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Not exam-prep content. Commentary and takes on where the drone industry is headed, written by Ivan Tesolkin. Looking for Part 107 study material instead? Start with the handbook.
September 20, 2026
DPGS pairs its course with a live coach and weekly webinars. Clear107 has no coach, just a diagnostic and a drill loop. That's the real choice, not just price.
Read moreSeptember 19, 2026
Pilot Institute is the biggest Part 107 video course. Clear107 skips video entirely. Which fits depends on being taught vs. just told what to study.
Read moreSeptember 18, 2026
Both are practice-first, not video-first. The real differences are how content is organized, what the free tier includes, and how pricing works over time.
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026
LAANC isn't a single button that says "approved." It's two different request types with two different rulesets, and knowing which one you're filing changes what you're allowed to fly and when.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2026
"Can I fly over people" isn't a yes-or-no question under Part 107. It's a which-of-four-categories question, and the exam is built around candidates skipping that step.
Read moreSeptember 15, 2026
Remote ID isn't registration, isn't a certificate number, and isn't optional. It's a separate broadcast requirement with two compliance paths and one narrow exception, and the exam tests the difference precisely.
Read moreSeptember 14, 2026
Amazon told Baton Rouge its drones are quieter than a truck. Its own FAA filing puts the delivery hover at 92 decibels. The gap says less about Amazon's spin than about what's actually left to solve before drone delivery scales.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Visual line of sight sounds self-explanatory until the exam asks what counts as maintaining it, and what a visual observer can and can't do about it.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Three Part 107 rules have nothing to do with Class B, C, D, or E, and the exam tests them as their own category, not an airspace footnote.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Passing the exam gets you the knowledge, not automatically the certificate. Keeping it valid afterward is a separate requirement most new pilots skip.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Registering an aircraft and reporting an incident aren't glamorous topics, but the specific thresholds attached to them are what scenario questions probe.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Some manned-aviation physiology transfers straight over to Part 107. Some of it doesn't, and knowing which is which is the actual exam skill.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
A waiver doesn't mean asking the FAA nicely. It means proving an equivalent level of safety for one specific, listed section, and no other.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Night flying used to require a waiver. Now it's built into the base rule, with two conditions most candidates only half-remember.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Four drone-policy stories broke the same week. Read apart, they're unrelated news. Read together, they show the same shift in who actually wins.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
Three rules that all boil down to the same question: is the pilot, and the situation, actually fit to keep flying right now.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
None of this is a regulation you can cite by section number. It's situational-awareness knowledge the exam assumes you already have around manned traffic.
Read moreSeptember 13, 2026
ADM questions aren't regulation trivia. They test whether you can recognize a bad thought pattern in a scenario, not recite a definition.
Read moreSeptember 12, 2026
Two numbers define a standard day. Everything about density altitude comes from how far the real day drifts from those two numbers.
Read moreSeptember 11, 2026
Airspace questions aren't about memorizing definitions. They're about reading a chart and knowing, in seconds, whether a spot requires authorization.
Read moreSeptember 10, 2026
A METAR looks like line noise until you know the format. Once you do, it's the fastest go/no-go check in aviation, and a real Part 107 exam requirement.
Read moreSeptember 9, 2026
Most candidates study Part 107 by feel: heavy on the scary topics, light on the ones that actually carry the exam. The FAA's blueprint says otherwise.
Read moreSeptember 8, 2026
Clear107 is a Part 107 exam-prep tool. This is not that. Here's the difference, and why it's worth keeping the two separate.
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