Unit 1 Vocab 3 UAS

One of the requirements for legally flying drones commercially. The Federal Aviation  Administration announced that drone operators will have to pass

• Designated Pilot  Examiner (DPE)

• Know Before You  Fly

• Aeronautical  

  Knowledge Test

• statutory  

  authority

 one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military  aviation, both private and commercial. It includes two major categories: (1)  Scheduled air transport, including all passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly  scheduled routes; and (2) General aviation (GA), including all other civil flights, private or  commercial.

• civil aviation

• altitude

• latitude

• statutory  

  authority

an agency of the European Union (EU)  with regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety.

• Federal Aviation  Administration  (FAA)

• IACRA (Integrated  Airman  

  Certification and  Rating  

  Application)

• Airman  

  Certification  

  Representative  (ACR)

• European  

  Aviation Safety  Agency (EASA)

 an educational campaign/website/app that provides  prospective users with the information and guidance they need to fly safely and  responsibly. It was founded by the two leading organizations with a stake in UAS safety – the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Academy  of Model Aeronautics (AMA). The campaign is conducted in partnership with the Federal  Aviation Administration (FAA), the federal agency charged with keeping the U.S. national  airspace safe.

• Know Before You  Fly

• Know Who Made You Cry

• Know Bacon You Fly

• Know Where You Fly

the airspace, navigation facilities and airports of  the United States along with their associated information, services, rules, regulations,  policies, procedures, personnel and equipment. It includes components shared jointly  with the military.

• National  

  Transportation  Safety Board  

  (NTSB)

• National Airspace  System (NAS)

• IACRA (Integrated  Airman  

  Certification and  Rating  

  Application)

• Airman  

  Certification  

  Representative  (ACR)

a body set up by law which is authorized to enact legislation on  behalf of the relevant country or state

• recreational use

• Waiver

• statutory  

  authority

• Airman  

  Certification  

  Representative  (ACR)