Dean Klapatch
Dean has inspected thousands of cell phone towers and wind turbines with drones, and flown many sites in both rural and dense urban environments.
Very familiar with construction processes from managing construction projects. Brings real world experience in using drones in a wide variety of environments.
Enjoys teaching others and sharing how to use the current equipment safely and effectively. Dean has been flying radio controlled aircraft for more than 20 years.
Home Base: Chicago
Rory Paul
Rory has been working with fixed wing and rotary aircraft since 2006. He has accumulated hundreds of flight hours using unmanned aerial systems for both agricultural mapping, aerial crop scouting missions, and industrial applications as well as training student pilots in practical UAS operation and prep for their 107 certification.
Rory is a master at utilizing software applications with good equipment to assist people in getting the desired results in a quick and reliable basis.
Home Base: St. Louis
Chris Yiesla
Chris is the video editor and webmaster for UAS Flight. With over 20 years of experience editing videos he strives to harness his skillset to tell great stories — both on the ground and from the lens of a drone.
He specializes in breaking down concepts and ideas and knitting them together into a final video that reflects those concepts and captures the attention of your audience. Whatever the vision is for your eye in the sky, Chris will labor to transform your video dreams into a reality and give them shape.
Home Base: Chicago