Basalt Sky is a new aerial photo, video, and mapping studio launching in Duluth, Georgia — built for real-estate agents, builders, and landowners across Gwinnett County who want listings and projects that stop the scroll.
Every flight is planned around airspace, weather, and light — and delivered as a clean, ready-to-post package, not a memory card full of maybes.
Launch Service
The listing package agents actually ask for — the roofline, the lot, the neighborhood, and the light, all in one shoot.
Recurring
The same flight plan, flown on schedule — so owners, lenders, and buyers can watch a project rise without a site visit.
Land & Sites
High, steady, and thorough — a clear visual record of land and rooftops, captured without ladders or guesswork.
Indoor Tours
One smooth take from the front door through every room — the indoor tour a phone camera can’t fake. FPV joins the lineup once the launch fleet is flying paid jobs, flown with a visual observer on site.
Events & Brands
Beyond listings and job sites — the same eye, pointed at your events and your brand.
Final launch pricing is being set against local Gwinnett rates right now. Join the launch list and founding-client pricing lands in your inbox before bookings open to everyone else.
For agents who need the aerials, fast.
The full scroll-stopper for one property.
For builders, developers & project owners.
Mix into any package — just name it when you ask.
Commercial drone work in the U.S. requires an FAA Part 107 certificate — no certificate, no paid flights, no exceptions. Here’s exactly where Basalt Sky stands, in the open:
IACRA registration and FAA Tracking Number (FTN) are in hand — the first official step, done November 2026.
Studying airspace, weather, and regulations daily. The exam gets booked only after practice scores hit 85%+ — the pass mark is 70%, and Basalt Sky isn’t gambling on it.
Pass the exam, register the drone, confirm Remote ID, and file the Georgia LLC and Gwinnett County Occupational Tax Certificate.
Practice hours and sample shoots — residential, land, and roof sets — packaged exactly like paid work.
Launch-list members hear first, with founding-client pricing — then bookings open across Gwinnett County.
I’m Halley Dobson — owner and pilot of Basalt Sky.
I started Basalt Sky because I fell in love with how a property looks from the air. A listing, a build site, a piece of land — from above, you see the whole story at once. I wanted to be the one telling that story for Georgia, so I’m building this business from the ground up: earning my FAA Part 107 certification, learning the craft the right way, no shortcuts.
When you reach out to Basalt Sky, you get me — the same person who flies the job, edits the footage, and answers the email. No call center, no handoffs, no runaround. Just a local owner who treats your listing like it’s her own.
Basalt Sky is launching soon. Join the launch list and be first in line when bookings open.
— Halley Dobson, Owner & Pilot, Basalt Sky · Duluth, Georgia
Basalt Sky is based in unincorporated Gwinnett County, just outside Duluth — close enough to most of the county to be on site fast, and happy to travel across metro Atlanta for the right project.
Bookings open the moment the FAA Part 107 certificate is in hand — commercial flights before then aren’t legal, and Basalt Sky won’t do them. Join the launch list below and you’ll be first to know, with founding-client pricing.
Services are sold as fixed packages, not open-ended hours — listing packages, progress visits, and documentation sets, with add-ons like twilight and lot-line overlays. Final launch pricing is being set now; email for the founding-client rate card as soon as it’s ready.
Edited, ready-to-use files delivered digitally: MLS-ready stills for listings, a 60-second highlight video, and a vertical cut for social. Construction clients get dated stills and a progress reel on a set schedule. Footage is licensed for your stated use — the listing, the project, your channels.
Yes — liability cover is arranged per job before any paid flight, and a certificate of insurance can be provided when a brokerage, builder, or venue asks for one.
Basalt Sky can map land for visualization, marketing, and progress — orthomosaic maps and 3D models that show scale and change over time. That is not licensed land surveying: for boundary lines or measurements you’ll rely on legally, you need a licensed Georgia surveyor.
FPV is Phase 2. It launches after the Part 107 certificate is in hand and the main drone is flying paid jobs — and every FPV flight is planned as a two-person job, because goggles don’t count as visual line of sight under FAA rules, so a visual observer stands with the pilot.
Then the flight moves — that’s part of the job. Every shoot includes an airspace check (with LAANC authorization where controlled airspace requires it) and a weather call, and you’ll hear the plan before flight day, not after.
Tell us what you’ll want flown — a listing, a build, a piece of land. When bookings open, launch-list projects get first slots and founding pricing. It opens your email app, addressed and ready to send.
