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Drones and U-space: rules, risk and airspace

EU open, specific and certified categories, SORA risk assessment, standard scenarios, U-space services, FAA Part 107 and Remote ID, and drones near airports

By Aerospace Garage Desk · Introductory · 50 minutes · 24 narrated pages

What you will be able to do

  • ✓ Classify a drone operation into the open, specific or certified category under Regulation (EU) 2019/947, and choose the open subcategory and class mark that fit.
  • ✓ Apply the European registration and remote pilot competence rules, and compare them with ICAO's model regulations, FAA Part 107 and the UAE GCAA rules.
  • ✓ Determine a ground risk class, air risk class and SAIL using EASA's SORA 2.5 guidance, and choose between full SORA, a PDRA, a standard scenario or an LUC.
  • ✓ Explain U-space airspace and its four mandatory services, and follow a flight authorisation from request to landing.
  • ✓ Compare remote identification in Europe and the US, and the status of the FAA's proposed Part 108 for flight beyond visual line of sight.
  • ✓ Check a site against airport geographical zones, and describe how aerodromes detect, manage and report drone incidents.

Course content

Session 1 · Drones as airspace users

1.1

  1. What a drone is, and who answers for it · free preview
  2. Three categories, scaled to risk
  3. Rulebooks around the world
  4. Worked example: which category does each mission need?
Session 2 · The open category in practice

1.2

  1. A1, A2 and A3: how close to people
  2. Class marks C0 to C6, and drones without them
  3. Registration and remote pilot competence
  4. Worked example: a roof survey in a town centre
Session 3 · The specific category and SORA

1.3

  1. The operational authorisation
  2. Ground risk: who could be hit
  3. Air risk, SAIL and the safety objectives
  4. Worked example: from ground risk class to SAIL
Session 4 · Standard scenarios, PDRAs and the certified category

1.4

  1. Standard scenarios: declare, then fly
  2. Predefined risk assessments and the light operator certificate
  3. The certified category and flight beyond sight in the United States
  4. From the investigation file: the Airspeeder fly-away at Goodwood
Session 5 · U-space: digital services for drone traffic

1.5

  1. U-space airspace: what it is and who decides
  2. The four mandatory services and the common information service
  3. Remote identification in Europe and the United States
  4. Worked example: a flight authorisation timeline
Session 6 · Drones near airports

1.6

  1. Geographical zones and airport protection
  2. When a drone is reported: managing the disruption
  3. Detection, verification and reporting
  4. Worked example: is the site inside the airport's zone?

Who this course is for

Upskill courses are for professional development and are not approved by any aviation authority. Learner Terms

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