fire in Seminole was put out Monday. It broke out near Osceola High School, in a wooded area across 98th Street. Firefighters are crediting a man with a drone for helping them get crews and equipment to […]