In this episode of the Drone Radio Show, Juan Plaza, CEO of consulting firm Plaza Aerospace, talks about recent mid-air collisions and their implications for the drone industry and drone operators. Listen here:Juan Plaza is the CEO of Plaza Aerospace, a Boca Raton-based consulting firm specializing in manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, Latin American business development, and GIS consulting. The firm helps organizations achieve their goals faster by selecting the right platform and implementing best deployment practices. Prior to founding Plaza Aerospace in 2015, Juan worked as a sales executive in Latin America for over 26 years for companies such as Autodesk and Trimble Navigation, building a network of software and hardware distributors willing to represent new products in each country. Juan has over 750 hours of experience in photogrammetric navigation and camera operations across a variety of fields and holds a commercial multi-engine pilot license.
On December 30, 2023, a helicopter and a drone collided mid-air near Daytona Beach International Airport. The FAA initially classified the incident as a collision with an object/terrain, but the actual nature of the collision was not known until Juan contacted the FAA on behalf of the pilot.
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