as long as you can prove ariel photography isnt your primary business.
I don't think this guy is taking pictures of The Little Mermaid.
as long as you can prove ariel photography isnt your primary business.
The funny part is if you attach a camera to a small model, snap a few, and sell them, it is illegal.
Yes.Is it?
Seems like you can't run a business using an airplane obviously, but if I read that right, you can take pictures for fun and accept an offer for sale if approached right? I've been in situations like that where Airliners magazine or someone wanted shots of mine from Jetphotos.net that I took while flying. Not with any intent to sell said picture at the time of taking it, of course.
You get a commercial certificate?I suppose. But what happens when you get good at it, and develop a reputation, and business just appears?
ATP decades ago. Getting to be an old timer. There is no problem I am sure of a private pilot taking pictures, it is selling them that is the tricky part.You get a commercial certificate?
It's one of those unfortunate (and potentially problematic) Chief Counsel opinions that could just as easily have (and probably should have) gone the other way, leaving the requirement for a commercial certificate for those acting as a photography platform and being paid for flying, not taking pictures.
My question is: since the photography exception to an operating certificate requires that there be no point of landing other than the departure airport, does a commercial pilot who is taking his own pictures violate the rules if he lands solo somewhere?
Sorry but the answer is no.
Perry - Must have commercial for photogtraphy
Can a private pilot use his own airplane, take pictures, and sell them?