Recently, the Java Post Aerial Photography flight crew - with the cooperation of Transport Canada and NAV Canada - was back again at the Regina International Airport, flying one of our UAVs to capture aerial footage. We have been flying our UAVs at the Regina International Airport on a regular basis for more than a year, documenting a long-term construction project for a client.

Java Post Aerial Photography is an experienced, fully certified and insured UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle, AKA "drone") operator, recognized by Transport Canada with an open Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for the Prairie provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.  Java Post Aerial Photography is also Transport Canada-certified to conduct flight operations at NIGHT.

Additionally, because of Java Post's flight experience and professional reputation, our open permit from Transport Canada also provides Java Post with special permission to fly within the otherwise-restricted 9-kilometre aerodrome operating radius. This is a service not offered by many other UAV drone photography companies.

Here's the Java Post flight crew, Jack Tunnicliffe and Trevor Bennett, getting ready for launch in the infield of the Regina International Airport, between the apron area (where the planes connect with the departure gates) and the runways. 

Both Jack and Trevor are certified UAV pilots. For this particular project, Jack piloted one of our UAVs - in this case it was our DJI S900 - while Trevor acted as the camera operator, shooting 4K Ultra HD video.

From an altitude of 50 metres or so, we could get great overview shots of the apron area, while commercial and private aircraft taxied in and out below us.

As part of the flight, we did a pass with our 4K Ultra HD camera pointed straight down, for a very unique perspective of the aircraft and airport facilities.

Panning our camera lens towards the runways, we could get great shots of the aircraft taking off and landing.

The one thing UAV camera operators have to watch out for, of course, is tilting the camera so high that you start seeing the drone's antenna in the shot. Whoops. We'll edit that part out.

To see some more examples of the work our Java Post Aerial Photography crew does, click on the "Related Project" video at the top of the page.