Tompkins County, New York • Est. 2026

Earth andSky View

Community Drone League & Pilot Development

Finger Lakes Region • earthandskyview.com

Show up with your drone. Fly the course. Get better every session. Earn badges. Contribute to citizen science. Build a community of pilots in the Finger Lakes — one flight at a time.

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What We Do

Three ways to
take flight

Earth and Sky View is a community drone league and pilot development program rooted in Tompkins County, New York. Show up. Fly. Get better. Open to all skill levels.

01 🚁

Fly

Show up, bring your drone, fly the course, get better. From a DJI Neo to a Mavic 4 Pro — all equipment welcome. No experience required. Just curiosity and a charged battery.

02 🏆

Compete

Timed obstacle courses. Badge tiers. A real leaderboard. A real community. From 4 traffic cones at a school field to Finger Lakes gorge expeditions — the course gets harder as you do.

03 🌱

Grow

Skill progression you can see and prove. Citizen science that matters. Instructional technology that works in the real world. Graduates become instructors. The community teaches itself.

One track now.
Big vision ahead.

Think pickup ultimate frisbee — but with drones. Show up, fly, compete, improve. All skill levels. Bring your own drone.

🕹️ Pilot League

Manual flying with controller or FPV goggles. Timed obstacle courses starting with 4 traffic cones. Reflexes, precision, skill. This is where it starts.

🤖 Autopilot League — coming soon

Plan the mission. Drone flies itself. KMZ waypoint strategy and autonomous path planning. Where coders become pilots. Launching when the community is ready.

🌍 International — future vision

Earth and Sky View International — Tompkins County vs a sister city. Livestreamed. Both communities watching. A long term goal worth naming now.

Course 01 — The Square • 4 Cones • Beginner

Pilot Development

Progress through
four tiers

Four skill tiers. Each one harder than the last. Earn badges at every level. Build real, provable skills.

Tier 01

🟢

Beginner

DJI Neo 2
Indoor / Safe / Palm Launch

Tier 02

🔵

Intermediate

DJI Mini 5 Pro
Outdoor GPS / 3D Mapping

Tier 03

🟠

Advanced

Air 3S + Avata 2
Pro Photo / FPV Cinema

Tier 04

Professional

DJI Mavic 4 Pro
Cinema / Advanced Missions

Earn your wings

Every achievement earns a badge. Every badge tells a story. Your tier rank badge evolves with you. Specialty badges prove what you've done.

🐝

Founding Member

🗺️

Cartographer

📡

Atmosphere

🏁

Racer

🤖

Autopilot

🌍

Ambassador

🎓

Instructor

🌙

Night Ops

🏔️

Expedition

⚙️

Ground Control

Our Vision

Every flight
means something

Imagine a community where pilots compete and scientists collect data on the same flights. That's where we're headed. Rooted in the Finger Lakes. Built flight by flight.

Satellite data · NASA open datasets · radio telescope imagery · coming soon — looking for collaborators

Become a Founding Member

The first 15–20 members shape what Earth and Sky View becomes. Founding members fly free for the first year, get priority booking, and carry the 🐝 Founding Member badge permanently. Once spots are filled, this offer closes — no exceptions.

🆓
Free event entry
— first year
🐝
Founding member
badge — permanent
📅
Priority event
booking
📖
Your name in the
origin story
Claim My Founding Spot — $197

Non-refundable · Secure payment via Stripe · Distributed Group LLC

Also coming soon

🎖️ Badges & Merch on Etsy — coming soon 🎓 Workshops — coming soon

🐝 0 of 20 founding spots claimed — first come, first served