If you want to fly a drone for money in the United States, you need one thing first: the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot...

If you want to fly a drone for money in the United States, you need one thing first: the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. It doesn't matter if you're shooting real estate photos, inspecting rooftops, mapping farmland, or filming weddings if a drone flight helps a business in any way, the FAA says you need this certificate. Flying just for fun does not require it, but almost everything else does. A lot of people put off getting their FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate because they think it's complicated, expensive, or only for "real pilots." It isn't. There's no flight test, no medical exam, and no age limit beyond being at least 16. You study,...

If you want to fly a drone for money in the United States, you need one thing first: the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. It doesn't matter if you're shooting real estate photos, inspecting rooftops, mapping farmland, or filming weddings if a drone flight helps a business in any way, the FAA says you need this certificate. Flying just for fun does not require it, but almost everything else does. A lot of people put off getting their FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate because they think it's complicated, expensive, or only for "real pilots." It isn't. There's no flight test, no medical exam, and no age limit beyond being at least 16. You study,...