That is absolutely not true. You need a UAS license to be able to fly even though the testing is very similar to a private pilot license but it does have other things attached to it.
> On Sep 4, 2020, at 12:46 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > I am a private pilot with an instrument rating. I started doing commercial > ground school once but realized I really didn't need commercial for the > incidental business flying I was doing so I dropped it. I know nothing about > drone operations or regs. I have been told that I can legally fly drones due > to my regular license. Not sure if that is even true. > > -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 10:25 AM > To: Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] Drone licensing > > I was looking through the FAA Requirements to get a drone license. If I > understand correctly, if you use the drone in any way as a commercial > flight, I.E. taking pictures of a tower, then you need the commercial > license. > > The FAA Website talks about going to a testing facility to Pass the > 'initial aeronautical knowledge test'. The FAA links out to > psiexams.com At psiexams.com they don't have a 'initial aeronautical > knowledge test' listed, but they do have a 'Unmanned Aircraft General - > Small (UAG)'. Is this the test that you actually need to pass? Many > people here are pilots, what are good resources to study/practice for > the tests? Has anyone recently gotten their drone license. How big of > a deal is it? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
