Regular Meetings

Our March 2024 features a fantastic presentation by Thomas Dolan, owner of Brightflight Drone Shows.

The February 2024 meeting features an update of the drone activity at Western Colorado University provided by Phil Crossley

October's regular meeting is an anniversary celebration for the group!

The June 2023 meeting features Vic Moss of DSPA explaining Remote ID implementation.

Our May 2023 regular meeting features member Stu Langrehr talking about a photo/video project he recently completed and lessons learned.

The March 2023 meeting features Mike Bumberger, Special Agent with the FAA.

Our first meeting of 2023 features Greg Reverdiau of Pilot Institute giving us his predictions for the industry in the coming year.

Our last meeting of 2022 features Dr. Wade Tinkham of the USFS who shows how they studied the use of drones to assess dry conifer forests.

The October 2022 meeting celebrates Mountain West UAS's (formerly Central Colorado UAS Club) 5th Anniversary.

Our meeting this month features a review of BVLOS in preparation for the 10th UAS Roundup.

In our November 2022 meeting we discuss the recent guidance from the FAA regarding Community Based Organizations and Federally-recognized Identification Areas.

Our June meeting features David Walcott and Wilson Etheya of Eye in the Sky talking about their experience with drones helping them overcome PTSD symptoms and how they want to help others with "service drones."

At our May 2022 meeting we featured Kenji Sugahara of Drone Service Providers Alliance discussing his achievement of a BVLOS waiver for FPV. We also discuss pilot qualifications from companies that are seeking pilots.

Our April 2022 meeting features Dr. Jack Elston of Black Swift Technologies presenting on his recent flight to inspect a volcano in Alaska.

The March 2022 meeting features Jon Altschuld of Chinook Landscape Architecture providing a thorough look at his use of photogrammetry in his business.

Our first meeting of 2022 features Phil Crossley of Western Colorado University explaining the lessons learned as he established a drone program specializing in photogrammetry.

Our final meeting of 2021 features Ron Bell, senior geoDRONEologist of Drone Geoscience. He attended the Fall 2021 UAS Roundup and flew a sample mission at the drone flying park. He talks about the phenomenon called drone geoscience.

In this meeting we recap the successful 2021 UAS Roundup event and look to member suggestions for the upcoming year.