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A young student pilot, who had just finished some pattern
work, walked over to see what we were up to.
"That is a cool helicopter, what brings you here?"
"We are collecting some data for a stream restoration
project using a laser mapping technology called LIDAR."
"Oh yeah, I do mapping, I fly drones."
Oh, here we go, I'm not even safe from drones at the
airport.
"Actually, drones got me interested in flying, and that's
why I'm here getting my rating."
The conversation went on for a bit, but it was mostly
mapping tech talk that I'm sure most readers would not find
eye-wateringly exciting. It took a few days, but the short
exchange with the young pilot transformed my thinking.
Perhaps I've been looking at this drone thing all wrong. In
the back of my mind, a madman was quietly asking, "What
if drones could be a key part of a general aviation revival?"
Well, I guess it depends, does GA need a revival?
There are a number of articles that have been written
about the shrinking pilot population. The most commonly
cited causes are lack of interest, relatively high costs, and an
aging pilot population. While the articles may disagree about
the specific cause, no one is disputing the fact that both light
aircraft sales and active private pilots are in decline. After
meeting the young man at the FBO, I began looking at the
sheer volume of drone ads and press in a new light. Let's
look at the drone market from the perspective of interest,
cost and age demographics.
Interest
The drone enthusiasts of today are learning about the
properties of flight, and many are building aircraft in their
spare time. They share many EAA members' obsessions:
flying, tuning, tweaking and flying again. The aircraft looks
different, but the properties of flight haven't changed, nor has
the excitement of seeing the world from a new low-altitude
point of view.
OK, so how do local GA communities find these new
aviators? We don't exactly have budgets for a grand
marketing campaign.
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