Remote Pilot – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems › I. Regulations › Task E. Operations Over People

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Minimum distances from a person.

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Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-1
CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.3 Operations Over People › 8.3.1 Minimum Distances from a Person
that protects a person from harm if the small unmanned aircraft impacts that structure or vehicle. • Maintaining a safe distance from people who are not directly participating in the operation of the small unmanned aircraft. • Ensuring the small unmanned aircraft ... would go over or strike a person who is not directly participating in the flight operation. 8.3.1 Minimum Distances from a Person. Part 107 does not impose a specific stand-off distance requirement from people when operating a small unmanned…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-2
CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.3 Operations Over People › 8.3.2 Operations Over Open-Air Assemblies of Persons
aircraft operation, the remote pilot should evaluate and make adjustments to this minimum distance from people as conditions change. 8.3.2 Operations Over Open-Air Assemblies of Persons. Remote pilots are prohibited from operating a small unmanned aircraft as a Category…
14 CFR Part 107 — Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Open
14 CFR § 107.51 Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft.
Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft. A remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small unmanned aircraft system must comply with all of the following operating limitations when operating a small unmanned aircraft system ... uppermost limit. (c) The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles. For purposes of this section, flight visibility means the average slant distance from the control station…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 5-11
CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.12 Operating Limitations for Small Unmanned Aircraft
limit; • Minimum visibility, as observed from the location of the CS, may not be less than 3 sm; and • Minimum distance from clouds being no less than 500 feet below a cloud and no less than 2,000 feet horizontally ... among other things, to support the remote pilot’s ability to identify hazardous conditions relating to encroaching aircraft or persons on the ground, and to take appropriate actions to maintain safety…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 15-7
Chapter 15: Airspace › Air Traffic Control and the National Airspace System › Basic VFR Weather Minimums
part 91, section 91.157, “Special VFR Weather Minimums,” Figure 15-8. Visual flight rule weather minimums. no person may operate an aircraft beneath the ceiling under VFR within the lateral boundaries of controlled airspace designated to the surface…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. G-10
Glossary › Chart Supplement U.S. (formerly Airport/Facility
primary contributor to directional stability, causing an airplane in flight to align with the relative wind. Distance circle. See reference circle. Distance measuring equipment (DME). A pulse-type electronic navigation system that shows the pilot, by an instrument-panel indication ... nautical miles between the aircraft and a ground station or waypoint. DME. See distance measuring equipment. DME arc. A flight track that is a constant distance from the station or waypoint. DOD. Department of Defense. Doghouse. A turn-and-slip…