Idaho has something most states would pay for and cannot buy: actual darkness. The Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve around Ketchum, Stanley and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area was the first reserve of its kind designated in the United States, and across most of the state the nearest meaningful light dome is a long way […]

Houston is the only city in Texas where you can be inside Class B airspace, two miles from a refinery, under a sea breeze front, and standing in a park that is run by a private conservancy rather than the city – all at the same time. That is not an exaggeration of the complexity. […]

Illinois is really two drone markets wearing one state’s name. North of I-80 you have the Chicago metro, where O’Hare’s Class B shelf stretches out over the collar counties and almost nothing happens without an airspace authorization. South of it you have 300 miles of corn, soybeans, county seats and river towns where the airspace […]

In Indiana, May is already spoken for. The Indianapolis 500 and the weeks of practice, qualifying and surrounding events that lead up to it absorb hotel inventory, crew availability and public attention across the center of the state. If you want a drone show in Indiana in May, you are either part of the motorsport […]

Iowa runs on a planting and harvest calendar, and every community event in the state is scheduled in the gaps. Nobody is holding a town celebration in late April when the planters are rolling, and nobody is holding one in mid-October when the combines are. What is left is June through early September, which is […]