Summit Aerial Solutions flies mapping, volumetric, and inspection work for companies that need the data. We also train other companies' pilots and write the procedures they operate under — which is why the data comes back with its basis stated and the flights get planned around the deliverable instead of the aircraft.
Our story
I started Summit Aerial Solutions in 2024 flying mapping and inspection work, and that is still the main business. What I came to the work with was an electrical engineering background — meaning I arrived from the receiving end of technical data, not from the camera end. That shapes what gets handed back: datasets built to be used inside your engineering and project management tools, with the ground sample distance, positioning method, coordinate system, and basis of calculation written down instead of implied.
The flying covers orthomosaics and surfaces, construction progress records, stockpile and earthwork quantities, and close-range inspection of bridges, towers, roofs, and utility assets. Most of it is repeat work for clients on a schedule, because a single capture is worth far less than a series that compares.
Along the way I kept running into a second problem: companies that had already bought aircraft, had nobody trained to fly them, no written procedures, no idea what their insurer expected, and expensive equipment sitting in a closet turning into a write-off. Manufacturers sell hardware. Training outfits teach the knowledge test. Almost nobody will sit down with a company and honestly work out whether the capability is worth building, then build it. So that became a second line of work — the consulting side — and it feeds back into the flying, because teaching a procedure is the fastest way to find out whether it survives a job site.
Today Summit Aerial Solutions works with construction firms, energy operators, public agencies, and commercial developers across Oklahoma and the surrounding region.
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Owner & Chief Pilot — Summit Aerial Solutions LLC
I fly the missions myself — planning, capture, processing, and the report that goes with the data. You work with the pilot, not a rotating account team, and the person who answers your question about the vertical datum is the person who flew the site.
My background is in electrical engineering, and it's the reason this business works the way it does. I came to drones from the receiving end of technical data, which shapes what I hand back: datasets built to be used, not to look good in a presentation. On energy and utility sites especially, it means I understand the assets I'm imaging and what your engineers need to see in the result.
I also teach this work — Part 107 ground school, hands-on flight instruction, and the written procedures companies operate under when they bring the capability in-house. That part stays smaller than the flying on purpose, but it keeps the standards honest in both directions: nobody who has stopped operating should be writing procedures, and nobody who has never had to teach a procedure finds out where it's unclear.
FAA Part 107 certificated. Based in Oklahoma.
Ground sample distance, positioning method, coordinate system, vertical datum, and the surface a volume was measured against. If a deliverable needs a tolerance a flight can't honestly hold, you hear it before the quote.
Documented procedures, maintained logs, airspace authorization on every mission, and a no-fly call that's always available. The whole point is keeping people off roofs and out of harm's way.
No dealer agreements, no commissions, no brand loyalty. When we recommend a platform it's because it fits the mission and clears your procurement rules — nothing else.
A single point of contact, and a straight answer when a flight or a program isn't worth buying. Talking you out of one costs us a sale and saves you a great deal more.
References available on request. Most quotes returned within one business day.
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