The nation's first drone farming training center.
A full curriculum, from a first Part 107 certificate to flying a spray drone legally over a Pennsylvania field with chemical on board. We teach the flying, the farming and the paperwork, because a pilot needs all three.
The curriculum, in order
- 1
Part 107 remote pilot certificate
The FAA certificate every commercial drone pilot needs. We get you through the study, the test and the first flights. - 2
Flight skills
Hands on the controller. Mission planning, take-off and landing with a loaded tank, battery management and the habits that keep a heavy aircraft out of trouble. - 3
Situational farming
The agricultural side: reading a field, planning a pass, working with the weather window, and knowing what you are applying and why. - 4
Part 137, registration and the state applicator test
FAA Part 137 for agricultural aircraft operations, registering the drones with the FAA, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture pesticide applicator certification. The compliance module walks through each one.
Pix4D and the 3D field
Flying is half of it. We also train on Pix4D, the modelling software that turns crop health imagery into something a farmer can act on. From the flights you build a 3D model of the field and measure compaction, slope and drainage from it.
That is the skill that makes the predictive layer of the Ag Stack pay for itself, and most drone courses skip it.
Who it is for
Farmers who want to fly their own ground. Applicators adding aerial to their service. People starting a drone farming outfit from scratch, who will also want to read about franchising and the 10 on 10 program. And anyone who needs the compliance pieces sorted before the season starts.
Enroll for the next cohort.
Email us with where you are starting from, whether that is no certificate at all or a Part 107 and a field waiting for you.