Ready For Take Off

It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve flown across the country or around the world, for that matter. There’s something that continues to dazzle and fascinate us wingless, human creatures every time we get in an airplane, whether a single prop or a jumbo jet, and get ready for take off. 

When cars were invented, they were originally known as "horseless carriages." In the same way, a few years ago we started talking about "unmanned aircraft" - the contraptions we now call "drones." 

On this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge, Stephanie Riegel is talking traditional and unmanned aviation.

Mike Edwards is Director of Aviation at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport. BTR, as it’s known, is a regional airport with three carriers that serve around a million  passengers a year from its 1,800 acres in north Baton Rouge. Mike took over at the helm of the airport in November 2018, after previously serving as Interim Director and, before that as Operations Manager. Mike previously worked at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport before coming to BTR. 

Billy Gibson has an aviation company based out of Denham Springs, called  G Force Skyshots. It’s a communications consulting firm that specializes in aerial photography and videography with a specialty in drones. Drone still and video photography has all sorts of applications for businesses in sectors such as real estate, industry, agriculture, and construction, as well as shooting special events. Billy is an award winning writer, photographer, videographer and marketing professional with over 30 years experience, who has had his pilot’s license since 1989. 

You can get ready for take off and learn more about Mike, Billy, and Stephanie, as well as seeing photos from this show, recorded over lunch at Mansurs On The Boulevard, at our website https://link.chtbl.com/6MIjfVRb

Get ready for take off to the movies on mushrooms, with this conversation about drones, film, and fungus. 

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