Boy Scouts of America

The Recreational UAS Safety Test

Boy Scouts of America© is an FAA-approved Test Administrator of The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST).

TRUST is a collaboration between the FAA and industry to provide TRUST and educational safety material to Recreational Flyers.

Recreational flyers can access the TRUST here

Testing Instructions:

  • Be sure you are not in an incognito browser
  • You must stay within the Exam window throughout your exam
  • You must answer all Exam questions. You can not skip exam questions
  • Once you have completed the test, remember to print or save a digital copy of your completion certificate
  • When printing the certificate, it should be wallet size
  • When emailing the certificate, ensure you are sending it to a valid email address
  • Please access the test through the button below.
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Upon Completion of the test recreational flyers should print or save a digital copy of their completion certificate and keep it on their person when they fly. Boy Scouts of America© cannot re-issue your completion certificate if it is lost. The FAA cannot re-issue your completion certificate. Should you lose your completion certificate, you will need to re-take TRUST and obtain a new certificate.

Additional resources:

  • Register your drone through the FAA Drone Zone before you fly if it weighs more than .55lbs 
  • FAA-Approved UAS Service Suppliers (FAA USSs) of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC).
    • LAANC USSs provides FAA approved airspace authorizations and information about airspace restrictions to recreations flyers who wish to fly in controlled airspace 
    • Approved service suppliers have created apps that can be downloaded via apple or google play. Links to the companies are available here.
  • B4UFLY provides information about airspace and does not offer airspace authorizations 
  • Information about how to get started as a recreational flyer.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.