Brittany Rainville of Enfield chartered a new course for her career as the winner of Aquiline Drones’ Flight to the Future contest. Rainville’s essay was selected from more than 100 entries for the unique drone pilot training and small business start-up program valued at $1,299 called Flight to the Future (F2F). She was officially presented with her accolade at Aquiline Drones’ headquarters in downtown Hartford.
“Although the panel of judges was impressed with all of the submissions, Brittany’s personal story of perseverance and hope tugged at our heart strings and her enthusiasm for starting her own drone enterprise was an inspiration to us all,” said Barry Alexander, Founder and Chairman of Aquiline Drones, a full-service drone manufacturing and cloud technology company. “Our goal is to put people on a new professional path in the fastest growing sector of the tech industry.”
Specifically, Rainville, a 29-year-old, single working mother had planned to go to into the Airforce, then the FBI for criminal behavior analysis; however, the birth of her son in 2016 changed those plans. Currently, Rainville works in an office managing accounts receivable.
“I’m the sole provider for my son and want to give him the world,” said Rainville, “This new career path is perfect for both of us as it’s closer to what I initially wanted to do, while allowing me to save more funds for my son. I am so grateful to Aquiline Drones for giving me this amazing opportunity and I can’t wait to start the course!”
The F2F competition launched on April 12, 2021 in partnership with iHeartMedia to raise awareness for the innovative entrepreneurial initiative that not only certifies a participant as a fully licensed commercial drone pilot but provides access to a business owner toolkit.
Specifically, the online Flight to the Future course includes:
- FAA-Certified Commercial Drone Pilot - Comprehensive online training, real-time, one-on-one instruction, and mastering topics will help students become certified commercial drone pilots by the FAA. Additional concepts provide more robust and in-depth exposure to these topics.
- Immersion in Advanced Technology: Students discover how cloud and edge computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (A.I.) are reshaping the drone industry. As student’s progress through this step, they learn about AD's industry-leading Command and Control or C2 platform, a cloud connected drone operations management service. Powered by the AD Cloud, a hybrid cloud for drones with unique aviation operations management capabilities, C2 provides the crucial operations management aspect to drone businesses, opening doors to much larger possibilities with aviation-grade safety and compliance.
- Industry Application Mastery Using a Drone Flight Simulator: Students gain specialized expertise using an advanced drone flight simulator to explore in-depth drone applications such as videography, asset inspection, surveying, and security to become an industry expert.
- Establishment of Small Drone Business: In this step, students are led through all aspects of drone business ownership and provided critical services based on their industry preferences. A turn-key solution tailored to their specific interests and needs, this step reviews business formation, drone and equipment leasing, insurance, maintenance plans, accounting, financial, and marketing services.
Registration for the next F2F session is now open at www.flighttothefuture.com for anyone like Rainville, who is seeking a new employment challenge.
In addition to training future drone pilots, Aquiline Drones is also seeking enthusiastic, motivated sales professionals to join its call center team. Interested candidates may send their resume to: info@aquilinedrones.com and type CS in the subject line.
About Aquiline Drones
Aquiline Drones (AD) is an American drone and cloud solutions company located in the financial district of Hartford, Connecticut. Founded by highly experienced aviators, systems engineers, IT gurus and business strategists, AD delivers a vertically integrated blend of products and services. AD's ecosystem includes a hybrid aviation cloud with edge capabilities for commercial drones, U.S.-based drone manufacturing, ‘maintenance-repair-overhaul' services, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) solutions for large enterprises and governments.
Complimenting the company's technology is its superior line of Spartacus AI drone products, a robust UAS training academy, and the country's first 'drone-on-demand' service, enabling customers to order drone services through a proprietary mobile app. AD's full-spectrum of technological solutions are widely applicable across industries and environments for superior, real-time data processing, modeling, and insight. Visit www.aquilinedrones.com for more information.
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Brittany Rainville (center), a single mother from Enfield, is presented with a free $1,299 tuition voucher to Aquiline Drones’ Flight to the Future program by Barry Alexander (left), Founder and Chairman of Aquiline Drones with Andrew Hoops (right), Sales Representative at iHeartMedia, at Aquiline Drones’ corporate headquarters in Hartford. Rainville now has a chance to offer her 5-year-old son Quinn (sitting) with a better life after winning the iHeartMedia-sponsored essay contest.
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