PASSION &
CURIOSITY
Founded on the basis of passion for flight and the insatiable curiosity that comes with aerial photography, videos and advanced application of both.
With over two decades of experience in designing, building, and operating UAS, we deliver precision and creativity to every project.
Our core skills involve consulting, delivering innovative solutions and applying the UAS as a tool in the process. Whether RTK survey based digital twin creation, construction progress reports or a beautiful rural property portfolio, we treat every project with a white-glove and 100% guarantee: if the delivered assets don't meet the agreed project scope, we'll reshoot at no charge within 30 days.
MEET THE OWNER
Chief Pilot & Creative Visionary
It started with a six foot wing span balsa glider, kit built over many months, then covered with care. Launch, glide, crash.
As a rising 8th grader, I had no idea I needed to be trained on flight, how to control the glider or even where it was appropriate to fly. Yet the experience stoked a passion for flight, for building and for radio controlled aircraft.
School, college and then a window of intense stress reignited this passion. Another kit - but this time a nitromethane powered engine, 40 sized trainer, elevator, ailerons and rudder. Through lessons I learned to fly, take-off and land and was hooked.
Since then, I have been building, flying and teaching. Building autonomous aircraft, flying complex aircraft and teaching about the same. Considerable joy in all three.
The idea for a company took shape as I collaborated with a talented group of juniors and seniors at Mt. Vernon University, helping guide them through a capstone program to build and deploy a reusable, agricultural drone program. I realized so much of what we were doing had commercial AND missional applications. Fixed wing, VTOL, quadcopter - any "UAS" had become a platform. Intrigued, I sought out areas I believed I could help unlock potential.
I formed Aude Aerial Solutions around this same time as I wanted to work with commercial clients and collaborate with them to envision what was possible with aerial flight, technology and this ever changing area.
To this end, I bring deep experience to this space, as a pilot, educator, builder and solution provider. I'm a
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FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot
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29-year member, Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA)
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Designer and builder of custom-built UAS — not off-the-shelf hardware and software.
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University UAS instructor and curriculum collaborator teaching pilots the physics and safety protocols behind commercial drone operation.
