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Portrait of Benjamin Kilgore

Honor Society® member

Benjamin Kilgore

FAA Part 107 Commercial sUAS/Drone Pilot at Precision Aerial Data Analytics Roof observation and real estate with sUAS/Drone

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Class of 2022
  • Southaven, Mississippi

Member since March 2022

About

My name is Benjamin C. Kilgore, I’m majoring in Mechanical Engineering as a Freshman at MSU in the fall of 2022. I am an aviation enthusiast, 3D designer, love 3D printing, and did 5 years shooting in the Scholastic Clay Target Program. I’m a former Civil Air Patrol cadet, I was in the program for 4 years, my final rank was a Senior Master Sergeant. For my future carrier I hope to be a Airline Pilot for FedEx.

Education

  • Mississippi State University

    Mechanical Engineering

    2022 – 2026

Goals and interests

Career goal

FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Pilot to then a FAA Part 121 Pilot for Empire Airlines going threw the FedEx Purple Runway Program to become an Airline Pilot for FedEx.

Graduate school interests

Professional Pilot

Outside the classroom

3D Design
3D Printing
Flying
Shooting Sports (Trap/Skeet/Sporting Clays)
Drones

Experience

  • FAA Part 107 Commercial sUAS/Drone Pilot

    Precision Aerial Data Analytics Roof observation and real estate with sUAS/Drone

    Sep 2020 – May 2026

  • Visual Observer/ sUAS Drone Technician

    Precision Aerial Data Analyics Roof observation with sUAS/Drone

    Aug 2019 – Sep 2020

  • Employee

    Moscow Tooling and Fabrication. Running machines and painting

    May 2019 – Jul 2019

Volunteering

  • Cadet

    Civil Air Patrol

    Jul 2019 – Jul 2022

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent

Additional information