Real-World Flight Planning and Execution Program

In this course, you’ll practice listening to aviation radio transmissions to learn how they can help you maintain situational awareness during sUAS operations.

This course provides an overview of safely using, maintaining, storing, and traveling with Lithium Polymer (LiPo) batteries.

This course covers common emergency situations and how to address them.

Checklists are the foundation of all safe and successful aviation operations, including sUAS flights. This course covers how to develop and use checklists in your operations.

This course covers the steps for developing a routine maintenance protocol for any unmanned aircraft, what tasks to include in that protocol, and the importance of documenting aircraft maintenance.

Disorientation is a big challenge for new pilots and a common cause of crashes and accidents. This course covers common types of disorientation and recovery techniques.

This course covers how you can use AirMap for Drones on iOS or Android to get to know the airspace around you, plan a safe flight, and ensure situational awareness in the airspace.

This course walks through a series of scenarios to explore how weather assessments can help you make Go/No-Go decisions for your flights.

This course covers the steps to perform a thorough site assessment to understand objectives, obstructions, and hazards before your flights.

Visual observers and other crew members can help ensure your flights are safe and successful. This course covers steps to prepare, coordinate, and communicate with them effectively.

Risk is an inherent part of flying. In this course, you’ll practice assessing and managing risk to help you understand the aviation environment.

This course covers the ways a pilot can maintain safe practices in the field with considerations like UAS Code of Conduct, Remote Pilot Responsibilities, Privacy, Mitigating Risks, FAA 'Dirty Dozen', and Communication.

This course examines the real-world applications of flight physiology principles such as Aerodynamics, Aircraft Axes, Angle of Attack, Turbulent Air, and Weight and Balance.

This course explains the legal considerations a pilot may encounter through the use of a UAS with areas like Registration Requirements, Responsibility of Remote PIC, Daylight Operations, Hazardous Operations, Crew Regulations, and Operating Limitations.