Recent content by Thomas A Van Ness

Thank you all for your inputs. I am interested in the night training aspects of Gold Seal. I spent $80.00 for the FAA certified trainer when I went through it. I will have my new person doing some IR at night as he progresses in experience, that will give me some savings

Hello Group. I have hit the point in my business that requires me hire a second pilot. I have hired someone, and am looking for recommendations on the best online Part 107 class. I self studied when I took the test, but want to put my hires through a course. I will be providing most of the...

Very nice. I think I’m jealous

Yes, very excited to see what the IR reveals in the dam.

@outtacontrol, I suppose what prompted my post was the description of the ITC training, and the lack of need of quantitative training. I am agreeing that the there is little need for quantitative analysis in most drone applications. However, the Level 1 training can help a new inexperienced...

You are correct, most clients do not require quantitative measurements, but the training is good to help learn how to determine what you are looking at even when performing qualitative analysis. Experience is just as important as training, but IR is being used in UAS in new ways all the time...