29 January 2021
The worldâs first course which trains pilots to fly drones so far out of visual sight they may even be in other countries has been set up in the UK.
The course is so specialised the training is done by former RAF and Royal Navy fighter pilots â along with ex-Army Air Corps helicopter pilots and Civil Aviation Authority examiners – who work for top drone training company Flyby Technology (www.bvlosdronetraining.com) and is recognised as a game-changer for how drones will be used in the future worldwide.
The BVLOS course, which stands for Beyond Visual Line of Sight, is taking how drones have been used by the military â flying them all over the world on missions controlled by pilots out of sight or even hundreds or thousands of miles away â and turning it into a civilian concept.
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