David Barker

Public Safety Drone Pilot
  • Aviation Experience

    800+ Hours
  • Expertise

    Public Safety uses, Certificates of Authorizations and associated regulations
  • Drone Instructor Hours

    100+
  • Pilot Rating

    FAA Remote Pilot with sUAS endorsement
DARTdrones Instructor David Barker is a public safety officer with over 27 years in the industry. David currently works for the Idaho Falls Police Department.

David has flown unmanned aircrafts for over 34 years and possesses over 800 flight hours. He is experienced in flying FPV drones, Yuneec Typhoon, Blade Chroma, Ryze Tello, DJI Mavic, DJI Spark, DJI Phantom, DJI Matric, Autel Evo, Skydio, and Parrot. Barker’s training specialties include public safety, tactical operations, search and rescue, and mapping for disaster management and mitigation.