John Ott is an FAA-certified Part 107 Remote Pilot and COO of Desert Drones LLC, a commercial drone services company based in Tucson, Arizona.
This course was not written by a textbook publisher. It was built by someone who flies paid commercial work every week — aerial photography, roof and infrastructure inspection, real estate, and event coverage — across Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Recognition
Desert Drones has been named in the Arizona Daily Star Readers’ Choice awards three years running — 2023, 2024, and 2025. The 2025 awards included:
- Winner — Best Aerial Photography
- Winner — Best Real Estate Photographer/Videographer
- Favorite — Best Videographer
Credentials
- FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate
- 1,000+ commercial flights across five states
- COO, Desert Drones LLC (legal entity: Desert Aerial Services LLC) — Tucson, Arizona
Why that matters for your Part 107 prep
Most Part 107 study material is written by people who have never filed for a waiver, never had to explain an airspace authorization to a client, and never had money riding on reading a sectional correctly. The exam is written by the FAA, but the judgment behind it comes from operating.
Every explanation in this course comes from work that actually happened — which is also why the material gets corrected when the rules change, rather than sitting stale.