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While recreational pilots are not required to obtain a license, all pilots are required to pass the FAA’s Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST) before they start flying their drones.
As of December 2020, the FAA requires all commercial UAS operators to obtain a remote pilot license under Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.To qualify for a Part 107 UAS license, an applicant must be over 16 years of age, demonstrate proficiency in the English language, have the physical and mental capacity to operate a UAS safely, pass a written exam of aeronautical knowledge, and ...
Unmanned aircraft must weigh less than 55 lb. (25 kg). Visual line-of-sight (VLOS) only; the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS. Alternatively, the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the visual observer.
Subsequently, the FAA issued “the Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) Roadmap”. [4] As of 2014, obtaining an experimental airworthiness certificate for a particular UAS is the way civil operators of unmanned aircraft are accessing the National Airspace System of the United States. [61]
While drones are nothing new in the skies over the U.S. (the FAA issued its first certificate of operation in 2006), the uptick in the number of sightings reported to state and federal officials ...
“The FAA has introduced Remote ID requirements, which means that drones flown in the U.S. must broadcast the equivalent of a ‘license plate’ for drones,” DJI told The Verge. “This ...
Medical certification is not required for sport pilots. The United States also issues the recreational pilot certificate, which permits an individual to fly aircraft of up to 180 horsepower and 4 seats in the daytime for pleasure only. [11] [24] To operate small drones commercially, the United States issues the Remote Pilot Certificate. [25] [26]
Furthermore, drones weighing more than 0.55 pounds are required by the FAA to adhere to Remote Identification (Remote ID) rules – essentially the equivalent of a “digital license plate ...