remote pilot
Drone controller elsewhere
A remote pilot operates an aircraft from the ground rather than from inside it.
The term applies primarily to drone operators, whether hobbyists flying camera drones or military personnel controlling armed aircraft from thousands of miles away.
Remote pilots must often hold certification: She got her remote pilot license to do aerial photography for real estate listings.
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- UAVCrewless aircraft
- operatorOne who works machinery
- controllerDevice directing a system
- flight controllerGround-based spacecraft operator
joystick · airspace · altitude · flight · hover · camera · aerial · quadcopter · cockpit · license · surveillance · line of sight · FPV · first person view · throttle · landing · return to home · takeoff
- drone warfaredrone strike, military drone, armed drone, combat drone, attack drone
- pilot credentialsATP, PPL, commercial license, medical certificate, single engine
- Drone Deliverycargo drone, autonomous drone, delivery box, drop zone, flight path
remote pilotcockpit crew
Pilots and flight officers
flight crew · airline pilot · aircrew · aviator · airman
remote pilotpassenger
Traveler, not operator
flight attendant · cabin crew · air traffic controller · ground crew
remote, pilot, remotely, remoteness, pilots, piloted, piloting, pilotage, copilot