Drone Pilot Who Flew Into Firefighting Airplane Attempts to Avoid Prison

The co-founder of an influential video game company has pled guilty to flying his drone into a firefighting aircraft operating above the Los Angeles wildfires last month. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-02-03 16:10

Drone Pilot Captures Huge Avalanche Up Close in Canada

An FPV drone pilot captured cinematic footage of an enormous avalanche in British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

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2023-05-05 17:24

Drone Pilot Uses Infrared and 180x Zoom to Save Animals from Disaster

Aerial cinematographer Doug Thron uses a commercial drone equipped with both an infrared and a normal camera to detect and save trapped animals from disaster zones -- including most recently in Ukraine. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-06-30 22:33

Drone Pilot Spots and Saves Man Being Attacked by Shark

Amateur drone pilot Matt Woods was sitting on his balcony in Bondi Beach, Australia and decided to send out his Mavic 2 Zoom to perhaps capture an ocean vista, but instead found a spearfisherman grappling with what appeared to be an aggressive mako shark. petapixel.com »

2021-07-22 22:20

Drone Pilot Who Shot FPV ‘Bowling Alley’ Viral Video Continues to Impress

Filmmaker and drone pilot Jay Christiansen of Minnesota-based Rally Studios became a near-overnight viral sensation when he published a video of a bowling alley that took the idea of a scripted single shot to another level. petapixel.com »

2021-05-05 22:44

Drone Pilot Dive Bombs Passenger Jet

A drone pilot has sparked outrage and condemnation by posting a video showing his camera drone “dive bombing” a passenger jet landing at a US airport. The drone came dangerously close to the aircraft during the stunt, which can be seen in the clip above. petapixel.com »

2018-02-05 19:40

Camera Drone Safety Tips from an Airplane Pilot

I hold a private pilot certificate, as well as a remote pilot certificate; I am also a photographer. I just wanted to share with you some advice from a budding pilot who comes from the much larger world of flying that is general aviation. petapixel.com »

2016-11-07 22:43