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DARTdrones training and consultation
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King Schools drone training kingschools.com
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$78,389 annually." At Glassdoor.com,
"the average earning of a UAV pilot is
about $86,622 annually." At PayScale.
com, the number is "about $75,000 per
year on the average." Drone opportunities may be in real estate, construction
and mining, filmmaking, public safety,
journalism, agriculture, transportation,
energy, telecommunications, and more.
How best to prepare? Although a
college degree is not essential, several collegiate programs specialize in
preparing future drone flying experts.
These include Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Kent State University,
Purdue, Oklahoma State University,
Indiana State University, Kansas State
University, University of North Dakota,
Liberty University, South Dakota State
University, Northwestern Michigan
College, and Middle Tennessee State
University. All of these schools have
traditional flight programs as well.
Amazon is just one company using
drone technology to deliver packages.
UPS Flight Forward Inc. last October
announced that it had earned an FAA
Part 135 air carrier certificate to operate a drone airline primarily to deliver
medical supplies.
The next evolution in this state of
automation is urban air mobility. Put
simply, imagine a drone that carries a
passenger. Airbus is on the way, among
many others. Honeywell is deploying
more resources to autonomous flight
avionics, electric and hybrid-electric propulsion, and detect and avoid
systems.
Aviation has entered a new age with
opportunity for those who embrace it. FT
WAYNE PHILLIPS manages the Airline Training

Orientation Program (atopjets.com).
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