2 Friends Help Community Soar to New Heights

By: Josh Taylor (KDKA CBS News)

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By Josh Taylor April 25, 2025 / 8:00 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

At the Homewood-Brushton YMCA on Bennett Street, members can find activities from exercise to recording music.

And thanks to a pair of friends named Robert Travis and Roderick Ramsey, they can earn certification as a drone operator.

Travis and Ramsey co-founded Cloud Collective Media Productions, a company that creates drone video content for various industries — such as construction, architecture and real estate. Their affinity for drones was an experience the two shared together, and Travis said he'll never forget the first time they powered up their first drone, which they named "Quantum."

"We fired it up in Rod's living room, and that drone took off. And we were smitten right then and there," he said. "We didn't know what we were going to do, but we knew our future involved drones."

What started as a hobby and a passion became a business opportunity for the two, but they didn't stop there. They wanted to share their passion for drone operation with others in their community who didn't have the same opportunity. [ CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ]