In this episode of The Drone Radio Podcast, Juan Plaza, CEO of consulting firm XYZ, discusses recent mid-air collisions and their significance for the drone industry and its operators. Hear right here:
Juan Plaza, Chief Executive Officer at Plaza Aerospace, a leading consulting firm headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with expertise spanning crewed and uncrewed aviation, Latin American enterprise growth, and GIS consulting. Prior to founding Plaza Aerospace in 2015, Juan accumulated over 26 years as Sales Director for companies such as Autodesk and Trimble Navigation, where he cultivated a network of software and hardware distributors eager to represent new products across Latin America. With over 750 hours of experience in photogrammetry navigation and digital camera operation, Juan possesses impressive credentials, including a business pilot’s license and multi-engine pilot certification.
On December 30, 2023, a helicopter and drone collided mid-air near Daytona Beach International Airport. Initially, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) classified the incident as a “collision with an object/terrain,” but it wasn’t until Juan contacted the FAA on behalf of the pilot that the true nature of the collision was revealed?
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