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To: Red Badger

Wouldn’t you have to have a pilot’s license to operate one of those things?


14 posted on 05/07/2024 12:42:26 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Ken522

>>Wouldn’t you have to have a pilot’s license to operate one of those things?

Aircraft under the FAA’s 14 CFR Part 103 ultralight category does not require a pilot’s license to fly. There are helicopters, fixed-wing planes, and gliders that fall under this category.


26 posted on 05/07/2024 12:57:03 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Ken522

“Wouldn’t you have to have a pilot’s license to operate one of those things?”

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If you can build a functional single person aircraft that weighs less than 254
pounds, you don’t need registration or a license in the US to get on or in it and fly.

You still have to obey all the flight rules though.

But...
if you build or buy a drone that weighs even less than 249 grams (8.7 ounces)
and make any money from flying it, it seems that you ARE required to have a
drone pilot’s license and register any and ALL of your drones, whether used
commercially or not. (And still obey all the flight rules.)

You can, however, get on and fly an ultra-lite aircraft, no license and
no registration and even bring your camera, and sell the video afterwards.


46 posted on 05/07/2024 1:53:37 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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