Practical Training and Flight Test Requirements for Medium or Large RPA Upgrades

In plain language

If you are upgrading your drone license (RePL) to fly a medium or large drone, your practical training and flight test must be completed on the exact type of medium or large drone you want to be licensed for.

Requirement as structured

For an upgraded Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) for a medium or large RPA, the practical competency training and the flight test must be conducted specifically on the particular type of medium or large RPA for which the upgrade is sought.

Original regulatory text

Without affecting anything else in this Division, for a particular type of medium or large RPA for which the applicant seeks the upgraded RePL, the following: (a) the practical competency component of a RePL training course; (b) the training course flight test; must be for the particular type of medium or large RPA only.

Applies when

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RePL upgrade