News
NRC Drone Site Selection Tool Approved
The NRC Drone Site Selection Tool is now certified by Transport Canada and Nav Canada and provides definitive information on airspace across Canada. This is according to the Transport Canada RPAS Task Force. Provides Airspace Access Information Advanced operators are...
RPAS Drone Logbooks
An RPAS Logbook Is Now Required The new Part IX of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) states that: 901.48 (1) Every owner of a remotely piloted aircraft system shall keep the following records: (a) a record containing the names of the pilots and other crew...
New Drone Training Room
We opened our new training room this past week! A dedicated, stand-alone building with WiFi and multi-media facilities. Coffee, tea and other refreshments, too! The first course was a great success also - 5 star ratings across the board. We can hardly wait for the...
New Canadian RPAS Regulations
We have had a chance to review the new regulations and here are the results of the first pass. These regulations mostly affect "small" drones 250 grams or more but not over 25 kilograms. We will not consider the regulatory affect on larger drones nor will we consider...
The New Regulations Are Out!
The new RPAS regulations are out. They were published this morning (Jan 9, 2019) and can be found in the Canada Gazette II. We are just reading them now and we'll have updates to our course offerings as soon as the review is complete.
Aero-Photos.ca Receives Wyvern EXACT Certification
First in Canada! Wyvern Ltd. today announced that Aero-Photos.ca has successfully achieved EXACT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) safety, quality and risk management category 1 certification. Aero-Photos, a division of TriLink Aerospace Marketing, Inc., is the first...
Aero-Photos Receives Standing Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC)
We announced today that we have received a Standing Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) from Transport Canada. This allows UAV/Drone missions to be flown in most airspace without the delay associated with filing individual, site-specific SFOCs, a process that...
Aero-Photos Signs Assessment LOI With Wyvern
First UAV Operator in Canada to be Assessed by Wyvern Aero-Photos.ca announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Wyvern for them to perform a standard Category 1 EXACT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) assessment. Aero-Photos will be the first Canadian...
UAV Seminars
Grenville Mutual Insurance has just announced the availability of liability insurance to cover commercial UAV operations. As part of the introduction, we will be providing a series of seminars to familiarize all the Grenville brokers with UAVs and commercial UAV...
AeroPhotos Authorized to Conduct Radio Operator Exams
AeroPhotos is now authorized to conduct Restricted Operator Certificate - Aeronautical (ROC-A) qualification examinations on behalf of Industry Canada. This will give you the ability to communicate with, or broadcast your intentions to, other aircraft and Air Traffic...
