Drone News: Snapchat Drone, Skyward ending ops, Disney Drone show, Find your stolen drone, PI Update

This week in drone news; Snapchat has released a drone, Skyward
to end operations in June, Disney Paris celebrates with a drone
show, an app to find your stolen drone, and finally an update on
free stickers!





Snapchat has released a drone!


This drone, “Pixy” is a "free-flying sidekick” and is essentially
a selfie drone.


Pixy is autonomous, taking video as it flies which is then
transferred to and saved within Snapchat’s app.


The drone is ducted and weighs only 101g.


$249.99 - 


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Skyward, a Verizon company, announced this week that they would
end operations. 


Skyward provided LAANC airspace authorization, and fleet
management. 


Refocus on ground robot management. connectivity services, and
solution development. 


They will continue services through June 30, 2022. 


This is yet another LAANC provider that is having a difficult
time monetizing in the drone space. 


AirMap shut down operations a few months ago and was purchased by
Drone Up shortly after. 


If you need a replacement, be sure to look at either Aloft or
UASidekick. 





To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Disney Paris, the park
launched a drone show! 


The show featured 150 color changing drones prior to the
fireworks show


The only previous drone show occurred in 2016 in Orlando. 


This goes to show that Drones may be the next big thing next to
firework shows!


https://www.avinteractive.com/news/drones/first-drone-show-launched-inside-disney-theme-park-03-05-2022/





The Australian Company DroneSec has launched a “Stolen Drone
Registry”


This database allows users to report drones stolen, including the
make, model, serial number, and date/location of the loss.


The system actively scans eBay, Facebook marketplace, and other
locations for matches.


Once a match has been found, the person who reported the theft is
contacted.


https://dronexl.co/2022/04/27/stolen-drones-info/





Pilot Institute is proud to announce we’ve shipped over 10,000
stickers


We’re not stopping! We’re going to continue this to bring
awareness to the only correct place to register your drones - the
FAA’s website!


The cost is $5 on the FAA’s site, and our stickers are
free. 


Order yours at pilotinstitute.com/free