Drone MBA

Summary Notes:

Introduction

Host: Dr. Heather Monthie

Purpose: Explanation of the podcast's content and direction in 2024.

Podcast Evolution

Original start in 2020 as "Discover Drones".

Initial content: Airspace tutorials on YouTube, later adapted to podcast format.

Background of Heather Monthie

Started a drone business.

Work with high school teachers, colleges, and universities on drone education programs.

Background in technology and aviation.

Content Focus

Transition to focusing on drone business development.

Providing tips for starting, growing, and scaling a drone business.

Mix of short and longer episodes, including free webinars.

Heather's Professional and Personal Journey

Aviation enthusiast since childhood.

Shifted from aspiring pilot to technology-focused career.

Established background in workforce development in emerging technologies.

Educators Who Drone Community

Founded in 2019 to support teachers integrating drones into education.

Global reach and diverse membership.

Podcast Goals and Themes

Assist listeners in understanding the aviation world, especially those new to it.

Focus on the business and technological aspects of drones.

Sharing expertise in pivoting careers into emerging tech sectors.

Digital Marketing for Drone Industry

Resources and workshops to help listeners market their drone businesses.

Concluding Remarks

Emphasis on practical guidance and sharing knowledge.

Encouragement for listeners to extract valuable insights for their drone-related endeavors.

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Summary Notes

Commercial drone licensing requirements worldwide.0:11

In most countries, a commercial drone license is required to start a drone business.

Commercial drone licensing and business leadership.1:53

Commercial drone operations require a part 107 license, even if no money exchanges hands.

Leading a team in a non-licensed profession.3:21

Sharing how I lead a team of cosmetologists without being licensed. Leads a team in creating an educational program, relying on licensed professionals for expertise while taking on business responsibilities.

Starting a drone business without a license.4:55

Starting a drone business without a license can save time and money, allowing for quicker launches and outsourcing to licensed pilots.

Outsourcing to licensed pilots can help save on initial costs and time spent preparing for the exam, according to Heather Monthie.

Starting a drone business without a license.7:04

I discuss the pros and cons of starting a business without a license, including limited knowledge and dependence on others.

Suggest obtaining a drone license (Part 107 certificate) to understand regulations and grow a drone business.

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Summary Notes

Starting a drone business before it takes off.0:00

Dr. Heather Monthie shares tips for marketing and creating excitement for a drone business before it's fully operational.

Marketing a drone business before it's fully launched.1:28

Heather discusses the importance of mindset when starting a new business, emphasizing the need to focus on the present and avoid talking about future plans in a way that can create a false sense of accomplishment.

Heather suggests starting early marketing efforts and generating excitement around the services that will be offered, even if everything is not yet in place.

Create an opt-in offer on a website to collect email addresses of interested customers for your drone photography services.

Creating engaging social media content and email newsletters for a wedding photography business.4:47

Heather suggests creating educational and entertaining social media content to engage the target audience, such as brides, and sharing relevant products or services that complement their needs.

Heather recommends using email newsletters to educate the audience, share relevant products, and make an enticing offer on the landing page.

Starting a drone business, marketing strategies, and community building.7:00

Planning a drone business: prepare for launch in spring 2024, outsource flying and photography.

Heather started a targeted Facebook group for their drone business and collected email addresses to engage with a specific niche within the industry.

Starting a drone business in the late 90s.10:21

Collect contact information and sent letters to potential clients to promote his aerial photography services.

Heather recommends creating a landing page and collecting email addresses for drone business.

(Please excuse the jet noise around 11:00 or so. I live near an Air Force Base. :) )

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Summary Notes

Drone industry, business, and careers.0:13

Dr. Heather Monthie, a pilot, flight instructor, consultant, and entrepreneur, launches the drone MBA podcast to discuss the business of drones.

Drone industry career opportunities.0:59

Heather Monthie aims to facilitate conversations around business opportunities in the drone industry, highlighting career paths and growing companies.

Technology trends and opportunities in aviation and education.2:28

Heather Monthie, a pilot and educator, sees opportunities in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and focuses on online platforms like YouTube and podcasts to share her expertise.

Starting and growing a drone business with industry insights.3:32

Heather Monthie plans to create a weekly podcast on drone business, featuring interviews with industry professionals and practical tips.

Drone regulations and business challenges.5:11

Heather Monthie aims to provide training certification programs for drone pilots in multiple countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, and Africa.

Listeners are encouraged to share their challenges and feedback on the podcast, and can email Heather at hello [@] flyelectricmonarch.com or join the Facebook group for business strategies.

Launch your drone business: Your option to listen on Youtube

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Links Mentioned in this Episode

Contact email: hello [at] flyelectricmonarch.com

Business Strategies for Drone Pilots Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/flyelectricmonarch

The podcast has been on a bit of a hiatus and I am excited to be back. Had a few changes happening, but let's get back to the podcast!

Discover drones is your go to resource for learning about drones, drones and business, emerging drone technology and drones in STEM education. I am Dr. Heather Monthie, an FAA certificated, flight instructor, commercial pilot, remote pilot and dedicated stem educator. Join us as we discover more about drone safety, urban Air Mobility, business and education. Let's get started.

FULL TRANSCRIPT:Hi there stranger. Welcome back to The Discover drones podcast. It has been just about two years since we have done an episode on this podcast. But I am back. And I think that what I wanted to do today is just reintroduce what we're doing here with the podcast, and what we can expect going forward. So when I first started the Discover drones podcast, I started it, it was started out as a quarantine project in the summer of 2020. And the I usually attend the Oshkosh air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and it was canceled for the year. So I thought I'm gonna start a podcast about drones. And like many of us, we pick up projects, and they kind of get put out into the wayside when we get busy with other things. And I had a change in my career, I had a change in some other things. And so it kind of got put off to the wayside. And so I wanted to start up the podcast again. And I kind of thought I was gonna start up a separate podcast for educators who drone. And if you're not familiar, or not a part of educators who drone it is a global community of parents and teachers and STEM education advocates and pilots who are interested in using drones in the classroom to teach children, young adults and even adults about different STEM education related topics. So things like coding, robotics, aerodynamics, weather, all that kind of fun stuff. So I had originally thought I was going to start a separate podcast for educators who join and I thought, no, let's just put this all together with discovered drones. So what I'm going to do with this podcast, we're still going to talk about drone related content, starting your own drone business, getting clients that kind of stuff, and figuring out what your niche is helping you pass the FAA part 107 exam, if you're not in the US, providing you some resources to pass whatever exam is required in your country, all that kind of stuff. But there is a very, very, very distinct need for let's talk a little bit more about how we can use drones in the classroom. And so when we talk about, you know, this concept of educators who drone these are going to be your people who are really interested in helping to teach the next generation the skills needed for the future of work, such as skills like problem solving, and creativity and computer science, robotics, engineering, aviation, cybersecurity, all the stuff that we're seeing coming up in the future. And so what we'll do is we'll talk a little bit about so I'm what I'm going to do is I'm going to have separate like sort of sub episodes, where we'll call it educators who drone. And this is where we're going to talk about things about, like, how do we integrate drones into drones into the curriculum? How do we teach with drones, all that really, really good stuff. So let me re introduce myself, it's been, you know, a little bit, if you just found this podcast, that's great. You can go back there's 10 episodes that we recorded in 2020 for the podcast. But the like I said, things have changed in my life. And I'm sure in yours as well. So but my background with aviation, computer science, education, has really all sort of come together with the, with drones. And I all growing up, I thought I was going to become an airline pilot, I was working on all of my pilot ratings, while I was going to school to get my degree in computer science. And for a few different reasons.

Review of the article "Practical Pedagogy for Embedding Drone Technology into a Business and Computing Curriculum"

Download the Part 107 study guide: https://www.flyelectricmonarch.com/product/faa-part-107-written-exam-what-to-study/

You can listen to the podcast or watch the YouTube video here:

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Links: Kuzma, J., Robinson, A., Dobson, K., & Law, J. (2018). Practical Pedagogy for Embedding Drone Technology into a Business and Computing Curriculum. Journal of Education and Human Development, 7(3), 1-9.

Use of drones has expanded outside of military into business applications across multiple industries (Antanasov, 2006)European Commission performed an impact report and found that by 2025 drones will account for 10% of all air traffic (2015)The number of drone jobs in the US is set to exceed 100,000 by 2025

Pedagogical Approach to Drones in the Classroom

As technology advances, the pedagogical approach needs to shift to include more technology-based competencies within curriculumCarnahan, et. al, (2016) find the inclusion of drones in curriculum improves student motivation and engagement (affiliate link)This allows for concrete examples of how STEM principles are appliedSoft skills, or professional skills are valuable to employers. Things like teamwork, problem-solving, and presentation skills. Carnahan et al (2016) have created the SOAR model for drones in the classroom (affiliate link)this focuses on the student's experience but follows research-based education on ethical, legal, and pragmatic uses of drone technology

SOAR model (Carnahan, 2016) (affiliate link) S - safety and legal issues O - operations, flight maintenance, and trouble-shooting A - Active learning, engagement in solving problems R - Research, practical applications

This model has been successful in K-12 application of drones and can be successful in other types of drone education and training

Preliminary Assessment

insurance company required a site risk assessmentwhat drones will be flownsafety planssite surveyrisk rating matrixactivity and site specific locationthey conducted an assessment for every indoor and outdoor location where drone flights might occurused the gym and larger classrooms without expensive audio-visual equipmentsome outdoor sites were ruled out due to high voltage cables, CAA laws (UK)decided it was necessary to have a certificate pilot on grounds for any event such as seminars, research activities, etcdecided it was necessary to train more staff to become certificated drone pilots

"Module Development and Pedagical Approach"

Idries et al (2015) mention technical and non-technical needs in drone operations, including business processes and project managementmust first address drones from the business application point of view, how is this going to be applied in business?project management, risk management, operations, and scheduling need to be reviewedpractical, hands on flying experience Outcomes:

"Display knowledge of the legal framework in which drones operate. Complete risk assessments and site surveys to industry standards. Demonstrate confidence in operating a drone safely. Successfully implement a practical project using drone technology. Discuss potential future applications for drone technology"(Kuzma, et al, 2018)

Each one of these outcomes are aligned to one of the components in the SOAR model. Some examples of projects they gave are:

Constructing a 3d model of a building using aerial footage Constructing an annotated panorama for use on social media or developing a video presentation of a property Capturing high quality video footage for use in a film drama Exploring the potential for drone delivery of small packagesUsing drone photography and panorama stitching to assemble an isometric map of a large area Using drones as an educational tool for primary school students would appeal to Education students.

Some lessons learned:

This podcast episode is a replay from my previous podcast that was focused on STEM education. I decided to repost it in this podcast, because it gives you a few new ideas of what we can do with drone technology.

The research article I summarized can be found here. You can also read my blog post on my personal blog to get some additional information.

Full transcript:

0:00Discover drones is your go to resource for learning about drones, drones in business, emerging drone technology and drones in STEM education. I am Dr. Heather Monthie, an FAA certificated flight instructor, commercial pilot, remote pilot and dedicated stem educator. Join us as we discover more about drone safety, urban Air Mobility, business and education. Let's get started. Hi, and welcome back to the podcast. I'm Heather Monthie. And this episode, what I am doing is I am re sharing with you a podcast episode that I did in my old podcast that was really geared towards STEM education. But I talked a lot about drones in that podcast. And so I wanted to share with you a couple of episodes that I used in that podcast, I think that you will find interesting so this podcast episode is about the library of the future. It's about library drone delivery and some of the things that we might want to think about as

1:00We are advancing in drone technology and some of the uses for it. And so what I did is I found a research article that I just summarized a little bit share with you some of the things that were they're doing. And then a couple different links in the show notes are available if you guys want to check out the article itself and some of the other resources that I share with you in this episode. So enjoy.

1:24Alright, so let's dive in. We're going to talk about the library of the future. So I have been sharing quite a bit about how I am learning more and more about the different types of drone business models that are out there, and the different drone use cases. I think that this is an emerging technology that there's a lot of ideas being thrown out there. Some are good, some are not as good. Some may need a few more years for other technology to develop. But I came across an article written by Francis Nath from the rain forest Research Institute in India. And in this article, Francis discusses the idea of library drones

2:00To delivery services. So it wasn't really something that I have come across much in the drone blogs or the scholarly papers that I read about with drone technology and business in that. So I thought it was an interesting idea and interesting concept to try to help get more and more people using library resources that can't necessarily be delivered online. So in this episode, today, I'm going to give you a summary of the article I also linked to the actual article in the show notes if you're interested in reading the actual article itself. So I'm going to provide to you a summary of this article as well as a little bit of my own opinions and input on article. So you know, as we all know, over the past several years, drone technology has become much more commercialized. And as a result, there are many creative technology professionals and entrepreneurs who are looking for ways to create scalable businesses around this new emerging technology. There are current sources of

3:00revenue for drone operators these are existing business models for drone operators. These are going to be things like filming video and movies, aerial photography, doing search and rescue operations, crop monitoring services and meteorological services. And as more and more business leaders become more familiar and more comfortable with this technology, a lot of businesses are moving their drone services in house now. So this article is titled library drone delivery program a study. So in this article Nath provides a framework for understanding how drone technology can be integrated into library resources for the community. So there, you know,

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How to Identify Class E Airspace on a VFR Sectional Chart for Remote Pilots

0:00Discover drones is your go to resource for learning about drones, drones in business, emerging drone technology and drones in STEM education. I am Dr. Heather Monthie, an FAA certificated flight instructor,

0:13commercial pilot, remote pilot and dedicated stem educator. Join us as we discover more about drone safety, urban Air Mobility, business and education. Let's get started.

0:26Welcome back to the Discover drones podcast. I'm Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast. This is episode eight of the podcast and if you have been listening to previous episodes, you'll know that this is the final installment of the free preview of my understanding airspace and VFR sectional charts for remote pilots course. So if you're just finding this podcast now, if you go back to Episode Three, it's what is the fastest way to get an airspace authorization for remote pilots. Episodes three through eight are a free preview of My course on understanding airspace for remote pilots. So, airspace is a big chunk of the exam the part 107 exam, it is a big chunk of what you are responsible for as a drone pilot, whether you're flying commercially or recreationally or even for educational purposes, you have to understand airspace you have to get the the air that in which you're flying. So episodes three through eight are a free preview of that course. It's a video based course. So I pulled the audio out of that the videos and I'm delivering them to you here in this podcast so you can listen to them. You're walking the dog, you're up for your morning run, or maybe you're just sitting on the couch, or even driving to work. It could be anything really. So you can go back listen to those episodes, get a free preview of those particular videos pick the particular pieces of the course. In this episode we're going to talk about how to identify class echo airspace or Class E airspace on VFR sectional charts. Now sectionals VFR section are very visual, there's color coding, there's all sorts of different stuff that you need to be able to see, which obviously, you're not going to be able to do on this podcast. So if you go to the link in the show notes to my website, it'll bring you to the website, you can watch the video that corresponds to the audio in this podcast. And it's the actual video that is in my course understanding airspace and VFR sectionals for remote pilots. So you can go to www dot fly electric monarch comm slash courses to check out that particular course. And as always, you can go to discover drones podcast comm to check out all of the other episodes. In this free preview again, it's episodes three through eight, starting with what is the fastest way to get an airspace authorization all the way through to episode eight which is this episode how to identify class echo airspace on VFR sectional charts for remote pilots. Let's get to it.

3:03How to identify class echo airspace on a VFR sectional chart. So class echo airspace or Class E airspace is all of the airspace in the National Airspace System that extends from 1200 feet agpl to 17,

Class A airspace is not something on the Part 107 exam, but I think all pilots should be familiar with the regulations on Class A. In this episode, I share the audio from my what is Class A airspace video on my “Airspace and VFR Sectional Charts for Drone Pilots” course.

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Join the Electric Monarch Drone Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/Part107StudyGroup/

This episode is a free preview of my course “Airspace and VFR Sectional Charts for Drone Pilots” available at: https://bit.ly/FAAAirspace .

Download your free FAA Part 107 Study Guide e-book here: https://bit.ly/FAAPart107TestPrep

Listen to more great podcast episodes at www.DiscoverDronesPodcast.com

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What is Class A Airspace for Remote Pilots?

0:00Discover drones is your go to resource for learning about drones, drones in business, emerging drone technology and drones in STEM education. I am Dr. Heather Monthie an FAA certificated flight instructor, commercial pilot, remote pilot and dedicated stem educator. Join us as we discover more about drone safety, urban Air Mobility, business and education. Let's get started.

0:25Why don't you just love

0:26that intro music it always gets me going every time I hear it. I just love it. So welcome back to the Discover drones Podcast. I am Heather Monthie. And this is Episode Seven of the podcast. And in today's episode, we're going to talk about what is Class A airspace or class alpha airspace and what you need to know about it as a remote pilot for the part 107 exam. In fact, you don't need to know anything about it for the part 107 exam. It's not even on your exam, but it is something that I think you should that you should know about it that it exists and what it is used for. So This is a free preview of my understanding airspace and VFR sectional charts for remote pilots course that you can find at WWW dot fly electric monarch comm slash courses. And I am giving you a free preview of the audio from the videos that are in the course in this podcast. If you would like to watch the videos, the corresponding videos that go with the audio, just go to my website at fly electric monarch COMM The link is in the show notes to the spot where you can watch this particular video and all the other videos that I've given you for free in this podcast as well. airspace is something that is somewhat visual and it is helpful to see some of the different things that I am talking through in the videos. But I wanted to be able to give you another way to hear and get a free preview of the course through this podcast. So in today's episode, we're going to talk about class eight airspace. But first, I wanted to share with you my free part 107 exam prep guide, the FAA has put together all sorts of really great information to help you prepare for the part 107 exam. What I did is I put it all together in one spot for you in this free ebook. So you can go to fly electric monarch comm slash FAA part 107 test prep, you can download the PDF there. Like I said, the FAA has got all sorts of information all over in lots of different places. And I just put it together into one easy convenient spot for you all the different links all at different spots that you need to study, that sort of thing. And you will then be added to my mailing list. So if you're looking for somebody to help guide you through this a little bit more you want a course you'll be the first to be notified that the course that I'm putting together is available. And finally, head over to discover drones podcast.com to check out other episodes of this podcast and let's get started. Class alpha airspace. What is Class A airspace for drone pilots? So Class A or class alpha airspace is the airspace that extends from 18,000 feet MSL so mean sea level up to flight levels 600 so that's 60,

SkyVector is a valuable tool for all pilots to read FAA VFR sectional charts. In this episode, I share the audio from my How to Use SkyVector for Drone Pilots video on my “Airspace and VFR Sectional Charts for Drone Pilots” course.

Shownotes with links and video available at: https://www.flyelectricmonarch.com/how-to-use-skyvector-for-drone-pilots

Join the Electric Monarch Drone Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/Part107StudyGroup/

This episode is a free preview of my course “Airspace and VFR Sectional Charts for Drone Pilots” available at: https://bit.ly/FAAAirspace .

Download your free FAA Part 107 Study Guide e-book here: https://bit.ly/FAAPart107TestPrep

Listen to more great podcast episodes at www.DiscoverDronesPodcast.com

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How to Use SkyVector for Drone Pilots

0:00Discover drones is your go to resource for learning about drones, drones in business, emerging drone technology and drones in STEM education. I am Dr. Heather Monthie, an FAA certificated flight instructor, commercial pilot, remote pilot and dedicated stem educator. Join us as we discover more about drone safety, urban Air Mobility, business and education. Let's get started.

0:26Hello, and welcome back to the Discover drones podcast. I'm Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast. We are here already in episode six of the podcast. In this episode where I'm going to do is talk a little bit about how to use skyvector as a remote pilot. So fair warning here. This is a pre free preview of my course understanding airspace and VFR sectionals for remote pilots. This is a video based course for good reason. skyvector and some of the other tools are very visual based tools that you need to be To know how to use as a remote pilot to be able to determine if you can fly in certain types of airspace, safely and legally from the FAA perspective. skyvector is one of those tools that is it's very visual, it's very, it's color coded. It's got all sorts of different information on there that you need to know how to use. But what I'm doing is I'm sharing in this podcast, I'm sharing the audio from that video, so that you can just get sort of a free preview of what is covered in that video, I do urge you to go to my website and check out the actual video I've given you the actual video that's in the course, you can go to the link in the show notes at fly electric monarch comm and search for skyvector or just go to the link in the show notes. And it will come right up for you and then you can watch the actual video you can see what I mean about how this is this is very much sky vectors. It's a visual tool. You've got it you've got to see it but I wanted to share with you the audio that you can just have a listen learn a little bit and you just see what's happening in that particular course and see if it's something that you might be interested in. I also want to encourage you to download my FAA part 107 study guide, it is free, the FAA has put together all sorts of different information to help you pass the part 107 exam. What I did is I just put it all together into one ebook, all the different links, you need all the different documents, you need that kind of thing. So if you go to fly electric monarch comm slash FAA part 107 test prep, you can download that PDF guide. And then if you are looking for somebody to really guide you much more through all the different materials that are needed to study for that exam, you will be added to my mailing list and so when my part 107 course is available, you will be the first to be notified that it's available, along with a nice little discount. So you can go to fly electric monarch comm slash FAA part 107 test prep and I will We'll link...