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‘So You Want to Buy (or Build) a Drone’

Kelly , , ,

The  free workshop on drones, with a focus on camera drones,  presented Saturday, Oct. 21, by Wayne McKinney and Mike Webb was filled with valuable information. Some handouts on the presentation will be available at the museum; just ask staff about them.

Here are some photos from the event.

For information about future classes, contact info@vahistorymuseum.org or 540-982-5465

Wayne McKinney, railroad history and author, ready for his presentation on drone types, functions, cautions
Mike Webb demonatrated drones he built and others he bought and their best functions
Terri Sparks won the toy drone raffle; here she gets the award from Hannah Rauscher, customer services staffer at the O. Winston Link Museum and History Museum of Western Virginia

The event was p art of a continuing series on Photography sponsored by the Roanoke Camera Club and the Historical Society of Western Virginia’s O. Winston Link and History Museums.

 

 

Kelly

Board Member, Historical Society of Western Virginia Graduate: Hollins University, BA and MALS in English; Virginia Western Community College, AA in Business Administration Profession: Writer, editor