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SmithicAir Mike Smith founded SmithicAir after falling in love with Drones and wanting to help people. He also helps hunters find their deer carcasses.

SmithicAir is a drone flying photography and videography company specializing in capturing real estate from a unique perspective using a camera drone and finding lost pets and deer carcasses using a thermal drone. Primarily he helps pet owners find their lost pets and he also helps real estate agents and other companies by taking high quality photos of their properties or businesses. He specializes in 360 Tours (Google Streetview) / Matterports to fully capture the inside layout of properties and businesses. Mike is a commercially certified FAA Remote Pilot who utilizes the DJI Matrice 30T (the best thermal enterprise drone available), the DJI Mavic 3T (smaller, lightweight thermal enterprise drone), and the DJI Mavic 3 Classic (excellent camera drone) to perform his work. He has complete drone kits which allows for many flight hours at the job site. This allows him to pick the right drone for the job. Looking forward to learning about how I can help you!

10/20/2026

Nanna is a 5-year-old rescue dog who was placed with a wonderful foster two weeks ago. The foster cared for her and took her on peaceful walks until a nightmare situation occurred; as the foster was helping another dog owner with a dog's collar, Nanna got out of her harness as the stranger held her leash. She was off, wearing nothing but an adorable yellow sweater. Her foster searched and searched. She spoke with everyone in the area in hopes of hearing where Nanna could have gone. She decided to reach out to SmithicAir, and while we were on the phone, Nanna approached the apartment building entrance which would lead to her unit, but a resident called out to her and tried to get her. Nanna ran. We advised the foster to get scent items and treats out by her building's entrance and to sit near this door. We advised her on how to use calming signals to lure her dog should Nanna approach again. We arrived and parked in the same parking lot we had used a couple of weeks ago when we helped locate a dog named Ranger. Ten minutes into our first flight, we located Nanna sitting in a ditch dangerously close to St. Charles Road. The foster wanted to try to lure her and slowly walked to the same ditch and sat some 20 yards away. Nanna stared at her foster but did not recognize her. She ran away but relocated in the back of a business farther away from the road. We kept watch when something startled her and she started running again. At first she ran to the east and then back to the south straight for the busy roadway. We quickly turned on the spotlight to attempt to highlight her for the drivers, but she made contact with one of the cars. Expecting the worst, we were thrilled to see her run away from the scene, past her foster, and into a quiet area behind some townhomes. We tried to assess her health and watched her find a safe area away from the road and close to the Western Trail. We decided to leave her be for the night, hoping she had avoided serious injury.

We advised the foster to leave out the food, water, and scent items overnight and then to camp out in that location starting at daybreak the next day. We were confident that she would try to return home again. Unfortunately, she received some other advice that she needed to hang up fliers. While this is important, we would have suggested that someone else handle this task. When she was out distributing fliers, Nanna was spotted right by the apartment building entrance, but an exciting neighbor startled her and she ran again. The foster returned to the apartment and took up her post again. Later in the day, another sighting came in, and again the foster was given guidance by others to leave the building to investigate the sighting. She made several trips inside with her chair and the dog's crate. On one of the trips, she turned around in the interior hallway to return outside, and to her amazement, Nanna was in the hallway. She must have followed her in! Nanna was safe!

The foster took her to the Bartlett Animal Hospital the next day, and she somehow escaped serious injuries. Welcome home, Nanna!


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10/18/2026

Nanna from Carol Stream is Safe! The foster parent waited most of the day by her residence and when another sighting came in she decided to start to pack her things up and she went in the main door to her building and when she turned around her dog was behind her, inside the building. She probably snuck in behind her.

Story and video to come out tomorrow!

Update. SHE IS BACK SAFE AT HOME. THANK YOU EVERYONE! Hey everyone. We were asked to come out to look for a recently pl...
10/18/2026

Update. SHE IS BACK SAFE AT HOME. THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Hey everyone. We were asked to come out to look for a recently placed foster dog who was able to slip out of their harness while on a walk. She tried to go back home at one point but was scared away when a neighbor called out and tried to get her. We were able to find her sitting dangerously close to St Charles Road near Presidents Road in Carol Stream. She is extremely skittish and luring attempts failed. At one point when no one was around her, she ran across St. Charles and was hit by a car. She ran off afterwards and we do not know how injured she is. Some time after this, the foster was laying on the opposite side of bushes from the dog, but something startled her away. We followed her from high above to a quiet spot where we are going she spends the night.

We have a couple of asks. 1) Be careful driving in this area. She had crossed St. Charles many times and needs to cross it again to get home. 2) If you are in the area and see her and her cute yellow sweater, please ignore her, take a photo, and message us with the details. 3) Do not intentionally go to this area. We want it as quiet as possible. We have food, water and scent items out and we are hoping she works up enough nerve to make her way home again. Thank you!

Today was an interesting day. Normally when a pet goes missing, my awesome community of supporters tags me in the post; ...
10/17/2026

Today was an interesting day. Normally when a pet goes missing, my awesome community of supporters tags me in the post; in some cases, the pet owners reach out to me and I travel to their location to provide the best assistance I can. Today, the family came to me!

Around 7:40 this morning, two dogs escaped from a household in my hometown, Bartlett. Both dogs were eventually seen and one was recovered safely. Bartlett PD posted a photo of the dog, and the family retrieved one of their missing dogs and continued their search for Rocky. Rocky's mom drove around the neighborhoods frantically looking for him and stopped to talk to a stranger who was in his yard doing some work. Yep, I was the stranger! I explained that I had not seen a lost dog and I let her know about my company and what we do. She had heard of us and was hoping we would respond to her post even though she had forgotten our name. I launched the drone as she tried to fill me in on the events of this morning. She then had to run to work and her husband took over the search. We were unsuccessful with the drone but texted back and forth with Rocky's mom, providing as much guidance as we could. Using what we have been taught over the past three years by volunteer lost dog recovery experts and trappers, we explained that most lost dogs enter a different state of mind. They do not act like they normally act and enter a fight or flight mode of thinking. Around noon, Rocky was seen and the sighting was posted online. (Thank you, Michaela!) Many of you reached out to me with this posting. Rocky's dad responded to the scene. Rocky came out of the woods and his dad couldn't help himself. He called out and directly approached. This is the most common mistake dog owners make, and we completely understand how hard it is to not call out when you finally see your missing family member. Rocky did not recognize his dad and ran back into the woods. Rocky's dad quickly realized his mistake, stopped calling out, turned, and slowly walked away. This move showed Rocky that he was not a threat and relieved the pressure. Rocky then approached on his own terms, recognized the scent of his dad, and excitedly reconnected. Rocky was safe!

While we love to use technology to help families, most of the time, it's the guidance that gets the job done. Welcome home, Rocky!

Please share so we can make this cat famous and help the family with sightings.
10/13/2026

Please share so we can make this cat famous and help the family with sightings.

This dog is now safe! We had nothing to do with it but wanted to share since we had the posting on our page.
10/12/2026

This dog is now safe! We had nothing to do with it but wanted to share since we had the posting on our page.

10/09/2026

Ranger was being watched by some family members while his most bonded human was out of the area. He was given free reign to investigate a shop area in Carol Stream and he wandered onto a neighbor's property but returned on his own without the family knowing. He was then brought across the street to a friend's house where he was playing with the family and friends off leash. The yard was fenced on two sides but there were gaps in the fence at the back and Ranger found the gap and wandered into a very thick forest area. The family called out and started to search the woods. They did not know, as most people don't know, that when a dog realizes that they are lost, they typically go into a fight or flight state of mind and any calling out can push the dog. Search parties can have the effect of making the dog feel chased and there were a number of busy roads nearby. They contacted SmithicAir and we immediately gave them clear guidance to stop the search party, stop calling out, and to get some scent items laid out with some food and water at the friend's house. We asked them to try to get a camera focusing on the area as well. We explained the difficulty of searching with the many trees in the area as the thermal camera cannot see through solid objects. We also explain that it was very difficult to lure a dog at night as the dogs almost always hear the humans approaching and run. They wanted us to come out anyway and we were on scene very quickly. While searching, we had the family get the word out by filling out a petfbi.org report and they started messaging with a representative from Lost Dogs Illinois. We discussed how to lure a dog using calming signals techniques. We also were alerted to the Ring video of Ranger taken by a neighbor of the shop before the dog was taken to the friend's house. (Thank you for posting it!) After about an hour and 45 minutes of searching, a family member happened to take her eyes off of the monitor and saw Ranger in the same parking lot that we were flying from. Before thinking, the family members exited the car and called out to Ranger. He took off into the darkness. Again, this is very common as family members often forget the advice when they are in close proximity of their lost family member. We focused our search in the area where the dog had run and after a while, we were able to spot Ranger walking along the busy street that separated the shop and the friend's house. At this point, the most bonded family member was racing back to the area. Our plan was to try to keep watch and then attempt a lure with the owner. Ranger crossed the road and investigated the shop area he had been to earlier in the day before wandering down the road again. We used the spotlight on Ranger as a car approached to try to keep him safe. The car stopped and Ranger was spooked. He ran and we lost him in the trees. We were able to reacquire the dog's heat signature again and this time Ranger was in the friend's backyard where he was lost. We watched as Ranger found the scent items and seemed to be looking for his person. Minutes later, that person arrived at the house and sat down on the back deck. She called out to Ranger who immediately started running for the deck and a safe recovery was made. Thank you to the community for keeping an eye out and for keeping Ranger safe. Thank you to Lost Dogs Illinois for sound guidance.


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