Drone Videos of the Southeastern USA

Check out these fantastic drone views of the Low Country region of South Carolina in the Southeastern USA, compliments of top AirVuz contributor and pilot Clark Lupton.  The video, which features a mix of gimbal-stabilized shots and first person view (FPV) drone footage, was filmed over this region, which is not precisely defined but which generally coincides with the plains which lie along most of the state's Atlantic Ocean coastline.  This video was picked as a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week in March of 2022.  

In this fantastic piece by AIrWorthy Tours, you'll be treated to aerial tours of well-known movie and TV filming locations in the state of Louisiana, which is now sometimes called Hollywood South.  The video features aerial footage of the state capital of Baton Rouge, a filming location for the Twilight Series, the Magnificent Seven, and more; Evergreen (Django Unchained, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayers, and more); Six Flags New Orleans (Jurassic World and other big-budget movies); the production studios of Elmwood; New Orleans; and more.

Here's a brilliant 4k aerial view of New Orleans, Louisiana, compliments of contributor and drone pilot Bumble Bee Productions.  It opens with a shot overlooking the World War II Museum, the USA's most well-known museum devoted to the great conflict.  From there it's over to the Crescent City Connection, the most prominent bridge over the Lower Mississippi.  From there you'll head over to the downtown area before ending up in the French Quarter, the historic and aesthetic heart of the Big Easy.

Contributor Bruce_Johnson4th created this impressive aerial video of Charlotte, the largest city in the Southeastern USA state of North Carolina.  Charlotte's impressive skyline is testament to its status as a major city for the banking industry in the US, on a par with New York City.  It's skyline is dominated by the 60 story Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters for the country's second largest bank, which stands 265 meters (about 870 ft.) tall.  It's one of the tallest skyscrapers in the Southeast.  

Nashville is a city on the Cumberland River in the state of Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.  Nashville is the largest city in the Volunteer State, and for years has been one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country.  In this impressive video, contributor BBloss flies a drone over Nashville and creates a beautiful aerial portrait of this city, whose Grand Ole Opry venue is known as the worldwide center of the multibillion dollar country music industry.    

Top contributor My Travels brings us this outstanding aerial tour of the North Carolina metropolitan area known as the Triangle.  The video opens with shots of the easternmost city of the Triangle: Raleigh, the state capital and #2 Tar Heel city after Charlotte.  At :53, you'll head to Durham, at the northern tip of the triangle; highlights here includes some nice shots of Duke University starting at 1:29.  At 2:00, you'll reach the western tip of the Triangle: Chapel Hill, the home of the University of North Carolina flagship campus.  

Enjoy these drone views of the Southeastern USA state of South California, compliments of top contributor 8 Fifty Productions.  Much of the footage was shot in and around Charleston, the state's largest city and one of the oldest cities in the USA.  In addition to some excellent aerial footage of the old part of the city, the video features great shots of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, the site of the first shots of the US Civil War in 1861, as well as the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, the one of the world's longest cable-stayed bridges.  

Multiple Drone Video of the Week Winner FrameworkFilms brings us this spectacular aerial video from the Ozark Mountains in the Southeastern USA.  The Ozarks actually consist of two separate mountain ranges covering parts of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.  This footage was shot in the Fall over the Arkansas portion of the Ozarks, which cover a land area of roughly 47k square mi. (around 120k square km) and which represent the largest mountain/upland region between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.  

Take an aerial tour of the historic city of Savannah, Georgia by 8 Fifty Productions.  Located at the mouth of its namesake river, Savannah is the state's oldest city and erstwhile capital.  With its 22 public squares, magnificent Colonial and Antebellum era architecture, and well-preserved fortresses and cemeteries, it's considered one of the American South's great cultural treasures.  Savannah was the setting for the bestselling 1994 book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, which was made into a 1997 film.    

Get an aerial tour of Charleston, South Carolina in this excellent short drone video by AirVuz contributor shkundas.  Founded in the late 1600s, Charleston was one of the five largest cities in the American Colonies at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, and it was the second-largest city in the Antebellum South after New Orleans.  Its harbor saw the opening shots of the US Civil War, the city was famously devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.  The city lies on an estuary created by three rivers.  

Check out this aerial mini-tour of Memphis, Tennessee, compliments of contributor and drone pilot joshwms.  Located in the southwestern corner of the state on the Mississippi River, Memphis is the Volunteer State's second largest city after Nashville.  Memphis is most closely associated with musician Elvis Presley.  His family moved here from nearby Tupelo, Mississippi in 1948, and a decade later he was perhaps the most famous person on earth, credited with having invented Rock and Roll. 

Take an aerial tour of the great Southeastern USA state of Alabama, compliments of new contributor Clark Lupton.  Most of the video was filmed around Mobile Bay, the giant inlet which lies at the heart of the state's coastline.  Featured locations include the city of Mobile, the great port at the head of the bay; Orange Beach, a town just southeast of the bay, on the Gulf of Mexico; Dauphin Island, which is situated in the bay's mouth; Point Clear, a beach community on the eastern side of the bay; and more.  

The heart of the Southeastern USA state of Arkansas is just that - the middle of the state.   Crossed by the Arkansas River, this is where the state's hilly northern half meets the lowlands of its southern half.  In this drone video, you'll get a bird's eye view of Central Arkansas, home to the vast majority of the state's roughly three million inhabitants.  It includes some excellent footage of Little Rock, the state's capital and largest city; the resort city of Hot Springs in the Ouachita Mountains, the town of Heber Springs, and more.   

Here is a great bird's eye view of Columbia, South Carolina as it hosted the first and second rounds of the 2019 NCAA (College) Men's Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as March Madness.  Located in the center of the Palmetto State, Columbia is the state's second largest city (after Charleston) but is the center of its largest metropolitan area.  Among other distinctions, the city is home to the flagship of the University of South Carolina's flagship campus, which has an enrollment of about 35,000.  

Check out this beautiful drone video of South Carolina's Hilton Head Island, compliments of contributor jarrettnixon.  Hilton Head is located near the southern end of South Carolina's Atlantic coastline, just north of the city of Savannah in neighboring Georgia.  Hilton Head constitutes one of the barrier islands which run along the coast of the Carolinas.  The island is considered one of the prime beach and golf destination on the USA's east coast; the island and surrounding area are home to dozens of top golf courses.  

Top contributor Jeff Walrich treats us to this magnificent aerial tour of Topsail Beach, North Carolina, in the Southeastern USA.  The town is situated on Topsail Island near Wilmington (the largest city in eastern North Carolina), near the southern end of North Carolina's Atlantic Ocean coastline.  In pre-Revolutionary War times, the area was rumoured to be a hiding spot for pirates.  In fact, the name "Topsail" derives from the lookouts maintained for the tops of pirate sailing ships.  This video was shot with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.

The Port of Mobile, Alabama has a storied history.  Before the US Civil War, it was one of the busiest ports in the world and its cotton exports fueled the Industrial Revolution.  Later, Mobile's port became crucial to Alabama's steel and forest products industries.  Today, the port is amongst the USA's top bulk cargo ports, and amongst the top dozen in the country by overall freight tonnage.  Seen in this drone video by Bumble Bee Productions, the Mobile port also handles containerized cargo and cruise ships.  

I-Drone-Aerial created this beautiful drone video of one of the most visited lighthouses on the US East Coast.  Bodie Island lighthouse is located on an island of the same name, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  The Outer Banks, which lie on the state's northern Atlantic Coast, are notoriously difficult waters for ships.  The Bodie Island Lighthouse, opened in 1873, was critical to improving the safety of shipping in these treacherous waters.  The lighthouse is about 50 meters (about 155 ft.) in height.  

Contributor and drone pilot strange2075 raced the sunset and won to capture this epic aerial view of Elvis Presley Lake near Tupelo, Mississippi.  The lake is located in Lee County, in the northeastern corner of the state.  It is named in honor of Tupelo's (and possibly Mississippi's) most famous son, Elvis Presley.  He was born in Tupelo in 1935 and spent his formative years here.  In 1948, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee; while it took longer than, now it's only a two-hour drive to the northwest on I-22.

JOPProductions created this aerial tour of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the flagship of the University of Louisiana system.  Lafayette lies near the center of the lower part of Louisiana, and is the state's fourth largest city.  UL Lafayette was founded in 1898, originally as an industrial school rather than a four year undergraduate institution.  It's one of nine campuses of the University of Louisiana system.  The school's enrollment is around 20,000, of which about 10% are graduate students.  

Alabama is the heart of the Southeastern USA.  Like many southern states, it's split between a mountainous Appalachian portion (in Alabama's case, the northern part of the state) and a flat portion under agricultural cultivation.  In the 19th century, Alabama became the center of the vast cotton-growing area which served as the backbone of the economy of the US South through the Civil War.  In this video, 1man1drone gives us a an aerial view of some of the lowland territory of the state in the heart of Dixie.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, better known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music form which was born in the African American community of the Big Easy.  The festival started in 1970.  Held the last week of April, it's one of the city's biggest events and draws jazz lovers from all over the world.  In this drone video by contributor Bumble Bee Productions, you can see some of the sights and sounds of the 2019 Jazz Fest, which is held at the Fair Grounds Race Course north of downtown.

Top contributor Rick Ray Films worked with TV show producer to film for an upcoming TV show, and was able to use some of his footage to create this beautiful mini-tour of the Lower Mississippi River.   The video opens with some excellent shots from Memphis, the largest city on the river between St. Louis and New Orleans.  Heading downstream, you'll see more iconic sights, such as riverboats, barges, and cotton fields.  Towards the end of the piece, there are some great shots of New Orleans and other spots in Louisiana.  

Top contributor TampaRandy created this drone video of an important Mississippi River bridge in the Southeastern USA.  The Vicksburg Bridge crosses the USA's most important river where it serves as the border between the states of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is is part of I-20, the interstate highway which crosses through the heart of the Old South.  Opened in 1973, the bridge is just southwest of the city of Vicksburg, the site of a pivotal (and very bloody) battle during the USA's Civil War.  

Top content creator and pilot Marco Hernandez used a DJI Inspire 2 drone to record the demolition of the Georgia Dome.  Opened in 1992, the stadium served as the home field for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.  It was the only stadium in the world to have hosted the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and the NCAA Final Four tournament.  Located just west of downtown Atlanta, the stadium was demolished by implosion following the completion of Mercedes-Benz Stadium on an adjacent site.

TampaRandy created this aerial tour of southern Louisiana.  It covers the area between Lake Ponchartrain to the Mississippi River.  Pontchartrain is a brackish lake which is part of the river's delta.  It sits north of New Orleans, and flooding from the lake caused catastrophic damage to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in September, 2005.  It's a very large, shallow lake, with an area of about 1.6k square km (about 630 square mi.) but an average depth of only about 4 meters (around 12 ft.).  

Content creator Douglas Thron uses his device of choice, the drone, to bring to light the plight of the pig in this aerial documentary about the Pig Preserve in Tennessee, USA.  This animal sanctuary takes in pigs from all walks of life, from hurricane rescue, to factory farms, and to feral living.  The preserve is in the Cumberland Mountains, which run through the middle part of the state.  See these pigs living it up in their new place to call home in this enlightening Drone Video Awards' nominated piece.

Contributor Bumble Bee Productions brings us this drone video of Baton Rouge, Louisiana while the state capital was under community quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring of 2020.  Louisiana was amongst the hardest-hit of the USA's southern states, with over 25,000 confirmed cases and in excess of 1,600 deaths by the fourth week of April.  While the epicenter of the state's outbreak was in New Orleans, its second-largest city also saw a substantial number of cases.  

AirVuz contributor Bumble Bee Productions brings us this stunning early-morning drone view of the Chattahoochee River in the Southeastern USA state of Georgia.  The river rises in northern Georgia, just outside of Atlanta, running a southwesterly course before turning due south, where it forms the border with Georgia's western neighbor, Alabama.  Its 690 km course (around 430 mi.) ends at the confluence with the Apalachicola River at the Florida border; the combined river crosses the Florida Panhandle before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

Check out this drone video of Birmingham, Alabama, compliments of contributor a.mcannally.  The largest city in the Yellowhammer State, it's named after the great industrial city of Birmingham, England.  Founded after the Civil War, Birmingham became one of the most important manufacturing centers in the American South.  Once called the Pittsburgh of the South because of its steel industry, in recent decades the city has diversified into financial services and other non-manufacturing sectors.

Top AirVuz contributor Bumble Bee Productions brings us this excellent sunset drone video of the city of Mobile, Alabama.  Located at the head of its namesake bay, Alabama's fourth-largest city is home to the state's main seaport (and one of the busiest on the Gulf of Mexico).  At about the :40 mark, there's a nice shot of the RSA Battle House Tower.  Opened in 2007, the 35 story building stands 670 ft. tall (just over 200 m) and is the tallest building in the state of Alabama as of 2022.  

Jordan-Hare Stadium is one of the most storied college football venues in the Southeastern USA, a region which is famously loyal to its college football teams.  It's the home of the Auburn University Tigers, a member of the storied Southeastern Conference.  Situated on the university campus in Auburn, the 87.5k seat stadium is one of the ten largest stadiums in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.  Bumble Bee Productions created this bird's-eye view of the stadium, originally constructed in 1939.

Williamsburg, Virginia is one of the USA's great historical treasures. Located on the Tidewater in the eastern part of the state, it's one of the country's oldest settlements: it was founded in 1632, nearly a century and a half before the American Revolution.  Its original core city has been preserved as Colonial Williamsburg, in effect a museum of early American history.  Designated a National Historical Landmark since 1960, you can check out this very well-preserved colonial city from above in this drone videoby EricFoster.  

Check out this fantastic aerial tour of Little Rock, Arkansas by AirVuz contributor and drone pilot AerialWings.  Starting at the :28 mark, you'll see the Stephens Tower, headquarters for the powerful investment firm of the same name.  At about the :50 mark, you'll see the double arches of the Broadway Bridge, which carries Interstate 70 traffic over the river and which opened in 2017, replacing an earlier structure built in the 1920's.  The video concludes with shots of the Arkansas State Capitol, which opened in 1915.    

AirVuz contributor DereksAerial created this drone video of a barge plying the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee.  Barges are a unique type of cargo ship: they do not have onboard power.  The flat-bottomed ships are used to transport cargo on rivers or in other shallow waters that prohibit the deeper drafts associated with on-board propulsion.  During the great age of canal-building in the 19th century, before the widespread adoption of rail transport, barges were the critical form of transportation.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, new contributor Zeki Sert Photography brings us this marvelous drone video of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Tennessee's fourth-largest city, Chattanooga is situated in the eastern side of the state, near its southern border with Georgia.  The video opens with a shot of the Market Street Bridge, which spans the Tennesee River, followed by a shot of its sleek, modern aquarium.  Then you'll be treated to some excellent shots of the hills and bluffs surrounding the city, part of the Appalachian foothills.  

ontributor and pilot Bumble Bee Productions brings us this beautiful aerial view of one of the most famous lighthouses in the Southeastern USA.  It's called Bald Head Lighthouse, known colloquially as Mt. Baldy.  Situated on Bald Head Island near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, it's the oldest standing lighthouse in the Tar Heel State.  It opened in 1817 to protect shipping in and out of the then-young port of Wilmington.  Both Mt. Baldy and the nearby Cape Fear Lighthouses were closed in the late 1950's.  

Check out this drone video of one of the largest lakes in the Southeastern USA, compliments of content creator and pilot psittason.  Lewis Smith Lake (often simply "Smith Lake") is actually a reservoir (artificial) lake created by the Lewis Smith Dam on the Black Warrior River, one of the largest dams in the eastern United States.  The lake covers about 85 square km or around 30 square mi. when full, and has a shoreline of about 800 km (around 500 mi.).  With a maximum depth of 80 meters (264 ft.), it's the deepest lake in the state.  

Contributor Matt Hallum created this excellent drone tour of the port city of Wilmington North Carolina.  The video opens with a nice shot of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, which spans the Cape Fear River on the city's west side.  From there, you'll be taken over the main riverfront, back to the bridge, and then on to the USS North Carolina, a World War II era battleship converted to a museum.  Most of the rest of the video features the beaches and boating scene downstream on the river and on the Atlantic coastline.  

AirVuz contributor ReconFiveMedia brings us this excellent drone video of Richmond, Virginia.  Located on the banks of the James River, about 90 mi. (150 km) due south of Washington, DC,  Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  During the US Civil War, Richmond served as the capital of the secessionist Confederate States of America.  Today, Richmond has a population of a little over 200k and is the center of a metropolitan area of about 1.2 million.  The video was filmed at dusk with a DJI Mavic 3 Cine drone.  

Top AirVuz contributor and pilot Bumble Bee Productions brings us this excellent drone video from the town of Fairhope, Alabama.  Fairhope is situated on the eastern side of Mobile Bay, a major inlet of the Gulf of Mexico in the Southeastern United States.  While the city of Mobile, at the head of the bay, dates to pre-Revolutionary times, Fairhope is a comparatively young city: it was founded in 1894.  The city went on to become a popular winter residence for a number of famous artists and authors of the first half of the 20th century.

Top AirVuz contributor and pilot Bumble Bee Productions brings us this excellent aerial video of Lake Lanier, an important reservoir in the Southeastern USA state of Georgia.  The giant artificial lake was created by the construction of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in the 1950's.  At normal fill, the lake covers an area of about 150 square km (around 60 square mi.) and over 1.1k km of shoreline (almost 700 mi.).  Only an hour's drive from Atlanta (at least on the rare light traffic days), it's a major recreational lake.  

The Southeastern USA state of Alabama has a relatively short coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.  The territory of the state narrows in the south to a small strip of coastline, most of which is in and immediately around Mobile Bay.  In this drone video by Jake Duben, you'll get a bird's eye view of a resort town which lies to the east of the bay, near the border with Florida.  It's called Orange Beach, and it's the center of a recreational area that increasingly rivals that of Florida's better-known Perdido Key.  

AirVuz contributor and pilot Bumble Bee Productions brings us this excellent drone video of Lake Charles, Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Laura.  The Category 4 monster made landfall near the town of Cameron (just south of Lake Charles) on August 27, 2020, causing massive devastation across southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas.  Lake Charles, one of the largest cities in the direct path of the hurricane, was particularly hard hit.  Wind gusts at the Lake Charles Regional Airport reached over 200 km/hour (almost 130 mph).  

Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain isn't actually a true "lake"; it's really a brackish section of Mississippi River estuary.  It forms the northern boundary of the city of New Orleans.  Lake Pontchartrain covers an enormous area of 1.6k square km (around 600 square mi.) but is quite shallow - its maximum depth is only 20 meters or 65 feet.  In this drone video by Bumble Bee Productions, you'll get a bird's eye view of the great lake, which famously overflowed when Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005.

Talented AirVuz contributor AerialWings brings us this excellent drone video from Dauphin Island, Alabama.  The long, narrow island sits in the Gulf of Mexico, near the entrance to Mobile Bay.  It's part the Alabama-Mississippi Barrier Islands, a chain of five major and numerous minor islands which run parallel to the coastline.  Dauphin Island is named after the grandson of French King Louis XIV, reflecting the fact that it was under French control from 1699 until being ceded to Great Britain following the Seven Years War of 1756-63.  

Check out this drone video of the legendary Bryant-Denny football stadium in Alabama, compliments of Bumble Bee Productions.  The home of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide men's football team, it's located on the university's main campus in Tuscaloosa, near the center of the state.  Opened in 1929, it's been expanded nearly a dozen times and now seats just under 102k fans, making it the #7 US stadium by capacity as of 2019.  It's named after the legendary U of A coach William "Bear" Bryant.

Check out this drone video of Tybee Island in the Southeastern USA state of Georgia, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot rkmaerial.   The barrier island is situated near the mouth of the Savannah River, about 30 km (a bit under 20 mi.) downstream of the river's namesake port city.  Shot with a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone, the video features excellent footage of Tybee's most recognized landmark: the Tybee Island Light lighthouse.  The distinctive structure dates to the Colonial period, although it was heavily modified in the 19th century.  

Bumble Bee Productions created this excellent drone videos of one of the biggest college football stadiums in the Southeastern USA.  Williams–Brice Stadium (aka the "Cockpit") is the home field of the South Carolina Gamecocks men's football team, which competes in the storied Southeastern Conference of the NCAA.  It's located on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia.  Opened in 1934 with a capacity of only 17k, it's been expanded multiple times and now seats just over 80k fans.  

Prior to the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was considered highly vulnerable to seaborne invasion.  As the area passed from Spanish to French to American to Confederate and back to US control, a series of fortresses were built to protect the great city from attack via the Gulf of Mexico.  In this drone video by AirWorthy Tours, you'll get aerial views of four of these fortresses: Fort Pike, built during the War of 1812; the ruins of the old Spanish Fort; and Forts St. Philip and Jackson, site of a major Civil War siege.  

Brand-new AirVuz contributor laszlobagi brings us this excellent drone video of a well-known lighthouse on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the Southeastern USA.  It's called the Currituck Beach Lighthouse, and it's located in the town of Corolla on one of the barrier islands that run down the eastern shore of North Carolina and the southern part of Virginia.  Completed in 1875 and automated since 1939, Currituck Lighthouse stands 49 meters tall (162 ft.).  It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Get an aerial perspective of the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina in this excellent drone video by AirVuz contributor Rjay2.  Located in the city's Uptown area, BofA Stadium is the home of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.  Originally named Ericsson Stadium, the 75.5k seat facility opened in 1996.  One of the first stadium to employ personal seat licenses, the stadium underwent a major renovation in the mid-2010's.  The facility also hosts the Duke's Mayo Bowl, an annual college football matchup.  

Despite ongoing declines due to the closures of coal-fired power plants, the transportation of coal remains one of the most vital functions of the USA's freight rail system.   As recently as 2022, the black (or sometimes brown) mineral accounted for nearly 30% of the USA's rail car loadings, far more than any other commodity.  In this drone video by ReconFiveMedia, you'll get an aerial view of an empty coal train operated by rail giant CSX Transportation making its way through the city of Richmond, Virginia.    

Top contributor Droneloop created this spectacular video of a hiking trip to the top of Pinnacle Mountain in the Southeastern USA state of Arkansas.  Pinnacle is part of the Oachitas range, which itself is part of the larger Ozark Mountain system.  While the mountain is only 300 meters (about 1k ft) above sea level, it appearance is much more prominent due to it volcano-looking shape and its steep rise above the Arkansas River below it.  The mountain is located just outside of Little Rock, near the center of the state.

Contributor Riverrat_productions created this aerial view of the port of Savannah, Georgia, one of the most important harbors on the USA's East Coast.  The port is situated on the Savannah River, about 30 km (around 18 mi.) from its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean.  As of 2018 Savannah was the fourth-biggest container port in the United States, measured by 20 foot equivalent units ("TEU's").  Savannah is the second-busiest port on the East Coast, after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

New Orleans, Louisiana. The Big Easy. The historic city near the mouth of the Mississippi River saw catastrophic flooding in August, 2005 when the center of Hurricane Katrina passed just southeast of it and caused much of its water-containing infrastructure to fail.   To this day many of the buildings flooded in 2005 still sit empty. Always spot-on pilot SFPV explored New Orleans and was able to float through some of those places, taking it all in with his quad and landing him on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in April of 2019.

Bumble Bee Productions created this beautiful night drone video of Raleigh, North Carolina's second most populous city and capital.  It's located near the geographic middle of the state, and is the center of a metropolitan area which includes neighboring Durham and the university town of Chapel Hill.  The city is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who founded the so-called "Lost Colony" of Roanoake on the Atlantic coast.   Raleigh has a population of about a 500,000, and the metro area around 1.3 million.  

Top contributor BBloss created this fantastic one minute aerial tour of Atlanta, the informal regional capital of the Southeastern USA.  Situated in north central Georgia, the city is the center of a vast metropolitan area which numbers up to 7 million depending on definition.  Atlanta is home to the world's busiest airport, and is a major corporate headquarters city.  It is home to three central business districts (Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead) as well as numerous satellite "mini-cores" in its suburbs.  

Check out this magnificent drone video of Charleston, South Carolina, compliments of every day drone guy.  The video opens with a great shot of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, a cable-stayed span over the Cooper River.  Then it's on to the USS Yorktown, the retired US Navy aircraft carrier which is moored at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum at the mouth of the Cooper.  Much of the rest of the video features shots from around the city itself, which lies between the Cooper and Ashley Rivers.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, new contributor RH1N0 brings us this excellent drone video of the city of Nashville, Tennessee.  The video opens with a shot over Nissan Stadium (home of the Tennessee Titans professional (American) football team) looking west over the Cumberland River towards downtown.  Starting at about the :27 mark, there's a nice close-up shot of the skyline; the building on the left is the AT&T Building, Nashville's tallest.  The video ends with a shot flying over the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge towards downtown.