I’m a Pilot!
2025-04-25
- Passed the EASA A1/A3 pilot exam, officially becoming a UAV (drone) pilot—childhood dream “fulfilled.”
- Created a web-based EASA exam practice app to prep for the test, available online for free.
- Shared app’s source code on GitHub for community use.
Fulfilling a dream
As a kid I always wanted to be a pilot (not true, it just makes for a more interesting story), and now I just passed the EASA A1/A3 pilot exam!
Yeah, I know, this is a certification for UAV’s. UAV stands for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, where you as a pilot stay on the ground. We can’t have it all.
I will need this certification to fly drones outdoors, even the tiny Tello requires the ground-bound pilot to have the authorization to fly drones.
EASA A1/A3 Exam Practice App
Anyway, to help me study, I (Claude.ai) created a practice app to go over all possible questions for the exam. I thought it might be handy for others so I put it up online here: EASA A1/A3 exam test app. The source code is here.
Beware: the source PDF with questions was used as the basis for the app, and the LLM made some mistakes. I think I have corrected most/all of them, but if you want to be sure please double check.