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Canadian news media are reporting confusing and contradictory stories about new rules to be announced today in Ottawa.
What is the advanced complex? Looking at the website it shows just 3 categories for the new rules/licenses.Anyone from the Calgary area?
I made contact with a local guy who is going to be running events and courses related to getting ready for the new rules June 1
Is there any interest from anyone on this ? Maybe we can all save a few bucks if we get enough people signed up
I’m not sure what license I’m going to need or even get. But I’m thinking about doing the advanced complex.
Anyways if there is interest expressed I will share the details of when these initial info sessions are happening. He says he is going to create online courses for all of this also. But I guess for me I want to be 100 certain I get the right license and stuff. Some of which requires testing and flight exam. So I’m going to put in the time with someone who already knows this process from the aviation background to help me be 100 perfect on the changes.
Let me know if there is any interest from anyone else in the Calgary already.
What is the advanced complex? Looking at the website it shows just 3 categories for the new rules/licenses.
Am I missing something?View attachment 58303
What is the “flight review” you need to take to get the advanced license? Is that actually having someone watch you fly your drones? There’s no description on Canada’s website, if I tap that it just goes to a log in
Thos looks like a complete overkill. Looks like they just cut and pasted the requirements for a PPL.This is the flight review for the "Small Advanced"
Complete a flight review for drones - Transport Canada
It says the following
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A flight review is the one of two knowledge requirements for conducting advanced operations with your drone or “Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)”.
What you need to know before you start
Before you conduct your flight review, you must pass the Small Advanced Exam.
We recommend reading Appendix A: Flight Reviewer's Guide - sRPAS Exercises in the Knowledge Requirements for Pilots of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems 250 g up to and including 25 kg, Operating within Visual Line-of-Sight (VLOS). Appendix A lists the skills that your flight reviewer will ask you to demonstrate during your flight review.
Flight reviewers are Transport Canada-approved drone pilots who can administer a flight review.
Scheduling a flight review
Every flight reviewer is associated with a self-declared drone flight school.
Contact the drone flight school directly to schedule a flight review. You must provide the school with:
About the flight review
- a copy of your Pilot Certificate – Basic Operations
- a valid (not expired) piece of government-issued (federal/provincial/territorial/state government authority or the equivalent body abroad) identification that provides their name and date of birth
- the Certificate of Registration for the drone used for the flight review
The flight reviewer will assess your ability to operate your drone safely.
You may be charged a fee by the flight reviewer for your flight review. Prices are set by the reviewer.
After you complete the flight review
Within 24 hours of your flight review, the flight reviewer will submit your results online and you will receive an email confirmation with a link to view your results. You will need to keep your knowledge up to date. If you let your knowledge level lapse for more than 2 years, we may invalidate your results.
If you pass the flight review, you can apply for a Pilot Certificate – Advanced Operations.
If you fail the flight review, you may schedule another review the next day. There is no limit to the number of times you can retake a flight review, but you may need to pay a fee each time.
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The knowledge you need for the Flight Review is in this link within that document:
Knowledge Requirements for Pilots of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems 250 g up to and including 25 kg, Operating within Visual Line-of-Sight (VLOS) (TP 15263) - Transport Canada
The text is too long to paste completely, but here is the headlines:
Knowledge areas
When I was reading it this morning, it showed "War Time Munitions" in this lost for some reason. I think I was looking at a old version of bad link to the data this morning because what I see now is considerable less complex and has different names to...
Update: CBC News was incorrect. Canada’s new drone rules will apply to everything over 250 grams.