Propheads pilots train Mahwah Police Department
/Propellerheads pilots Parker Gyokeres and Samuel Morse helped the Mahwah Police Department set up their new drone program with training and advice. Click here for the full article.
Flight time for shark spotting
/Propellerheads pilot Samuel Morse flew demo flights for Little Ripper at Nauset Beach in Cape Cod. Little Ripper creates drone systems for rapid rescue and shark detection. Click here for the full article.
Propellerheads' Parker Gyokeres Featured on "Creative By Design" podcast.
/Check out Phil's incredible podcast on creative life after military life. http://www.phillipelgiemedia.com/creative-by-design/
Parkers featured episode can be heard here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-2-parker-gyokeres/id1329926188?i=1000399897622&mt=2
Propellerheads Chief Pilot selected for 2016 Special Citation by NPPA→
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NPPA Special Citation has been awarded to Parker Gyokeres, a New York-based drone pilot, Propellerhead Aerial Photography. Gyokeres volunteered his services in Houston following Hurrican Harvey as floodwaters rose. He’s part of an eight-person team of professional pilots and mappers who are working with local government agencies and the Red Cross to assess the damage and work out how to respond.
Read MoreB&H Photography Podcast: The DJI Phantom 4 Pro and the Latest on Drone Technology
/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNfLjfdNUjk
Published on Jul 17, 2017
The B&H Photography Podcast team was invited to a special event hosted by DJI and the B&H Marketing team to introduce filmmakers and photographers to the Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire 2 drones. Not only did we get to fly these incredible machines, but we took the time to talk with several photographers and drone experts to get their impressions, not only on the latest DJI models, but on other drone platforms and aerial photography applications.
We begin this episode with Adam Lisberg, U.S. spokesperson for DJI, and hear his thoughts on its most recent offerings. We then sit with a previous guest, Randy Scott Slavin, of Yeah Drones and the New York City Drone Film Festival. Slavin discusses the technical leaps that drones have made in the past year and highlights his favorite platforms. Next, we talk with Andrew Scrivani, food photographer and stylist for the New York Times and other publications, on how he is incorporating drones into his work. After a pause, we turn to a lively chat with Sara Dietschy, Kraig Adams, and Ollie Ritchie, three social media influencers using drones in their content creation. Then we speak with Roberto Blake, a YouTube educator, who took advantage of this event to fly his first drone; he offers wonderful insight from the perspective of a newbie.
We then welcome podcasters Chris Barrows and Amir Zonozi, from “Why I Social,” for information on the P4 Pro and on flying in restricted areas, and we conclude with drone builder and pilot Parker Gyokeres, from Propellerheads Aerial Photography, to get his take on why he switched from homebuilding drones to DJI.
Join us for this multifaceted episode on the latest in drone technology, and listen for a B&H Photography Podcast exclusive promo code to get free propellers and a discount on the extended protection plan for the Mavic Pro, from DJI.
Guests: Adam Lisberg, Randy Scott Slavin, Andrew Scrivani, Sara Dietschy, Kraig Adams, Ollie Ritchie, Roberto Blake, Chris Barrows, Amir Zonozi, Parker Gyokeres
Geospatial, Simulation Operations at Aachen MOUT site
/By Capt. W. Gabe Powell Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
(link http://www.pointerview.com/2017/04/20/geospatial-simulation-operations-at-aachen-mout-site/)
April 20th, 2017 | News, News and Features
On March 29, the crisp spring air over Aachen MOUT site was filled with the sound of whirring propellers and the sight of what would once have been a matter of science fiction.
Fixed and rotary wing drones of all sizes were buzzing across the sky as strange looking instruments on tripods spun on the ground.
The activities of the day were the result of months of planning and coordination across seven organizations from the public, private and defense sectors.
The exercise was initiated by Lt. Col.Christopher Hartline, director of the West Point Simulation Center, and Lt. Col. Ian Irmischer, assistant professor of Geospatial Information Science (GIS) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering.
The goal was two-fold: Develop Soldier centric capabilities for impromptu 3D mapping using small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and develop methodologies and proof of concepts for developing simulation terrain from sUAS.
Those involved included cadets and instructors from the GIS Program at the USMA; the Institute of Creative Technologies (ICT), in Los Angeles; the Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) for the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Alexandria, Virginia; Advanced Training and Simulation Division (ATSD), Human Research and Engineering Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, Orlando, Florida; the Applied Research Lab, Penn State University, and Propellerheads Aerial Photography, in Middletown, New York.
Three dimensional immersive maps were created from the imagery and LiDAR data collected of Aachen MOUT site. The next step was to generate a 3D simulation for immersion in the computer assisted virtual environment (CAVE) at the Simulation Center at USMA.
The process used a Unity gaming development environment to push future Army training into the virtual world.
This summer, GIS majors at USMA will have the opportunity to attend Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIADs) and conduct capstone research projects in the realm of 3D modeling and the creation of synthetic training environments.
They will collect data using a multitude of tools available in the GIS program in conjunction with ICT, GRL and ATSD to discover ways to improve efficiencies of current training methods.
To keep up with the rapidly evolving technologies available to the current Warfighter, cadets will soon have the ability to fly a drone during Cadet Summer Training, process the data into a 3D model and brief their squad using enhanced three dimensional mapping products.
10 Ways Drones Are Changing Your World→
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“If you want a moment to look epic,” Parker Gyokeres says, “hire a drone.” As a photographer in the Air Force, he once built a drone from scratch, outfitting it with a GoPro camera, because he could not persuade anyone to take him up in a helicopter. Today he owns a fleet of autonomous aircraft in New York that he uses to shoot projects as varied as BMW commercials, corporate events, and weddings (including the nuptials of U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y.).
Read MoreDrones, UAVs, sUAS, Commercial, Hobbyist, 333 Exemption, Far 107, Registration: What Does It All Mean??→
/Operations of unmanned aircraft have existed since before manned aviation took flight and dominated the National Airspace System (NAS). Historically, most of these operations have existed in the hobbyist realm with a smaller percentage performing commercial missions. Recent advancements in technology have rapidly moved unmanned aviation from a relatively quiet hobby, into the mainstream with significant growth in commercial applications at a pace not seen before in history. As technology has spurred this growth, the FAA has moved to balance interests of multiple stakeholders while maintaining the safest aviation airspace in the world.
This class will help you understand the current UAV environment from a regulatory and practical perspective.
We’ll discuss the evolution of regulations over the last few years, the new proposed Federal Aviation Regulations Part 107, registration, practical applications, and how Public (Government), Civil (Commercial), and Hobbyist UAV activities function in the NAS today.
B&H supports the drone market with everything needed to support the professional and hobbyist. Click here to view the our special webiste devoted to UAV and drones.
Read MoreThe Intersection Of Drones, Photos And Art - Buzzfeed Live features Propellerheads→
/http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/drones-and-the-future-of-photography/558c621e2b8c2a5a2c00040e
Time Warner Cable News Profiles Propellerheads →
/MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. -- Parker Gyokeres of Propellerheads Aerial Photography in Middletown says he bought his first aircraft 3 years ago. Now, he not only takes beautiful aerial shots for clients, but he builds them as well.
"The radio has to talk to the flight controller, it has to talk to camera controller , the camera has to be triggered, everything has to work together," he said.
So far, he's built 18 medium-sized aircraft for about $10,000 apiece. He has a 3D printing machine that'll help him build parts he can't buy. Gyokeres says it takes about a month to assemble the drone.
"Make sure when you plug it in everything comes to life and you sit sit there like Dr. Frankenstein - it's alive!"
Parker has built drones that weigh as little as one pound to one that's 25 pounds. All can bring a photographer and his camera to a height they couldn't reach before.
When it comes to events, Gyokers says he does about 3 a week. He has two other employees that work with him: one who will navigate the drone while the other will control the camera.
"Now, we can get down right on a job right under treetop level, down in a riverbank, places you couldn't take a manned helicopter at a fraction of the cost with no time at all."
Gyokeres hopes to expand and give clients images and experiences he says only drones can provide.
Read MoreBusiness Insider covers Propellerheads for "Game Changers" series→
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The film and video industry will never look the same, thanks to drones. Commercial use of drones is now prohibited, but there are signs that regulatory changes may be coming soon. The FAA has just granted exemptions to six filmmaking companies to use drones equipped with cameras.
Drone videos are already changing the way we see things.
"I think that drones are the most amazing innovation that cinema has seen since probably the Steadicam," director and photographer Randy Scott Slavin tells Business Insider.
While many people look at drones as a loud and expensive hobby, professional filmmakers like Slavin are using their drones to capture video from a unique perspective. After his aerial footage of New York City went viral, Slavin was inspired to launch the New York City Drone Film Festival, to celebrate the stunning works of countless other drone videographers.
"This is not a hobby anymore. This is a profession," Parker Gyokeres of Propellerheads Aerial Photography tells us. "This is a professional skill set that has taken us years to develop."
Produced by Will Wei. Additional camera by Alana Kakoyiannis and Justin Gmoser.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/beautiful-drone-videos-2014-9#ixzz3Gt6O3LUZ
Propellerheads is offering an e-learning course on UAV operations in cooperation with the ASMP!
/http://asmp.org/e-learning/uav#.VDLIr75sBUQ
Bird? Plane? No, It’s the Wedding Photographer→
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“Everyone is looking for that one great shot,” said Darcy Miller, the editorial director of Martha Stewart Weddings. Although Ms. Miller has been to more weddings than most people, she admits that she has never seen a drone used at one — so far, anyway. “I’m sure everything changes every day with technology.”
Among photographers and videographers, however, drones and weddings are “a hot topic in the industry now,” said Denis Reggie, an Atlanta-based wedding photographer who decidedly has not bought into this technology. “We’ve seen so much information about drones, but they’re not sanctioned by the F.A.A. yet,” he said.
Brendan Schulman, a lawyer and special counsel at the law firm Kramer Levin in Manhattan, where he is a litigator with a specialty in unmanned aircraft systems, said: “This is the future of technology. It’s not like an airplane with passengers and fuel on board, and there are no safety issues.” Mr. Schulman, who has represented drone pilots in court when they have been challenged by the F.A.A., reports that Hollywood filmmakers had been using model airplanes for decades, and yet the agency had never issued guidelines.
That is until 1981, he said, when it did issue some, including recommending not flying higher than 400 feet or within three miles of an airport. And those were only voluntary, he noted. Then, in 2007, recognizing that businesses were going to be using the machines, the agency put out a “policy statement” about not using model aircraft for “commercial purposes.” But a policy statement is not a law, Mr. Schulman said.
Les Dorr, a spokesman for the F.A.A. disputes Mr. Schulman’s interpretation, saying: “The F.A.A. believes laws and regulations are the same thing. Under the 2012 F.A.A. law, you can fly a model aircraft for hobby or recreational purposes without authorization from the F.A.A. For any other reason, like commercial purposes, you need F.A.A. approval.”
This has sowed confusion among couples and their photographers about using drones at weddings. Nevertheless, the agency and many of the professional photographers who are choosing to add drones to their arsenal of photo gear, like Parker Gyokeres, are on the same page when it comes to safety concerns. Mr. Gyokeres, an active duty United States Air Force photojournalist who was hired as a subcontractor by the Maloney-Florke wedding’s photographer, said, “I always have an abort plan, and I never fly my drone out of my sight.” If he is within five miles of an airport, he contacts the tower and never flies higher than 400 feet.
Read MoreWedding photographers are out, drones are in→
/According to a trend piece in the New York Times wedding section, camera-equipped drones are increasingly showing up as wedding guests for the rich and famous. Far from uninvited, unmanned aerial copters have emerged as the hot new must-have excess at high profile ceremonies around the world. The whole thing is very très chic, etc.
In June, a drone shot photos from above as Randy Florke and U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney traded vows on the grounds of their sweeping manor in Cold Spring, N.Y. Among the high-profile guests sharing the spotlight with the unmanned aerial vehicle were House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Facebook cofounder-turned-publisher Chris Hughes, and an aide to Hillary Clinton.
Maloney, a member of the subcommittee that guides the Federal Aviation Administration admitted that he wasn't aware of restrictions that might apply to his wedding photographer's high-tech stunt. Maloney and Florke commissioned a wedding photographer who subcontracted Propellerheads Aerial Photography, helmed by UAV enthusiast and talented Air Force photojournalist Parker Gyokeres, for the drone shots.
Read MoreLawmaker hired commercial drone for wedding→
/Members of Congress have been pressing the FAA to move more quickly to integrate commercial drone flights into the national airspace. But FAA officials, who have expressed concern about the safety of drones, have allowed only a very few commercial operations on a case-by-case basis.
The wedding photographer subcontracted Parker Gyokeres of Propellerheads Aerial Photography of Trenton, N.J. to shoot the video. Gyokeres posted outtakes of the wedding on his company's website and created a YouTube video.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/sean-patrick-maloney-wedding-drone-109025.html#ixzz38UNRJazI
FAA Probes Congressman’s Wedding Video Shot By Drone→
/"I'm just a guy with a single multi-copter in the trunk of my car who was trying to do my job," Gyokeres said in an interview with ABC News. "But this is a political event now. I'm being used as the stick to poke the skunk."
Read MoreFamily uses drone to help locate missing man→
/David Lesh owns a ski and snowboard outerwear company based in Colorado. The Colorado resident purchased a drone to film aerial ski and snowboard videos. This weekend, while visiting his girlfriend's family in Fitchburg, he found a new use for his drone that he never expected.
"I never thought that I would be using it to find somebody," Lesh said.
When he heard about 82-year-old Guillermo DeVenecia, who had been missing for three days, he figured he'd step in to help.
"We weren't really sure what we would find or what kind of shape he would be in if we did find him... I don't think any of us expected to find him," Lesh said.
After a three day search with a helicopter, search dogs and hundreds of volunteers, Lesh sent up his drone to look at a 200-acre bean field, from about 200 feet in the air.
"I thought what would happen would be we'd be able to give them the piece of mind to cross of some more areas quickly," said Katie Gorman, Lesh's girlfriend.
In what would have taken volunteers hours to search on foot, in just 20 minutes Lesh had combed through most of the field.
As they headed to the final corner of the field, Lesh noticed a man standing in the middle of it.
"As we were making the last turn to fly it, we noticed a man out in the field sort of stumbling, looking a little disoriented," Lesh said.
Sure enough, that man was DeVenecia. Lesh, Katie and her father, Gary Gorman, carried DeVenecia to their car.
"To be honest, when David was flying the drone over the bean fields, we thought we were looking for a body," said Gary, who was surprised at DeVenecia's condition.
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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney used drone at his wedding — violating Federal Aviation Administration rules→
/Parker Gyokeres, owner of Propellerheads Aerial Photography, who operated the drone at Maloney's wedding, and was paid by Maloney's videographer, acknowledged in an interview Monday the "FAA has straight banned everyone from flying."
But Gyokeres distinguished between federal law and FAA interpretation.
"There are no laws that prohibit the use of multicopters for photography," he said.
Prior to wedding, the Gyokeres and Maloney briefly discussed the murky legality of drone use and lack of clear federal policy, a source said. Maloney mentioned that he sits on the subcommittee overseeing the FAA but didn't want to discuss policy on his wedding day, according to the source.
Read MoreAlleged Drone 'Peeping Tom' Photo Reveals Perils Of Drone Related Journalism→
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drone related stories reveals a pattern in coverage about these new devices. Journalists cover a story, featuring sensational allegations in the lede and introductory paragraphs, only to have the “but it wasn’t true” paragraph buried later in the story.