Partners

 

  1. NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY
  2. NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
  3. DURHAM UNIVERSITY
  4. NERC
  5. NORTHUMBERLAND WILDLIFE TRUST
  6. RSPSoc 
  7. DRURIDGE BAY PARTNERSHIP
  8. SAND-IN-YOUR-EYE
  9. BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

 

Testimonials

 

Dr Victoria Smith,  National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment

Despite very testing weather conditions, Blue River was a fantastic new addition to the NCAS PhD summer school on the Isle of Arran this year.  Both staff and students were introduced to the enormous potential of making observations of the lower atmosphere with this novel and unique aircraft.  Hopefully the UAV will become regular feature of the summer school.

Link for summer school http://ncasweb.leeds.ac.uk/arransummerschool/

Dr. Stuart Dunning. Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Northumbria University. Member RSPSoc Special Interest Group (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).


"We have been successfully working with Blue River Studios and Nigel for more than 3 years on a number of UAV / UAS projects. The initial proof of concept work was carried out using an ‘off the shelf’ system that soon proved itself less than ideal in the rugged field locations of choice. Following successful NERC Urgency funding to capture UAV imagery of the 2009 Cumbria floods Nigel developed his own purpose built UAV, something we did not have the technical expertise to do in-house, and a significant improvement on existing systems (reliability, image quality, durability). This system, culminating in the present range of systems has proven itself in a number of challenging environments capable of capturing high resolution imagery on demand – allowing cm level mosaics and m level UAV derived Digital Elevation Models directly comparable with LiDAR datasets. It is quite clear that Nigel’s military flying background and RC skills have been essential in moving Northumbria’s use of UAV’s forward for cutting edge scientific research. The use of micro-UAVs is rapidly evolving, and Blue River Studios is well placed in terms of the technology and the legislation to achieve quality results."

Prof Alan Blyth, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment 


Thank you so much for coming to Arran. It worked out really well. I think the students and staff were really buzzing with the opportunities that UASs might provide.

Ruth Sidwell.  East Neuk Festival


Nigel worked with us at the East Neuk Festival to take aerial photography of a sand drawing public participation event on Elie beach. He was a true professional and a pleasure to work with, and he provided us with plenty of stunning photos right there and then. Having the fixed wing aircraft involved as part of our beach event added an extra element to the excitement of the day for all involved and having the facility to upload the pictures immediately to Facebook and our website was invaluable for our PR. He was entirely self-contained in terms of event managing his aspects of the event, including insurances, risk assessments and a thorough understanding of the health and safety aspects of his work. We will book him again!

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