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Unified Public Drone Operators Group

Cancellation of Tomorrow’s Flight Practice

The Unified Public Safety Drone Operators Group flight practice for tomorrow, October 2, 2019 has been cancelled. We will resume the next scheduled date of Wednesday, October 16, 2019. 

sUAS Tech 1&2 Classes Hosted by Fort Bend County: April 1-5, 2019

The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management is hosting sUAS Technician 1 and sUAS Technician 2 classes back-to-back the week of April 1, 2019.

Borrowing from the model of HAZMAT Tech 1&2, these classes are taught by experts in disaster drone use and focus on gaining real-world knowledge, skills, and experience. This course will NOT prepare you for the FAA 14 CFR Part 107 test, and is intended for current sUAS pilots to sharpen their skills and help with disaster air operations, mission planning, communications, payloads, maneuvering, etc. Students will need to bring their own sUAS and hold an existing Part 107 pilot’s license.

The classes are offered for $1200 as taken together and registration links are below:

Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

For questions, contact Lach Mullen or Kristina Francis via email or at 281-342-6185.

The Unified Public Drone Operator Group group meets regularly to practice drone flights in a safe environment with other professional pilots in a judgement free zone. We meet at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (4310 Hwy. 36 South, Rosenberg, TX 77471) on Thursday mornings from 9:00-11:00 A.M. unless noted otherwise. The current schedule can be found on the coordination page for the Fort Bend County Unified Public Drone Operators Group: http://fbcoem.org/oem-support-groups/unified-public-drone-operators-group/

 

sUAS Training Flights CANCELLED today

Due to inclement weather, we will not be flying at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds today from 0800-1100.

This is a group of Part 107 and Public COA drone operators within Fort Bend County which come together to share insight and support each other in disasters and meets regularly to practice sUAS flights in a safe environment in a judgement free zone.

If you’re traveling from elsewhere in the region and already on your way, just update Waze to 307 Fort Street in Richmond and we can review policy and procedures in the safe and warm confines of the Fort Bend County EOC.

Please plan to join us for later flights; for more information about this group and our flight schedule visit the Fort Bend County Unified Public Drone Operators Group page.

sUAS Flight Practice Tomorrow, Jan 16 at FBC Fairgrounds

Fort Bend County will be hosting drone flight practice tomorrow, January 16 from 8:30-11:30.

This is a group of Part 107 and Public COA drone operators within Fort Bend County which come together to share insight and support each other in disasters and meets regularly to practice sUAS flights in a safe environment in a judgement free zone.

Please plan on joining us if you’re free, and bring your sUAS with charged batteries. We’ll bring cones and other supplies. We will be meeting at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (4310 Hwy. 36 South, Rosenberg, TX 77471).

If you can’t make this flight, please plan to join us for later flights; for more information about this group and our flight schedule visit the Fort Bend County Unified Public Drone Operators Group page.

Wednesday Dec 5 sUAS Flight Practice Cancelled

Due to December 5 being designated as a National Day of Mourning and the closing of County offices in observance, sUAS flight practice is cancelled for this Wednesday.

Please join us on these other days in December:

 

  • Wed, Dec 12 – 0830-1130 @ FBC Fairgrounds
  • Wed, Dec 19 – 0830-1130 @ FBC Fairgrounds

For more information about our program and upcoming flight practice dates, visit http://fbcoem.org/oem-support-groups/unified-public-drone-operators-group/