Flyby Technology - Drone News

The Royal Air Force has completed a ground-breaking trial firing exercise where a lightweight multi-role missile (LMM) was launched from a drone.

On a gloomy day in October 2022, a revolution quietly took hold in the defence industry when Flyby Technology successfully fired a Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from our Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) platform called the JACKAL in a trial sponsored by the Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) of the RAF. It is now one of the hottest defence projects in development because of its unique capabilities for Air, Land and Sea. 

Flyby are proud to have helped this innovative company both in training their team and helping them to gain permission from the CAA to fly drone swarms in the UK.

Flyby Technology, one of the UK’s leading drone training and consultancy companies, has been awarded a first phase contract to supply expertise and training to the Turkish drone industry, worth a potential £11.2 million.

The world’s first course which trains pilots to fly drones so far out of visual sight they may even be in other countries has been set up in the UK.

As always at Flyby we listen to our customers and some have told us that weekend online Groundschool would be more convenient.

The world was watching as Great Britain became the first nation to start vaccinating its population in December, after the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was approved in record-time.

Watch the video for a quick overview of 3 changes that affect you as a drone pilot.

If you're sitting at home thinking there's no route for me to get into BVLOS, I've got a Mavic, I'm not going to be involved in this and it will pass me by... That is not true.

There are 2 groups of people that want to go from the PfCO to the A2CofC and the GVC, find out your options...

Since we started all those years ago as a National Qualified Entity, Flyby Technology has stood for maintaining the highest professional standards, the very same standards applied to everyone in manned aviation.

If you want to fight a war you go to people with experience of fighting wars, surely.

Some of the best pilots in the UK are flying Covid-19 Test and Trace samples by drones in a pioneering move to ease pressure on the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic crisis.

Flyby is proud to introduce Annalisa Russell-Smith who just completed her Beyond Visual Line of Sight BVLOS Flight Skills Test. 

Drone pilot John Allcock has turned a hobby into a business and is now discovering the amazing and sometimes bizarre ways that drones can be used.

and that star rating goes beyond its outstanding A2CofC, PfCO and GVC courses.

How would you like an elite expert as a personal mentor to help you navigate the confusing world of drones?

The top UK name in drone training has teamed up with the country's leading commercial and airline pilot training academy to give wider opportunities to newly qualified pilots.

PfCO Drone Pilots needing to convert to GVC Qualification can access the World Class Flyby Groundschool.

At Flyby Technology we set the standard that others try to emulate. Please take a look at the tremendous reviews we have and decide which team best matches your own expectations.

The rules are about to change and a lot of regulations have altered since your last renewal. Why not keep your PfCO grandfather rights and let the experts take care of your renewal for you.

An Interview with Pete Batson MBE, a Flyby Technology Drone Pilot Instructor

Why cover this? Isn't it clear?
We see in social media scores of pilots asking about the 50m rule and the answers they receive are often inaccurate.

We are enjoying a unique position in the market and we are often called by non-Flyby pilots to help them understand a rule or regulation. Many of those questions centre on flying inside a Military Air Traffic Zone (MATZ).

Flyby Technology believes in doing everything the right way. We would like to share with you the Flyby Technology control checks and the reasons for doing them in such a structured way.

Flyby Technology uses its expertise to develop solutions to common problems. We would like to share how we teach the disorientation recovery to our students.

The Flight Skills Test is the final hurdle for obtaining your GVC from the CAA. This guide will help you to prepare for the Flyby Technology Flight Skills Test.