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Recent content by Mark Anderson

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    Flying in Chicago under 107 - heliports

    hi guys Any of you flying in Chicago? If so what practice do you follow with heliports. For example if I wanted to fly comerfcially near navy pier, the floor of the class B airspace seems to be 3600 ft, but there are heliports. What should I do about those? What about the city, if I’m not in a...
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    Questions for part 107 pilots

    I did same. I also splashed out $5 on the Prepware Remote Pilot app. You really do not need to buy a course. I got 92% and did exam in 45 mins. One silly mistake, one thing I forgot, and one subjective question. You can get 18 wrong and there are 3 choices for each answer. One of the answers is...
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    Part 107 drone reg: two options - $25 and $5

    Hi All Was just going to register my P4P and here (add drone to inventory under part 107 dashboard), it costs $5: Purchase Options but here it costs $25: Purchase Options anyone got any idea what the different is? regards mark
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    Part 107 flying for pleasure

    thanks for detailed reply. I know they are rolling out LAANCE, but that's only at a handful of airports right now.. I thought this was the place to get electornic authroization
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    Part 107 flying for pleasure

    Hi Guys Bought a spark a while back and registered with FAA so all my drones are covered for leisure. Recently passed my Part 107 and bought P4P. Haven't completed the commercial registration for it yet. I live in north suburbs of Chicago and city ordnance says you can fly for leisure. Also...
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    iPad in the cold

    I flew my P4P obsidian in 30-degree weather last weekend. no issues
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    FAA Suspending 107 Testing?!?

    not sure where you got that idea from. I took my test 2 weeks ago
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    Help with TAF's

    Not sure what relevance this has to my question
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    Help with TAF's

    Hi guys i'm studying for Part 107 and I'm puzzled by the example and explanation on P19 TAF KPIR 111130Z 1112/1212 TEMPO 1112/1114 5SM BR FM1500 16015G25KT P6SM SCT040 BKN250 FM120000 14012KT P6SM BKN080 OVC150 PROB30 1200/1204 3SM TSRA BKN030CB FM120400 1408KT P6SM SCT040 OVC080 TEMPO...