The market for drone services has been growing steadily for the last couple of years and is expected to continue to grow well until 2025. With such a thriving demand for drone-based services, the Part 107 drone license has become quite the commodity. Since it was first implemented in 2016, the FAA has now granted
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The drone industry is a train that continues to build momentum and shows no signs of slowing down. With hundreds of thousands of professional drone pilots in the US, the industry is now as thriving as ever and grows steadily in terms of both diversity and volume. The growth of the job market has made
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The 14 CFR Part 107 rules act as the legal framework for commercial drone flight, outlining when and where professional drone pilots can operate in the interest of safety. However, the FAA recognizes that such restrictions may prove counter-productive to the aim of promoting the commercial use of drones. For this reason, the FAA has
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Drones are fast becoming important tools in several modern industries. We’ve written a great deal about how drones are used to inspect power lines, plan mining projects, manage crop health, or help sell real estate. These are less common than aerial photography and truly highlight how versatile drone technology is. However, there are also uses
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A career as a professional drone pilot has become more and more appealing in the last few years, driven by improvements in drone technology that have made them cheaper, more capable, and easier to operate. The numbers support this – as of the end of 2018, there were already more than 120,00 licensed commercial drone
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Drones have been in the news a lot in the past couple of years, both for good and bad reasons. There are drones that have been used to fight forest fires, to aid in search and rescue operations, or to help law enforcement at practically zero risks. On the other hand, there are also reports
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If you want to become a professional drone pilot, then there is no document more important than the 14 CFR Part 107 rules. This is the legal framework formulated by the FAA for all commercial drone services and has been implemented since 2016. One of the most important parts of the part 107 rules is
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Drones are unlike any other piece of tech that came before them, so it’s rather unsurprising that more and more ways are to use drones are being developed. Now, drone photography certainly isn’t anything new but one particular industry is getting a ton of mileage from it – real estate advertising. What makes drones particularly
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Building a career as a professional drone pilot has become more attractive as ever. Not only is there a growing market for professional drone services, but the selection of viable services continues to diversify and give more opportunities for aspiring newbies. This means that there are now a lot of other options for drone pilots
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Both recreational and Part 107-licensed drone pilots are now required to secure authorization to operate in controlled airspace through the LAANC system. The sheer volume of drones owned and operated in the US has made them an element of national airspace that is worth considering. Nowadays, drone flight is regulated by the FAA, whether done
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