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Navigating your drone through challenging weather conditions? Learn how wind speeds, temperature extremes, and seasonal changes can impact your flight and photography. This comprehensive guide offers practical tips for both novice and experienced drone operators. Discover how to fly safely and capture stunning aerial shots, no matter the weather!

Drone tutorial videos are a must, even for the pros. How do you think they keep their skills so sharp?! Watch these great YouTube videos and learn 5 top tips even if you've been working with drones and video for years. You'd be surprised what you might learn, even if it sounds obvious!

Last month drones seen flying over Gatwick Airport caused a 36-hour shutdown. It resulted in an unsuccessful man-hunt for the irresponsible drone user and surprisingly, questions surrounding if the drone even existed at all! With a seemly exhausted line-of-inquiry, now the UK government has announced a further crackdown on legitimate drone users requiring registration and an online competency test for even casual fliers.

Nearly one thousand drones have been deployed into the Californian sky at dusk to recreate Time Magazine's iconic cover. The 100-metre tall aerial spectacle is a technical first in the magazine's 95-year-old history. In the video after the break, Time Magazine has filmed behind the scenes so you can get a better look at the magic that went into photographing such a surreal scene.

Aiming to highlight ways drones are being used for good, UAV Coach recently launched a $2,000 scholarship for U.S. college students. With two awards of $1,000 each available. In addition, they're also offering a scholarship to high school students that provides free access to Drone Pilot Ground School. Read on to find out more details and how to be considered.

There are thousands of drone blogs to read and study and that's just covering articles on how to buy a DJI drone! To save you having to trawl through the internet we've listened 10 of the best drone and photography blogs currently available. Have a read and bookmark them now.

Lithium-ion polymer batteries or lipos as they are often called are super light-weight batteries. Most drone or RC aircraft these days use them because they're incredibly affordable and relatively safe - if you treat them correctly that is! Read on to get a deeper understanding of lipo batteries.

Every drone pilot should know some basic first aid. Flying drones and model planes is an incredibly rewarding experience however it can be very dangerous. As a drone pilot, you are often balancing machines in the air that have exposed blades rotating at over 5000 revolutions per minute, not to mention that many drones can travel at 30 miles per hour or more. Even a foamy park flier has the potential to cause serious injury! In addition, if you consider many pilots often like to fly in quiet remote locations where help isn't easily accessible, it's even more critical that you should take 5 minutes to learn some basic first every drone pilot should know.