Drone Pilot - Noah Ossanna

Being a Drone Pilot

From 2016 onward, I’ve flown many drones including DJI vehicles, FPV racers, wings, and large multirotors. My initial interests were centralized around cinematography, aerial time-lapses, and 360 panoramic aerial shots. Check out some of my early footage here:

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360-degree photography is usually performed with a camera rig or other types of specialized equipment. In this case, a similar concept was used to take an image from the air via drone. A DJI Mavic was used to take 34 pictures at various angles, capturing every feature below the drone. These were then stitched together to create a spherical panoramic image. Among other footage, the pano can bee seen towards the end of the video. Tag someone who likes tinkering and photography! #science #photography #cinematography #drones #drone #dji #djimavicpro #360panorama #panorama #cinematic @mattsonsam96

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It's interesting how everything seems increasingly fascinating from above...shots from the last few months #mavicpro #drone

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After starting college, I began to build my own racing drones and compete on the national level. I traveled to Las Vegas in 2018 and Daytona Beach in 2019 for consecutive national drone racing championships. Here is a bit of racing and cinematic footage that I’ve captured over the past few years flying FPV:

At the same time as racing, I acquired my Part 107 Remote Pilot licence to fly drone commercially. Using this, I’ve worked as a UAV test pilot and technician on DARPA projects and at a UAV startup for warehouse inventory management.