New Drone School Opened In The UK
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Four pilots have opened a new drone training school called UAV Air in the UK to help people learn how to fly unmanned aircraft safely and legally.
There has been a surge in the number of drone-related accidents in recent months, with a number of drone hobbyists coming close to causing major incidents by flying their UAVs around airports like Heathrow and over busy flight paths.
Pilots from the US have reported 650 close calls with drones this year and in the UK there have been seven near-misses between planes and drones in the last year.
Aspiring commercial drone pilots can choose from a total of four UAV Air courses, with a flight assessment and conversion course available for those already in possession of a theoretical qualification.
Course content is structured to equip pilots with a strong technical, theoretical and practical understanding. Students are taught the theory and flight assessment standards necessary to fly drones commercially in the UK.
UAV Air director Will Coldwell said: “The commercial drone industry is very new and growing at a phenomenal rate so there is a real need to provide formal training, by experienced instructors to accepted aviation guidelines. We have set out to do just this with UAV Air and have already seen phenomenal interest in our courses, which begin this month.”
Students will be the first in the UK to benefit from an unprecedented level of experience in the emerging drone industry.
