Six years ago I said I flew drones and people asked if I did…

Kai Nakamura · Pilot at Columbia Basin Aerial Survey · Portland, OR

Six years ago I said I flew drones and people asked if I did weddings. Today we mapped 900 acres of orchard for a crop stress survey and the client had a manned quote at four times the cost. I still fly the 206 twice a week. The two do different jobs and anyone telling you one killed the other is selling something.

2 comments

Oliver Trask

we use them for scouting before a job now, saves me a whole recon pass. not taking my seat any time soon though

Curtis Mabry

From the airport side, please keep filing. Operators who talk to us get a yes. The ones who show up unannounced on a Sunday do not.