A quick search of the Internet and popular online retailers will display almost endless numbers of resources to study for the Remote Pilot exam and to prepare for flying UAS recreationally or for business. Unfortunately, most miss many of the nuances associated with aeronautical knowledge and often simply regurgitate, in overly terse text or outline form, what the FAA has released. These resources don’t provide the most efficacious or efficient way to become a competent remote pilot. This text is designed to not only prepare you for the exam, but also to help you learn how UAS fly, how to intelligently talk about them and their components, and to be well-versed in the aeronautical knowledge required to fly these systems in the same airspace as large commercial jets.

Our goal is to provide important details in downto-earth language. Whether or not you already know a thing or two about flying, this book will bring things into perspective specifically for the remote pilot. Aviation has its own language, much of which remote pilots need to know to understand the intricacies associated with flying. Sometimes the terms, maps, and reports available to the crewed aircraft world are somewhat complex and confusing. That’s what this book is for—to guide you through this unfamiliar territory (or refresh your memory about it) so you never have to feel lost.