Operations
- Radio Communications Procedures — Airport operations with and without an operating control tower.
- Radio Communications Procedures — The description and use of a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) to monitor manned aircraft communications.
- Radio Communications Procedures — Recommended traffic advisory procedures used by manned aircraft pilots such as self-announcing of position and intentions.
- Radio Communications Procedures — Aeronautical advisory communication station (UNICOM) and associated communication procedures used by manned aircraft pilots.
- Radio Communications Procedures — Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS).
- Radio Communications Procedures — Aircraft call signs and registration numbers.
- Radio Communications Procedures — The phonetic alphabet.
- Radio Communications Procedures — Phraseology: altitudes, directions, speed, and time.
- Airport Operations — Types of airports such as towered, uncontrolled towered, heliport, and seaplane bases.
- Airport Operations — ATC towers, such as ensuring the remote pilot can monitor and interpret ATC communications to improve situational awareness.
- Airport Operations — Runway markings and signage.
- Airport Operations — Traffic patterns used by manned aircraft pilots.
- Airport Operations — Security Identification Display Areas (SIDA).
- Airport Operations — Sources for airport data: Aeronautical charts; Chart Supplements.
- Airport Operations — Avoiding bird and wildlife hazards and reporting collisions between aircraft and wildlife.
- Airport Operations — Airport and seaplane base lighting.
- Emergency Procedures — Emergency planning and communication.
- Emergency Procedures — Characteristics and potential hazards of lithium batteries: Safe transportation such as proper inspection and handling; Safe charging; Safe usage; Risks of fires involving lithium batteries.
- Emergency Procedures — Loss of aircraft control link and fly-aways.
- Emergency Procedures — Loss of Global Positioning System (GPS) signal during flight and potential consequences.
- Emergency Procedures — Frequency spectrums and associated limitations.
- Emergency Procedures — Procedures for operations over people.
- Emergency Procedures — Procedures for operations at night.
- Aeronautical Decision-Making — Aeronautical decision-making (ADM): Effective team communication; Task management.
- Aeronautical Decision-Making — Crew Resource Management (CRM).
- Aeronautical Decision-Making — Situational awareness.
- Aeronautical Decision-Making — Hazardous attitudes.
- Aeronautical Decision-Making — Hazard identification and risk assessment.
- Physiology — Physiological considerations and their effects on safety such as dehydration and heatstroke.
- Physiology — Drug and alcohol use.
- Physiology — Prescription and over-the-counter medication.
- Physiology — Hyperventilation.
- Physiology — Stress and fatigue.
- Physiology — Factors affecting vision.
- Physiology — Fitness for flight.
- Physiology — Physiological aspects of night operation.
- Physiology — Night illusions.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Basic maintenance.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Preflight inspection.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Techniques to mitigate mechanical failures of all elements used in sUAS operations such as the battery and any device(s) used to operate the sUAS.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Appropriate record keeping.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Persons that may perform maintenance on an sUAS.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Preflight inspection for night operations.
- Maintenance and Inspection Procedures — Manufacturer's Declaration of Compliance for Category 2 and 3 operations.