Why 249 Grams Is the Key to Drones as Infrastructure
In 2018, pilot Alec Wilson was on approach to Vancouver's low airspace when he spotted something that shouldn't have been there: a small consumer drone in a corridor used by manned aircraft. This epis...
16 Maalis 12min
How One Person Creates Missions for Thousands of Drone Pilots
What does it take to turn a client request into a flyable drone mission — safely, at scale, across thousands of pilots worldwide? Mason Pahl, Geospatial Data Lead at Spexi Geospatial, is the human lay...
9 Maalis 14min
The Most Unexpected Places Drones Are Flying
What do a thousand-year-old French vineyard, the death zone on Mount Everest, and the 2024 Paris Olympics have in common? A drone showed up and changed everything.Bryce Bladon explores three of the mo...
2 Maalis 10min
Bats, Stars, and 10,000 Trees – Drones Did That?
A bat-inspired drone that navigates burning buildings using bathroom faucet sensors. A national conspiracy theory sparked by stars. Ten thousand trees planted in a single day in terrain no human could...
23 Helmi 10min
10,000 Pilots Answer Your Top Drone Questions
Over 10,000 LayerDrone pilots answer your most common questions about professional drone work. From equipment recommendations to future predictions, this episode compiles real-world insights from pilo...
16 Helmi 26min
How Consumer Drones Became Modern Infrastructure | Alec Wilson
Alec Wilson, COO at Spexi Geospatial, encountered his first drone while flying a helicopter in Vancouver, BC. He then helped establish drone regulations before meeting the founder of Spexi, who was fl...
9 Helmi 18min
The different kinds of work for drone pilots | Benji Nevatt of Bluegrass Dronography
Benji Nevatt has been flying drones professionally since 2017, starting as a police department drone operator and now running Bluegrass Dronography in Western Kentucky. This episode explores the diver...
2 Helmi 18min
What Makes a Successful Drone Pilot? | Graham Anderson
What Makes a Successful Drone Pilot?Graham Anderson, Ops Manager at Spexi Geospatial, has overseen 8,000+ registered pilots on the world's largest standardized drone imagery network. After years of ma...
26 Tammi 45min
