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John Kayes

John Kayes is a 23 year honorably retired and decorated United States Coast Guard veteran with a specialty in Aviation Maintenance Management and flying on the HH-65 Dolphin Rescue Helicopter performing Coast Guard missions with over 900 flight hours.
He is presently a full-time employee with the Federal Aviation Administration at the William J Hughes Technical Center in the area of Air Traffic Control Maintenance and Enterprise Portfolio Management.

He has two Master’s degrees one in Business Administration (MBA) from Stockton University and a Master’s of Science (M.S.) degree in Management with a minor in Project Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
For his undergraduate education, he achieved a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry Riddle with a minor in Aviation Safety. He is also an FAA-licensed drone pilot and an entrepreneur.
John launched his own start-up business in commercial drone aerial photography, Osprey Drones, LLC. In 2018, his company became an Independent partner with Drone Base. He is an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans Business Pitch Award Recipient and recently awarded the State of New Jersey American Legion Veteran Breakthrough Startup Business Award for 2018.
Testimonials
What our customers are saying
We recently needed a drone photographer to handle a rather unique situation that involved working not only with the venue we would be filming at, but also a local airport, in order to get permissions and ensure safety. After considerable research I found Osprey, and was thoroughly impressed with John’s very knowledgeable and professional approach, involving the extra step of an advance trip to the site to personally view any potential problems or restrictions, and to communicate directly with airport management to reassure them this would be an entirely well thought-out and safe operation. Absolutely impressed at every step of the way, and loved working with John.
Rick Weldon
John is great a real pro. Very responsive, and reasonable prices
Tony Madison
Professional pilots at Osprey Drones are something that many other drone service providers don’t provide. I was delighted with their last service for my residential project and will hire only Osprey Drones for my future projects too.
Maria Lopez
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