The man known as “The Mahoning Valley Drone Guru” is now teaching a course on how to be an FAA-licensed drone pilot.
Warren’s Bob Jadloski has moved his Aerial Solutions Experts business to the Oak Hill Collaborative building just south of Oakhill Renaissance Place on the south side of Youngstown, just a drone ride from the new amphitheater going up on the downtown side of the Mahoning River.
Jadloski was taking two of his drones for a ride to the construction site just prior to the open house of his drone course Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m a photographer and I didn’t really want to get into this drone thing. But now I take it to the golf outings and class reunions I shoot and the people go crazy. I don’t know if it is a novelty or what, but they just want those pictures taken by the drone.”
Jadloski got his FAA license four years ago, back when the license number was just three digits and three letters. “I got to pick out my own,” he said, “but now they don’t do that anymore; they just give you a number that has lots of digits.”
To get an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, Jadloski said a person has to learn much of the same things that airplane pilots learn.“Things like mapping and air currents,” he said.
Jadloski said licensed holders are now finding work with corporations big and small as they incorporate their versatility with security surveillance, law enforcement, first responders and photography.
One of the companies Jadloski works with is AES of Cortland, owned by Steve Belcher, who brought two of his security trucks to the drone class open house on Wednesday.
“Bob is really a mad scientist among us. He has taught us all a lot,” Belcher said as he talked about his own security company that is contracted with Cleveland MetroParks and some of the local summer events like the Warren Italian-American Festival.
Last year, Belcher said his cameras caught a large fight at the Warren festival and called police before it got out of control.
Belcher, who employs four full-time and several part-time workers, said his company also uses eight drones.
Jadloski said he may have to add extra 18-hour classes if the demand for licensed drone pilots continues.
“The Wall Street Journal predicts that by 2022, we will need over half a million licensed drone pilots to fill an ever-growing need,” he said.
In addition to security companies, Jadloski said he is seeing drones coming to law enforcement, firefighting and construction companies.
He has helped train deputies in both Mahoning and Trumbull counties, as well as the counties’ HAZMAT crews. Jadloski said drones can be a faster deployment and lower-cost alternative to traditional helicopters for search-and-rescue operations.
Tim McMillin of Girard was one of the people signing up for the class. “I bought my drone through Bob because I think it is pretty cool. You know bigger boys have to have more expensive toys,” McMillin said.
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Warren’s Bob Jadloski has moved his Aerial Solutions Experts business to the Oak Hill Collaborative building just south of Oakhill Renaissance Place on the south side of Youngstown, just a drone ride from the new amphitheater going up on the downtown side of the Mahoning River.
Jadloski was taking two of his drones for a ride to the construction site just prior to the open house of his drone course Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m a photographer and I didn’t really want to get into this drone thing. But now I take it to the golf outings and class reunions I shoot and the people go crazy. I don’t know if it is a novelty or what, but they just want those pictures taken by the drone.”
Jadloski got his FAA license four years ago, back when the license number was just three digits and three letters. “I got to pick out my own,” he said, “but now they don’t do that anymore; they just give you a number that has lots of digits.”
To get an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, Jadloski said a person has to learn much of the same things that airplane pilots learn.“Things like mapping and air currents,” he said.
Jadloski said licensed holders are now finding work with corporations big and small as they incorporate their versatility with security surveillance, law enforcement, first responders and photography.
One of the companies Jadloski works with is AES of Cortland, owned by Steve Belcher, who brought two of his security trucks to the drone class open house on Wednesday.
“Bob is really a mad scientist among us. He has taught us all a lot,” Belcher said as he talked about his own security company that is contracted with Cleveland MetroParks and some of the local summer events like the Warren Italian-American Festival.
Last year, Belcher said his cameras caught a large fight at the Warren festival and called police before it got out of control.
Belcher, who employs four full-time and several part-time workers, said his company also uses eight drones.
Jadloski said he may have to add extra 18-hour classes if the demand for licensed drone pilots continues.
“The Wall Street Journal predicts that by 2022, we will need over half a million licensed drone pilots to fill an ever-growing need,” he said.
In addition to security companies, Jadloski said he is seeing drones coming to law enforcement, firefighting and construction companies.
He has helped train deputies in both Mahoning and Trumbull counties, as well as the counties’ HAZMAT crews. Jadloski said drones can be a faster deployment and lower-cost alternative to traditional helicopters for search-and-rescue operations.
Tim McMillin of Girard was one of the people signing up for the class. “I bought my drone through Bob because I think it is pretty cool. You know bigger boys have to have more expensive toys,” McMillin said.
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FAA updates registration display requirement
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The FAA will now require all drones to display registration numbers on the outside of every drone. Registration numbers could previously be marked in an internal compartment. More than a million drone owners have registered to date, and now every drone will have to be marked on the outside with that registration number to fly legally after Feb. 25. Q: Do I have to register every aircraft? A: You only need to register your name, physical address, and email address once. You will receive a single FAA registration number which is to be placed on the outside of all of your aircraft. |
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Q: Do only drones and multirotor operators need to register?
A: Anyone who flies a model that can freely navigate in the air and uses a remote control device (e.g. RC transmitter) is required to register. This includes drones, traditional fixed wing model aircraft, model helicopters, and other remote controlled model aircraft. If you exclusively fly models under a half pound (250 grams or .55 pounds), indoors, control line, or free flight models – you do not need to register.
A: Anyone who flies a model that can freely navigate in the air and uses a remote control device (e.g. RC transmitter) is required to register. This includes drones, traditional fixed wing model aircraft, model helicopters, and other remote controlled model aircraft. If you exclusively fly models under a half pound (250 grams or .55 pounds), indoors, control line, or free flight models – you do not need to register.