October 3, 2026
Part 107 in Georgia: Atlanta's Class B
Georgia flying centers on Atlanta's Class B airspace, one of the busiest in the country, plus Savannah's Class C, a figure you may see on the exam.
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Flight operations, safety, and decision-making topics from the Part 107 knowledge areas.
October 3, 2026
Part 107 in Delaware: Beaches and Dover AFB
Delaware's Part 107 hotspots are summer beach crowds, where people-overhead rules bite, and the controlled airspace around Dover Air Force Base.
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Part 107 in Connecticut: Shoreline Fog
Connecticut flying is shaped by marine fog along Long Island Sound and dense suburbs full of people and roads. How Part 107's weather and people rules apply.
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Part 107 in Colorado: Altitude Eats Performance
Colorado's challenge is physical: high density altitude cuts lift and battery margin, mountain storms build fast, and national parks ban drones.
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Part 107 in Arkansas: Farm Drones and Part 137
Arkansas farm country is where Part 107 meets Part 137. Scouting fields is Part 107; spraying rice or soybeans needs FAA agricultural approval on top.
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Part 107 in Alabama: Helicopters and Storms
Flying Part 107 in Alabama means sharing low airspace with military helicopter training in the southeast and working around Gulf storms. What to plan for.
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Part 107 Has No Maintenance Schedule
Part 107 sets no maintenance intervals and no logbook rule for most drones. It sets a judgment call before every flight, and that is harder than a schedule.
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Civil Twilight Is 30 Minutes Under Part 107
Part 107 defines civil twilight as a fixed 30 minutes, while sky apps use the sun's angle. When the two disagree, the regulation's window is the one to use.
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Your Client Is Not the Remote PIC
A client can hire you, choose the site and ask for shots. Under Part 107 they cannot take on your duties or replace the FAA's permissions with their own.
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VLOS and Visual Observers Under Part 107
Visual line of sight sounds self-explanatory until the exam asks what counts as maintaining it, and what a visual observer can and cannot do about that.
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Physiological Effects for Remote Pilots
Some manned-aviation physiology applies to Part 107 and some does not. Hypoxia mostly stays out of scope, but dehydration, fatigue and vision effects matter.
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Night Operations Under Part 107: What Changed
Night flying no longer needs a waiver under Part 107, but two conditions apply: recent training and anti-collision lights. What changed and what the exam asks.
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