Night Drone Training NAB 2025 (P|PW 2025)

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This night flight training is provided by Sundance Media Group at Post-Production World 2025.  This unique training workshop is an excellent opportunity to dive in to using drones as a tool…at NIGHT!  This is Night Drone Training at its best!

The night flight drone training Workshop will provide both theoretical information informing pilots on how to sidestep these challenges, while properly assessing and managing the risks associated with night flight and put that theory to work in the field! Attendees will take a test after the theory section course is complete. Upon successful completion (70% or greater) attendees will receive a certification of completion.

Greater than 70 percent of our flying information comes through the eye and the eye is easily fooled at night. This is compounded by the inexperienced pilot alternating views between a tabled/lighted display and the position of the UAV in the sky. Night flying has a higher accident rate than identical day flying, both in UAV and manned aviation. Why? Depth perception is severely distorted, as is reaction time. There are also visual illusions that need to be recognized and mitigated. This session will provide information that will allow pilots to sidestep these challenges, while properly assessing and managing the risks associated with night flight.

Night Drone Training – Theoretical (Classroom) Training (2.5 – 3 hours)

After a comprehensive theory session, we will travel to the nearby night flight location for some practical field experience. We’ll present different types of visual illusions that commonly occur at night. In this practical hands-on class, we will discuss visual illusions as well as best practices for night flying. We will cover Autokinesis and Night Landing Illusions and how to avoid them. We will also discuss acclimating your eye for night flight. We will also cover the use of lights to illuminate our subjects and how to avoid “light contamination” in our eyes.

Night Drone Training – Practical Flight Training (2.5 – 3 hours)  (In the field!)

SMG will provide aircraft equipped with required FAA lighting for night flight.  Every attendee will receive:

• A Night UAV Flight Handbook
• Light dinner in the desert before starting the field / practical training
• A red flashlight
• Post-Class, a certificate of completion*

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