taking pictures from the sky

"rosspilot" wrote in message
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Flying is not "incidental" to the business of aerial photography. It
is, in fact, an integral part of it. I would say a Commercial
Certificate is required to be PIC on a hired photography flight.

If a Private Pilot is flying around taking pretty pictures, and then
selling them door-to-door or at art shows, I don't see how that would
require a Commercial Certificate.

If you asked 4 FSDOs, you'd get 4 different answers.

Lee Ross
N466SR
CP SEL IA
www.Rosspilot.com


I strongly suspect that you have summed it up rather well.

Peter

The OP wrote

Can a person take pictures of properties from a private airplane and
charge for doing it?
What kind of license or permits do they need to do this?

That is a commercial operation that depends on an airplane -- he said
so!




On May 16, 1:51 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Robert M. Gary writes:
Passengers and cargo have little to do with it. You're probably
confusing commercial with 135.

I'm making a distinction between flying for hire and flying for one's own
business purposes. Just as a private pilot can fly between his offices in
different cities for business purposes, he can fly for the purpose of taking
pictures. If he transports someone _else_ who acts as photographer, though,
the situation may change.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Robert M. Gary writes:

Passengers and cargo have little to do with it. You're probably
confusing commercial with 135.

I'm making a distinction between flying for hire and flying for one's
own business purposes. Just as a private pilot can fly between his
offices in different cities for business purposes, he can fly for the
purpose of taking pictures. If he transports someone _else_ who acts
as photographer, though, the situation may change.


You're wrong and you're an idiot.


Bertie

Just as a private pilot can fly between his
offices in different cities for business purposes, he can fly for the
purpose of taking pictures.

Negative, IMHO.

In the first example, the flying is INCIDENTAL to the business. (this
is a key point)
He is using the plane as a car in the sky to get from office to
office.

In the second (assuming you mean he was engaged by someone to take
aerial photographs for a fee) the flying is NOT
INCIDENTAL to the business. It is INTEGRAL. He is now using the
airplane as a camera platform, an essential component of the business.

Commercial.


Lee Ross
N466SR
CP SEL IA
www.Rosspilot.com

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

writes:

Generally, the pilot needs a commercial license if the pictures are
for sale.

A CPL? No, I don't think so--not if he is flying in the pursuit of
his own business (not carrying passengers or cargo).

You're worng and you are an idiot.

As usual.


Bertie