This week in drone news; Snapchat has released a drone, Skyward to end operations in June, Disney Paris celebrates with a drone show, an app to find your stolen drone, and finally an update on free stickers!

Snapchat has released a drone!

This drone, “Pixy” is a "free-flying sidekick” and is essentially a selfie drone.

Pixy is autonomous, taking video as it flies which is then transferred to and saved within Snapchat’s app.

The drone is ducted and weighs only 101g.

$249.99 - 

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Skyward, a Verizon company, announced this week that they would end operations. 

Skyward provided LAANC airspace authorization, and fleet management. 

Refocus on ground robot management. connectivity services, and solution development. 

They will continue services through June 30, 2022. 

This is yet another LAANC provider that is having a difficult time monetizing in the drone space. 

AirMap shut down operations a few months ago and was purchased by Drone Up shortly after. 

If you need a replacement, be sure to look at either Aloft or UASidekick. 

To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Disney Paris, the park launched a drone show! 

The show featured 150 color changing drones prior to the fireworks show

The only previous drone show occurred in 2016 in Orlando. 

This goes to show that Drones may be the next big thing next to firework shows!

https://www.avinteractive.com/news/drones/first-drone-show-launched-inside-disney-theme-park-03-05-2022/

The Australian Company DroneSec has launched a “Stolen Drone Registry”

This database allows users to report drones stolen, including the make, model, serial number, and date/location of the loss.

The system actively scans eBay, Facebook marketplace, and other locations for matches.

Once a match has been found, the person who reported the theft is contacted.

https://dronexl.co/2022/04/27/stolen-drones-info/

Pilot Institute is proud to announce we’ve shipped over 10,000 stickers

We’re not stopping! We’re going to continue this to bring awareness to the only correct place to register your drones - the FAA’s website!

The cost is $5 on the FAA’s site, and our stickers are free. 

Order yours at pilotinstitute.com/free