South Africa :- First Fully Licensed Drone Operator in the Film Industry in SA
Drone Crew (Pty) Ltd is the first fully licensed RPAS (drone) operator in the South African film industry, and >
We would like to thank all involved at SACAA and DOT for processing our application in a professional manner, and our entire team of experts for their hard work and commitment to the process, as well as all those who have supported us and cheered us on along the way. This is a great milestone for us, and we look forward to leading the way in providing a safe and reliable service in this specialised part of the film industry.
International Commercial with RED Scarlet on Octocopter from Drone Crew on Vimeo.
Drone Crew specialises in high end drone filming services for the film industry. Flying cameras such as the RED Dragon / Epic / Scarlet or the Arri Alexa Mini, to capture low level aerial footage. We are not a rental house or jack of all trades service, but prefer to specialise only in drone filming services, where we believe our experience and expertise really shine through.
We have an unrivalled track record, and excellent relationship with the best rental houses, who are happy to provide fully insured camera gear to be used on our drones. This allows us to offer a wide selection of camera options to our clients, in addition to our in-house RED cameras.
Considerable extra effort was needed to get approvals for what are considered higher risk operations, but we felt it worthwhile to achieve these approvals to be able to deliver on common requirements for drone operations on film sets.
We are very glad to say that in addition to normal operations as defined by part 101 RPAS regulations, we also have approval for operations in close proximity to people, operations at night, operations in controlled airspace (near airports), operations in restricted and prohibited airspace, operations near buildings and public roads. All these additional approved operations will be conducted according to our approved operations manual, and within agreed parameters.
We are very excited to be a part of this new field of aviation, and look forward to providing a world class service which our clients and the industry can be proud of.
