Author: Gary Graeff

The Danger to Drone Operations in Estimating Cloud Heights Using “Rules of Thumb”

Recently, it came to our attention a software company was coding a product that uses a temperature and dewpoint spread technique to estimate cloud bases. Weather is a complex science, and while we all seek to simplify our understanding to cope with the weather, there is a reason aviation weather services are the most regulated…
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Reporting Weather in the Aviation Safety Reporting System Helps in Building a Better Weather Service

As the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) begins flying more frequent and scalable Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) operations, weather will become more impactful to conducting operations.  To better understand those impacts and develop solutions to improve services, TruWeather has been collecting data and working in the field with remote pilots to improve our services. For instance, we have…
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Leadership and Meaningful Results for Historical COVID Drone Delivery

The NUAIR Chief Operations Officer, Tony Basile, was surprised. None of the traditional weather outlets were calling for such wind. That being said, Tony knew keeping the schedule for an 11 AM “No Go” would disappoint the media outlets, dignitaries, and others if cancelled. Therefore, Tony moved the scheduled Friday flight from 11 AM to 9:30 AM. YES…he rescheduled based on a more accurate weather forecast.

Having TruWeather as an Integral Team Member Pays Dividends for NUAIR

Gary Graeff, TruWeather Solutions Operations Manager I personally started working with NUAIR and the consortium of drone industry partners at the New York Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Test Site Corridor in April. During that time, I spent many hours identifying and learning the weather pain points affecting the UAS industry and demonstrating how targeted weather…
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