Earthwide Drones: A Sky with No Limits - Paperback

by Steven Collins (Author)

About

Steven Collins, Sr. FAA Part 107, FAA Part 137 Certified Remote Drone Pilot

Mr. Collins, has piloted and instructed drone pilots on multiple missions, along with maintenance and test flights. Mr. Collins also assists and instructs pilots with mission planning, briefing, mission execution, ground and flight safety, as well as with briefings.

Steven is responsible for the operation of the Drone fleet during all phases of ground, and flight operations. Mr. Collins has the responsibility of ensuring each unmanned drones receives ground, and flight clearance via FAA Airspace authorizations, i.e. LAANC, NOTAM, and ALOFT before each mission. Drones piloted: Lucid C1, Lucid Sherpa, DJI Agras T10, T30, T40, DJI Phantom 4, version 2, and DJI Mavic's.

Mr. Collins, plans to secure the newly proposed FAA Part 108 regulatory framework for commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Drone certification, enabling unmanned aircraft(UAS) to safely operate without the pilot directly seeing the drone, the systems will feature Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) that maneuvers UAS to prevent collisions with other aircraft by autonomously detecting potential hazards and initiating evasive action.

Completed assignments:

- Stone Mountain - Large Drone Showcases (Parrot Bebop)

- Agriculture Drone Demonstrations (DJI Agras T40)

- Building Surface Cleanings: Residential, Commercial multi-story high rises (Lucid C1, Sherpa)