Daniel Herbert of Rockaway Twp. gets aerial shots with his feet still on the ground

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BY SANDRA PLEDGER

Making a business work goes a long way, as Daniel Herbert, a Rockaway Township resident and owner of Skygear Solutions, Inc. would know.

He has been a successful business owner since 2014. Herbert found his way here from Delaware and provided Rockaway Township with a glimpse of what his company is about at White Meadow Lake Festival Days recently.

“It’s been a long time since I felt like I lived in a real community of families all happy to coexist and enjoy a great summer weekend together,” Herbert said. “I am always looking for exposure for my business and I also enjoy providing a new view from the air to those who are uninitiated with this technology, so of course I brought some equipment with me to show off.”

His wife, Marina Kopylova, is his partner in ownership and also operates as chief marketing officer.

Herbert said that having already worked with radio controls as a hobby and with retail and marketing is what made going into this type of industry a natural progression.

He said that multirotor drones have quickly trended into the highest revenue-generating products for both consumer and professional sales.

“This stuff is just plain fun,” Herbert said.

The camera streams live HD video to him on the ground which he can watch while framing shots. It also records the video and photos onto a memory card that he can recover after it lands.

The drone takes video and photographs. Both are very high quality but not usable for “spying” on people. The camera does not have zoom capability and the aircraft is quite loud if it gets up close.

Herbert’s company provides aerial photography and videography services, along with individual and group flight training. They also host several events each year, attend legal panel discussions, security conferences, perform flight demonstrations, have product launches, and provide customer service.

He said that Skygear sells ready-to-fly drones from $29.99 to well over $10,000. They also offer custom solutions that can be specialized for law enforcement, fire companies, agricultural use, cinematography, or even drone racing.

“We believe that with such a new and poorly understood technology that a certain level of after-care is necessary for customer retention and further dissemination of our brand,” Herbert said. “Educating our customers is a priority. Ensuring that safety guidelines are followed as well as maintaining a certain common courtesy to the public is very helpful in preventing unwanted incidents.”

Several events that Skygear Solutions has already done this year include: hosting the Team Delaware leg of International Drone Day with over 300 attendees in March, covering the Newark National Little League season opener and providing aerial footage to the crowds and setting up multiple hands-on displays to hundreds of Little League age boys and girls, and attending the Summit Aviation Community Day in Middletown, Delaware.

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