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Drone Flight School Featured on KET’s Kentucky Edition (Season 3, Ep 174)
Drone Flight School recently grabbed headlines across Kentucky, including a spotlight feature on KET’s Kentucky Edition (aired January 28, 2025), showcasing how our program empowers young people in Frankfort to master drone flight skills and work toward certification droneflightschool.org+7pbs.org+7ket.org+7. Additionally, Spectrum News profiled the school in November 2024, highlighting how teens are earning drone pilot licenses as early as age 16—with program founder Jason Allen emphasizing the local and global impact of drone technology spectrumnews1.com. These news features underscore our commitment to accessible drone education, inspiring tech-focused futures and reinforcing our role as an innovation leader in the community.
The Franklin Center for Innovation’s Drone Flight School was recently featured on KET, highlighting its role in advancing drone education and workforce development. The segment showcased how the program equips students with essential skills in drone piloting, safety protocols, and industry applications. With a strong emphasis on hands-on learning, the school provides training that prepares students for careers in industries such as agriculture, public safety, and infrastructure inspection. The KET feature underscored the center’s commitment to innovation and workforce readiness, demonstrating how its curriculum aligns with the growing demand for skilled drone operators
Featured on Spectrum News
Featured on Spectrum News
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Young people are soaring through the skies with cutting-edge technology at the Franklin Center for Innovation, where they can work on the requirements to become a certified drone pilot.
What You Need To Know
An innovative program in Frankfort is helping turn a passion for flying into a lucrative career
Youth and adults can now learn how to be pilots at the Frankfort Center for Innovation
At 16, anyone can earn their FAA drone pilot license
Executive Director Jason Allen says drones are not just helpful here in the state but for solving critical problems worldwide
To operate drones, prospective pilots have to understand the basics.
Jason Allen is the executive director of the innovation center. He said it’s just like a video game where each drone is controlled by a remote control.
Right now, the center hosts third through eighth graders. They plan to start ninth through 12th graders in a drone racing league and hope to offer a future course for adults interested in getting a drone license.
The Drone Flight School takes students from online simulators to flying them in real life. Allen says this is an opportunity for young people to be inspired and join the workforce in a groundbreaking way. At 16, anyone can earn their FAA 107 drone pilot license.
‘Accidental learning’: Students soar to new heights with the Drone Flight School
By Staff Reporter Daksha Pillai ...Ballet recitals, soccer practices, piano lessons — when brainstorming potential extracurriculars for their children, these are the staples that most parents turn to. However, one organization in Frankfort is trying to take after school activities into the 21st century. As recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotic capabilities cast a global spotlight on innovation, old and young learners alike are soaring to new technological heights with the Drone Flight School. ...
Students exploring 3D printing at Franklin Center for Innovation: Makerspace
Students exploring 3D printing at Franklin Center for Innovation: Makerspace
Frankfort High School seniors Austin Wellman, Dawson Pearl, Thiago Pires and Ella Luking have served as interns at the center working under Allen since August. They have focused mainly on 3D printing, but have utilized other areas of the center as well.
‘If you can think it, we can do it’: C-Squared Creations making people happy through food, art or customized items
‘If you can think it, we can do it’: C-Squared Creations making people happy through food, art or customized items
For Tisa and Krystal Conway-Cunningham, putting their talents on display isn’t as important to them as helping others discover their talents and learn how to showcase them.
In(o)vaders take over 801 Schenkle Lane
In(o)vaders take over 801 Schenkle Lane
In March 2020, new neighbors moved into 801 Schenkel Lane, where they developed a community of innovators, critical thinkers, crafters and discoverers.
The community, known as the Franklin Center for Innovation, is a non-profit makerspace with about 30 members.
Franklin Center for Innovation Interview | Around 10 | 1.29.2021
Franklin Center for Innovation Interview | Around 10 | 1.29.2021
Interview with Gary Stratton and Jason Allen from the Franklin Center for Innovation featured in the February 5, 2021 episode of Around 10.
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