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Philadelphia Medical Transport Jet Crash Site

Here’s a bit of eerie drone footage of the area in Philadelphia where the unfortunate Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Learjet 55 (registration XA-UCI) slammed into the ground less than a minute after take off on January 31, 2025. Sadly, all 6 passengers and crew lost there lives immediately on impact. At least one person on the ground was killed and 19 others injured in the accident. This footage was legally captured the day after the accident by Billy Kyle, a licensed professional drone pilot and YouTuber based in the Philadelphia area.

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New Cranes Come to Port of Oakland

The beginning of the year brought 3 new massive container cranes to the Port of Oakland, able accommodate the largest container ships this planet has to offer. Maybe even the Ever Was, if it’s ever released from the Suez Canal.

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Let’s Play: D&D in US Prisons

I was asked by documentary filmmaker and producer Elisabeth de Kleer if I would be willing to help create a Kickstarter video for her upcoming documentary film on inmates who play Dungeon and Dragons in the American prison system. Being a bit of a D&D nerd myself, this was an easy call. The Let’s Play: Dungeons & Dragons Behind Bars project went live today.

Her documentary will tell the story of how inmates and ex-cons are using role playing games to survive inside prison and how these games are used as tools to prepare for life on the outside. In the US, where the notion of rehabilitation is a joke, role playing games offer a very real way for inmates to find focus, meaning and community in their lives which goes a long way to reducing recidivism. Breaking the cycle of reoffending is a goal that benefits everyone. If you feel the same, please consider backing this worthwhile project.

They Promised Us Jetpacks

Here’s your real life Tony Stark flying his jet suit around Hiller yesterday. Richard Browning of Gravity Industries, British inventor of the Daedalus Flight Pack, is as close to Iron Man as anyone has gotten. Just don’t ask how he scratches his nose.

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The 3rd Annual FRiFF

The Flying Robot international Film Festival, the drone film festival I started 3 years ago, returns to the historic Roxie Theater in San Francisco on November 16th. This event is always a culmination of a ton of work and passion, and that includes all the submitting filmmakers. We’re looking at a sold out show and several participating filmmakers coming in from out of town. I’m super stoked to see the audience reaction to several of the films that made the cut. My long time friend and collaborator, Ryan Junell, outdid himself on the title animation sequence, which I’ll post after the festival.  So much to love about this year!