Trust, Safety + Compliance

Clear status before, during, and after the flight.

A requested date is planning input. LAANC, a Part 107 Waiver, or SGI Waivers can still change what is operationally possible — and so can weather, access, National Security Events, and people on the ground.

01

Brief

We collect the mission goal, the site, and the window from you first. A listing still, a month-over-month jobsite set, a claim file, a roof packet, and an orthomosaic are five different flights. Where and when matter as much as what.

02

Authorize

Airspace class, LAANC on the live UAS Facility Map, Part 107 Waivers, TFR and National Security Event notices, and local permits (NYPD for New York City operations, property/GC access, venue clearance). Coordination happens here — not on the pad.

03

Conditions

Day-of weather, TFRs, National Security Events, and NOTAMs can change an approval that looked clean the night before. This is the GO / NO-GO gate. Authorization is planning status, not a launch.

04

Fly

Capture from the viewpoints the brief and the authorization actually allow — stills, film, or a mapping grid. The aircraft comes down when the coverage for the deliverable is in the card, not when the battery is empty.

05

Process

After the flight: cull, color, align, and reconstruct. Photogrammetry, 3D site models, construction tracking sets, and inspection packets are built here. A map is not a JPEG of a map — it is processed data.

06

Deliver

Stills, film, orthomosaics, DEMs, 3D models, progress comparisons, and reports — organized to the specification in the brief. This is the product the client files, presents, or sells. Flying is only half the job.

Preflight — Brief, Authorize, Conditions

The chart comes to life before the aircraft does.

Altitude Changes Everything — after the goal, the site, and the window are on the brief, and after Airspace Class, LAANC, Part 107 Waivers, SGI Waivers, TFRs, National Security Events, and local permits line up. Open a stage. The 3D chart is a teaching schematic of EWR / TEB, not an operational UAS Facility Map.

LAANC, 107, TFR, local

Authorize

In participating Class B, C, D, and surface E, LAANC is how a Part 107 operator requests altitude through an FAA-approved UAS Service Supplier. The grid is in 50-foot steps. A cell that returns 0 ft is a no — not a low ceiling. We also read TFRs, National Security Event notices and bulletins, and whether coordination is possible. Local authorizations sit on this layer too: NYPD permit for New York City operations, property or GC access, Port Authority property, parks, and venue clearance.

  • NYPD Permit

    New York City adds a local permit on top of Part 107. Commercial operations in the five boroughs are planned against NYPD requirements, not just the FAA grid. A LAANC over the Hudson does not replace that permit.

  • Property And GC Access

    The remote pilot still needs a place to stand, a visual line of sight, and the owner or general contractor’s clearance. A listing on a occupied street and an empty warehouse roof are different access problems.

  • Port Authority / Airport Property

    Work on or immediately adjacent to PANYNJ facilities (EWR, TEB, LGA, JFK, PATH, ports) is coordinated as airport/property access, not as a LAANC cell alone.

  • Parks, Venues, Stadiums

    Municipal parks, campuses, and event venues often require organizer or agency clearance. A stadium TFR or National Security Event bulletin can close the air even when the park permit is in hand.

A LAANC approval, Part 107 Waiver, or SGI Waivers is planning status — not a contract and not a launch. The 3D chart is a teaching schematic of how Class B, Class D, and UAS Facility Map cells stack around EWR; operational altitudes come from the current FAA map at briefing. Trust + Safety →

Lit parking lot, cars, and neighborhood streets after dark

Operating discipline

What we review before committing.

  • Airspace class, LAANC grid, and USS authorization
  • Part 107 Waivers when the rule set does not cover the operation
  • SGI Waivers only when the mission qualifies — including commercial work inside a National Security Event TFR with FAA coordination
  • Local authorizations: NYPD permit for New York City, property/GC access, venues
  • NOTAMs, TFRs, National Security Events, and airport surfaces
  • Site access, people on the ground, and privacy
  • Weather, lighting, VLOS, and requested deliverable boundaries

Baron Aerial Media is FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certified and owner-operated from Newark, New Jersey. We fly only when the environment, authorization, and requested deliverables line up. A submitted brief starts a feasibility review. It does not authorize a flight, confirm a date, or create a contract. Conditions and approvals can change what is operationally possible. Visual documentation is not an engineering inspection, survey plat, or condition certification unless a written scope says otherwise.

Plan a mission

Altitude Changes Everything

From Rooftops to Bottom Lines.

Tell us the site and the decision the media has to support. We will scope the flight, the deliverables, and whether it is operationally feasible under Part 107.

Plan a Drone Mission