Aviation

Kansas State campus in Salina to offer course for drone pilots

Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus in Salina will offer a short course for people seeking commercial drone pilot certification under new Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus in Salina will offer a short course for people seeking commercial drone pilot certification under new Federal Aviation Administration regulations. File photo

Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus in Salina will offer a short course for people seeking commercial drone pilot certification under new Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

The five-day aims to prepare students and complete testing for the FAA’s commercial remote-pilot-in-command certification under the new Part 107 regulation.

The course will take place Sept. 19-23, and the cost is $1,400. More information can be found at polytechnic.k-state.edu/profed/suas.

Jerry Siebenmark: 316-268-6576, @jsiebenmark

This story was originally published September 8, 2016 at 9:43 AM with the headline "Kansas State campus in Salina to offer course for drone pilots."

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