How drone shows are becoming the ‘new fireworks'
When drone pilot Sam Nuttall has 600 of his robotic performers dancing above the Adelaide Oval in a few weeks' time, he is likely to be calmer than you might expect.
'A lot of the work has been done prior to us turning up on the night,' says Nuttall, the chief pilot for Sydney-based AGB Creative, whose three-dimensional drone formations will 'tell' the story of the oval for July's Illuminate Adelaide Festival. Expect a big Sherrin in the sky.
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