Who you're actually hiring
Droneshow is owned and run by Ashly and Jesse Stone. Ashly handles the quote, the proposal and the schedule. Jesse runs the flight line. From the first email to the last aircraft on the ground, you're working with the two of them and the crew they fly with.
Before drones, Jesse spent a decade as lead sculptor at Ice Castles, building attractions measured in tons of ice and in how a crowd moved through them. People drove hours to stand in one. That's still the brief here. Design something worth the drive, then build it so it holds up on the single night it has to.
We've stayed small deliberately. Ashly writes every proposal herself, which is why yours reads like it was written for your event. Jesse is on site for the shows we fly. When something moves at nine at night, the people making the call are the ones who have had your date since the first email.
What we can put in writing
What does an operator have to hold before they can fly your night? Your risk manager will ask, usually months before anyone looks at choreography. The list goes out with the quote, and anything we can't produce the paperwork for isn't on it.
- FAA airspace authorization
- Every show flies under an authorization we file for your site, on your date, in that block of airspace. The filing is ours and nothing in it needs your signature.
- Local permits
- City, county, venue and land manager, pulled by us and chased by us. Permitting is its own line on the quote, so you can see what it costs.
- 400 foot ceiling
- The FAA limit for the operations we run, and the number your sightlines get designed against. Nothing we fly goes above it.
- Wind and weather holds
- Sustained wind to 22 mph and gusts to 30 are the outside of what we fly, and any precipitation grounds the fleet. We go through the forecast with you days ahead, so a hold is never the first you hear of it.
- Geofenced flight paths
- Each aircraft flies inside a boundary set before launch and gets a pre-flight check on the ground. There's a safety perimeter, and nobody in the audience is inside it.
- No pyrotechnics
- Nothing burns and nothing falls. That's why a burn ban doesn't ground us, and why the field is walkable as soon as the fleet is down.
Ask us for anything that isn't here. If we hold it, you get the document.
Who does what
Two founders and one crew, with nobody in between. Here's who owns which part of your night.
Jesse Stone
Founder, President
Former lead ice castle sculptor, Ice Castles
The flight line. Site survey, airspace, the weather call, and every aircraft from load-in to the last landing.
Jesse spent over a decade building attractions people travel to see, most of it as lead ice castle sculptor for Ice Castles, work measured in tons of ice and in how a crowd moves through it.
He runs the shows the same way: the site, the sightlines and the crowd come first, and the choreography is drawn to fit them.
Ashly Stone
Co-founder, Account Executive
Everything before the trailer is loaded. She answers the form, runs the call, writes the proposal, and holds the date.
The majority of our clients fly with us year after year. We keep the crew deliberately small, and that only holds if we say no to some of what comes in.
Drone shows provide advantages, including safety, reduced environmental impact, and endless customization. Working with Droneshow.com's expert design team ensured that every element aligned with our vision, and they guided us through the creative process with thoughtful suggestions.