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CURRICULUM
1.1 FAA Drone Pilot Registration and Compliance
1.2 Crew Assembly and Roles
1.3 Sky Scanning Guidelines & Rules (Day and Night)
- Visual Line of Sight & 5 Visual Illusions
- Buddy Box System
- Eye Functioning: Day vs. Night
- Daylight & Nighttime Sky Scanning Methods
- Nighttime Regulations: Civil Twilight & Anti-Collision Lighting
1.4 Maneuvering your sUAS
2.1 Navigating the Planet
2.2 Airspace Regulations
- 4 Operating Limitations: Height, Speed, Visibility, and Cloud Ceilings
- Airspace authorization and waivers
2.3 The National Airspace System U.S.
- Controlled vs. Uncontrolled Airspace
- Class B, C, D, E, and G
- Controlled Airspace: In-depth
- Uncontrolled Airspace: In-Depth
- Special Use Airspace: Military, Restricted, Prohibited, and Alert
2.4 Chart Supplement and Sectional Charts
- Chart Supplement vs. Sectional Chart
- Sectional Charts:
- Chart Supplement:
3.1 Emergency Procedures
- Lost Link Procedures + Flight Termination, Flyaways, Loss of GPS, Battery Fires
- Reporting Accidents or In-Flight Emergencies
3.2 Fieldwork Mindset
- Aeronautical Decision Making
- PAVE, IMSAFE, & DECIDE
- 5 Hazardous Attitudes
- Alcohol, Drugs, Physiology
3.3 Weather Theory
- Atmosphere Pressure and Stability (what is weather?)
- Wind
- Air Masses and Fronts
- Clouds and Visibility
- Thunderstorms
- Standard Conditions and Density Altitude
- Currents
- Moisture, Fog, and Frost
- Stable vs. Unstable Air
3.4 Collision Prevention
4.1 Airports – runways, traffic, right of way
- Runways and Traffic Patterns
4.2 Radio Communications