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THE TEAM

Who we are…

A diverse community of talented individuals united by their skills. Working together, we produce unique work that pushes boundaries and makes us all proud.

JIM BISHOP

Jim was the founder of Red Air Drones. Based in the South Hams, His business inspirations came from working with his wife growing and expanding their food business on the beautiful beach at Bantham. A passion to succeed and dive deep into new ideas Jim has forged the way forward for him and the team. Jim and his family love the outdoor life. Boats, Bikes, Surf and Sun the perfect combination for inspiration and dreams.

GAVIN CROWTHER

Gavin Crowther has been in the broadcast TV and video industry for the last 30 years. He spent 10 years filming adventure documentaries in some of the most extreme places in the world. He won an Emmy in 1997 for his camerawork filming for the American Outdoors Life Network on the film Rock Queen, the first attempt to free climb The Old Man of Hoy by Catherine Destevelle. Other awards include The Hussein Medal of Excellence of the First Order, awarded by the late King Hussein of Jordan, for his services to aerial filming and aviation. Worldfest Houston Film Gold Special Jury Award for “Westcountry Top Secret”.

SARA HAYWARD

Sara has 23 years industry experience in design, marketing and advertising. 

SHANE HEDGES

Shane is the owner of an online retail and FPV events business called Droneislife. specialising in FPV drone racing and freestyle equipment, sponsoring national and regional events as well as up and coming and established pilots.

RED AIR MEDIA ON SOCIAL…

An excellent days filming with @pushed_design in Plymouth #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronepilot #media #mediateam #dji @dji.global_
Tintagel castle steps. Not for the faint hearted #drone #dronephotography #dronesurvey #photometrics
Sometimes we are the emergency service #roofinspection #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #djim300 #3dmodeling
Sitting down on the job.  Pre programmed drone operations make time on site much better @dji.global_ #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #commander
Thermal imaging mornings don’t get much better than this #skyphotography #plymouth #thermalimaging #drone #dronepilot #dronelife
Morning roof surveys in Weymouth #dji #drone #dronesurvey #inspection #roof
dilapidation survey #drone #dronelife #dilapidation #survey #dronepilot
Day 13 thermal image inspections. Glad it’s warmer than last week @dji.global_ #drone #dronephotography #dronelife#droneoftheday #dji #thermalimaging
Making waves #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronepilot#southdevoncoast #media #brand
When your day starts at 0530 and you have smashed a ride also by 0930. Your day is going to be good !!! #drone #dronepilot #business #bikes
On location today for one of our high end property companies to produce a sales film. #drone #dronepilot #estateagent
A mini adventure this morning. Am sure you have seen enough drone pictures #drone #dronelife #surveying #thermalimaging #mini
Drone life. Thermal imaging inspections and night vision goggles !! #thermalimaging #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #assetmanagement
Drone survey life. #drone #dronelife #droneoftheday #survey #dji
Me and my shadow #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #thermalimaging
Back out early on a Monday morning.  Fresh brained and ready for the week ahead 
#drone #dronelife #dronepilot #media
It’s a wrap. Commerial filming done for @pushed_design #ronin4d #drone #dronelife #mediateam
Survey location 1 #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #surveying
Another days drone deployment.  Topography survey using the Djim300 @djiglobal @dji.global_ #drone #dronepilot #droneoftheday #dronepilot
Franchisee intro day.  Spending a day shadowing us as we do Survey and inspections .#drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronepilot #franchise #franchising #franchiseopportunities . DM me for information
Tedworth House . Magnificent architecture #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronepilot #architecture #architecturephotography
Drone life #drone #dronephotography #dronepilot #djiglobal #hammermissions #inspect #surveying @redairdrones_gav
Seaton, Devon. #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #pilot #film #socialmediamarketing
Explore devon #drone #socialmedia #reels #dronephotography
The Red Air Media crew last spring. Looking forward to an exciting 2023 #team #media #socialmedia #drone #dronephotography #dronepilot #photography #film #filmmakers
Inspection 2 done . #dji #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronesurvey #inspection #roof
Egypt or Plymouth ? Thermal imaging surveys by the 2 wiseman @redairdrones_gav @bbcradiodevon @bbcspotlight @bbcnews @plymouthcitycouncil @plymouth.live #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronepilot
Surf Thursday - Bantham beach #surf #surflife #surfsup #drone #dronepilot #dronevideo @dji.global_ @djiglobal
Kit prep.  Updating firmware ahead of a weekend away surveying some impressive buildings #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #djim300
Thermal imaging selfie #geek #drone #dronephotography #dronelife
We do media !!! One of the leading drone and media companies in the south of England . TV, Broadcast ,Film , Website we do them all. ☎️08009991399
#film #drone #broadcast #tv #bbc #itv
Tintagel castle.  Todays office but beaten by the wind. Back soon Merlin. #tintagelcastle #tintagel #drone #dronelife #survey #bim #model
What we do best.  Data capture of assets in digital format. Game changer for our clients #drones #dronelife #dronepilot #dronesurvey #survey #socialhousing
All work and no play …. #drone #dronelife
A M300RTK kind of day #surveying #drone #dronelife #dronepilot
More pubs to shoot this week for Hall Woodhouse Brewery.  Short films for the websites of each pub. #travel #brewery #pub #drone #iphone14promax #iphonephotography
Great shooting today with one of our new clients.  A few pick up shots for a new Website film #drones #dronephotography #film #website #dji
City housing looks so different from the air.  More aerial inspection work today on pre condition surveys. This looks amazing from the air #plymouth #homes #drone #dronephotography
Survey day #partner @redairdrones_gav #drones
The Bantham Regatta 2021 .
Majestic boat movement from the sky #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronepilot #dronevideo #sailing #bantham #regatta
Babbacombe cliff railway #devon #southdevon #radiodevon @bbcradiodevon #drone #droneoftheday #dronephotography #djiglobal
Site visit to Winchester.  Data capture for site model #bim #construction #drones #dronesdaily #dji #djienterprise #reseller
Love this view. It always makes me happy to be home , the hill . #kingsbridgedevon #kingsbridge @southhams @visitsouthdevon @bbcradiodevon #dronelife #drone #djiglobal
What a location.  What a day. Where am I ? #filmshoot #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dji #djimavicpro2 #djiglobal
Love a one shot wonder #goal #drone #dronelife @cinedroneuk
@torquaywatersports . Shoot today with Raptor. What a boat and what fun to chase . @djiglobal @cinedroneuk #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #boat #torquay
@explore_devon - @rayvoltbikesuk and accessories.  Todays shoot #drone #dronelife #film #socialmediamarketing
Chestnut appeal Burgh Island swim #drone #dronelife #dronepilot #chestnutappeal #burghisland #southhams
A rather spectacular look across the vineyard at Bantham estate today. Some images for the client and some NDVI scanning. #drones #droneoftheday #dronelife #dronephotography #bantham
Somewhere doing something secret @skylift.uav @red_air_media @redairdrones_gav #drones #dronesdaily #agriculture
Salcombe at its finest .
Sunshine , coastal living shoot for @luscombe_maye @sarahhowardjones #dronephotography #drone #dronelife #droneoftheday #estateagent
Merry Christmas from the Red Air Media Team #drones #media #christmas
Janner on the BBC today.  For anyone outside of Devon I can add subtitles .
#newcareer #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #thermalimaging #thermalimagingcamera #insulate #plymouth #bbcradiodevon
Those clouds.  On location for @rockoystermedia today in beautiful devon #devon #tv #drones #dronesdaily #dronestagram
Looking into the spring #drones #dronelife #dronephotography #surf #surfing #surflife #southdevon #bantham #banthambeach #banthamsurf
Strategy and planning is essential when flying a drone at an airport #droneoftheday #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #surveying #inspection #djienterprise
Sunny FPV day down the River Avon @banthamdevon @carbisbayestate #drone #dronelife #fpv #fpvdrone #winter #southdevon #southhams #bantham #banthambeach
Love this film a Blast from the past . The fab crew at Bantham Rnli in South Devon . What an ace team @lukelaneprokopiou @emily_lawrence99 @rnli_southdevon_lifeguards @rnli #drone #dronephotography #droneoftheday #southdevon #salcombe #bantham #baywatch
The office #avertongifford #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #river #devon
A little bit of wing foiling at South Milton. Just a teaser #drone #dronepilot #dronelife #fpv #fpvdrone #wingfoil #wingfoiling
@redairdrones_gav  my long suffering business partner of 7 years.  He never looked that old back then !! ❤️ #drone #dronephotography #dronelife
Traffic monitoring by drone … #drone #dronepilot #dronelife
Not a bad office today #truro #cornwall #drone #droneoftheday #dronephotography #surveying
Beautiful morning at the Flower Show @rhschelsea #bbc #drone #droneteam
Drones help us create amazing content for our clients #rockoystermedia #food #cornwall #drone #dronephotography #dronelife
Two down, one to go #busybusy #mondaymotivation #drone #photography #socialmediamarketing
What a glorious day on location for @rockoystermedia with @sabzideli @georgemlamb @jonnyrocksville @richfollett #drones #dronelife #dronedaily #broadcast #tv #media
Drone life.  Brown pants experience around Lands End but survived. #drone #broadcast #tv #dronephotography #dronelife
The Run @hoka @sarahayward123 #drone #dronelife #droneoftheday #dronepilot #film #iphone12pro #zhiyunweebills #daviniciresolve #media #advertising #dayoff
Capturing content is what we love #drone #dronelife #droneoftheday #dronepilot #dronevideo #media #tv #broadcast #freelance #bbc #itv
On the edge , Bantham #surf #surfing #surfingdevon #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #dronestagram #droneoftheday
Unwind with ITV. Filming today in Sunny plymouth again #unwindwithitv #itv #broadcast #drone #droneoftheday #dronelife #litchi
#fpvface . Some filming in the woods with @redairdrones_gav @sliderfpv #drones #dronesdaily
Blast from a few months back @the_rhs @chelseaflowershow @bbc #drone #drones #dronesdaily
We have been expecting you Mr Bond #silsoe #testing #drones
When you have gone out to get the final shoots for a clients film .
You look , you see , you chase with the drone. The sun is perfect , shadows , reflections and…….. a giant Cock in the sand 🙈🙈🙈🙈 #drones #dronesdaily #dronestagram #droneoftheday #dronepilot #dronevideo @redairdrones_gav @rosieashley
Stonehenge thermal image photograph. Mixing it up #thermalimaging #thermalcamera #drones#dronestagram #dronedaily
So pleased to have won an award for this photo.  A view I love and the summer evening light makes the it looking simply stunning @kingsbridgetowncouncil @hellokingsbridge @lovekingsbridge #drone #dronephotography #dronelife #droneoftheday
Set up day #rhschelseaflowershow #drones #flowers
We have “bee”n up early shooting the drone shots for #rhschelseaflowershow for #bbc  Tune in tonight for the first views of the wonderful gardens #drone #dronelife
When your drone image of a construction site is so sharp, it looks unreal .
#awardwinningteam #drones #dronesdaily #dronephotography #nofilter
Enjoying some high speed drone tracking #hovercraft #drone #dronevideo #dronephotography #dronepilot #fast
Our XAG drone undergoing flight training at SKYLIFT test facility . Our partner are the leading drone build innovators and we are progressing on demonstrations and trials #drones #dronepilot #future #farming #industry #innovating
Still funny. Always funny. My business partner and mate @redairdrones_gav  He is tremendous #drones #dronelife #comedy
Renovation by Simply Homes Improvements in Torquay.  Excellent work @simplyhomeimprovements #drones #film #shotoniphone #media #tank #slaptonsands #resin #resinbound
Dialling in my FPV skills on a glorious Autumn day #djifpv #djifpvdrone #drone #droneoftheday #dronelife
Symmetry in Architecture @tiliahomes #drones #dronephotography #dronelife #droneoftheday #construction
Somewhere over the rainbow #exeter #drones #dronelife #surveying
Dji enterprise advance thermal camera performance.  Split screen recording and imagery. Spot temperature check point. Great first trial #drones #dronelife #dronepilot #dronedaily #dji #djienterprise #thermal #thermalimaging
Great day out surveying.  Gavin is a proper fun guy #surveying #drones @redairdrones_gav
On site spray testing with the Xag P series drone #thefuture #drone #dronelife #droneoftheday #agriculture #cropspraying
Innovating drone Technology is on the UK. We are working at the highest places to make this drone application a think of the near future #drones #dronelife #droneoftheday #innovation #leader #thefuture
Survey and filming life #bonnetbuffet #marksandspencer #marksandspencerfood #lunch #drones #dronelife #dronedaily
Location filming today for @rockoystermedia #drones #dronelife #dronepilot #plymouth
Waypoint flying #litchi #drone #dronelife #dronephotography #filming #broadcast #tv
@xag_official  First trials on capturing data for spraying in the Uk #drone #dronelife #droneoftheday #agriculture #cropspraying
Condition reports for social housing starting this week. 1000 properties on this schedule. We have been leasing in this part of the industry for 4 years #drone #socialhousing #localauthority #councilhouse #devon
Capturing media is what we do best #viralvideos #viralvideo #bbc #gmb #drones #droneoftheday #media #broadcast #tv
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