Title: Lesson 1: Aspects of air law.
Course: Image acquisition using drones > Section: Course Content

This lesson will instruct on a number of topics related to the glossary and forms used in aeronavigation in relation to generic laws regulating it.

Objectives:

The main objective is to provide the required knowledge to comply with the safety regulations within a set of flight parameters and norms regulated by the law.

The ultimate objectives of this lesson are:

- To understand the units commonly used in aeronavigation;
- To differentiate between types of aircraft categories;
- To learn the flight rules and priorities;
- To understand possible types and allowed drone operations;
- To exercise and experience airspace constraints.

Entrance requirements:

The requisites that are mentioned above are the only required for this lesson.

Notions to be grasped:

At the end of this lesson the participant should…

- be knowledgeable air units;
- be able to classify RPA categories;
- be knowledgeable rules of the air and airspace.

Learning activities:

Suggested sequence of studies:

- Study the PPT presentation “EENSAT_Drone_Operation_P01_Aspects_of_Air_law.pptx”;
- Practical: Search for the rules of air law available and establish locally;
- Conduct the GIS exercise : Define the allowed GEOfence.

Tasks:

Unzip the file “EENSAT_Drone_Operation_01_Aspects_of_Air_law.zip”

1. Go through the PPT and study the lesson.
2. Ask questions you did not understand but only after searching for explanatory material.
3. Do the practical in relation to local laws
4. Conduct the GEOfence exercise in GIS or Google maps for an area of your choice.

Planned time frame for this lesson:

Total time including practical: 10 net hours