1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 What You Will Learn- (1:20-4:30) How Ryan got involved in Aviation and why he decided to specialize in aerial thermography. (4:50) The benefits of specialization and selecting a niche for your business (7:00) Recommendations for getting into aerial thermography and the process and unique ways of conducting a cost benefit analysis to decide if it is the right niche for you (12:00) How to leverage LinkedIn to effectively market your business, sell your drone services and network within in the UAS industry (15:50) How obtaining a part 107.29 daylight waiver can open up opportunities for your UAS business to offer more aerial thermography services and the services you can offer once you obtain that waiver (17:30) Tips when applying for the part 107.29 daylight waiver (19:30) The importance of utilizing UAS risk assessment and safety checklists to minimize the 3 types of risk and hazards during drone operations (20:37) What the IMSAFE acronym means as it relates pilot risk assessment in both manned and unmanned aviation (22:35) Recommendations for pilots to start developing and where to find UAS risk assessments, pre/post flight checklists, and other standard operating procedures documents. (24:50) How manned aviation experience can benefit you as an unmanned pilot (27:50) Best drone software for flight planning, airspace, mapping, flight logs and other tools to keep your UAS operations safe &amp;amp; organized (31:25) Ryan’s top 3 lessons learned from his experience in the industry (37:00) Rapid Fire 3 Final Questions &amp;nbsp; Links Mentioned: https://infraredaerial.com/ Harnessing Aerial - Drone Podcast https://skyelink.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15568223/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/80661308