Canadian Advanced RPAS Certification
Getting your Advanced Pilot Certificate requires more than passing a written exam. You must pass Transport Canada’s online Advanced Exam, successfully complete an in-person flight review and then apply for your certificate through the Drone Management Portal. Read on...
To Fly or Not to Fly: When Drones Make Sense in Mining
When mining companies consider adopting drone technology, the conversation often starts with the aircraft. A better place to start is with the problem it needs to solve and how often it needs to solve it. From surveying and stockpile measurement to inspections,...
Canadian Basic RPAS Certification
Getting your Basic Pilot Certificate is the simplest of Canada’s drone certification processes. There is no mandatory ground school or flight review, so you only need to pass Transport Canada’s online Small Basic Exam. That said, read on to learn some tips and tricks...
Remote ID and more! Thoughts on TC’s Summer 2026 NPA
Transport Canada’s Latest RPAS Regulation Proposal What You Need to Know and Why Your Feedback Matters Transport Canada has published a new Notice of Proposed Amendment, NPA 2026-06, addressing three significant areas of the Canadian RPAS regulatory framework: Remote...
RPAS Pilot Recency – the 24-month countdown
“Recency” and “recurrency” are two words that sometimes get used interchangeably, even by TC! (I'm lookin' at you 921.04) They are related, but let’s make a distinction. Recency vs. Recurrency Recency is the official language used in the Canadian Aviation Regulations....
Preparing for your Flight Review
As you prep for your Advanced Flight Review, it can be helpful to know what to expect and what exactly your reviewer is looking out for. What is going through their head? What separates a good candidate from a great one, and from one who gets to try again 24-hours...
Drones in Mining: Boosting Safety and ROI
Higher profit margins will come only after “connecting the pit to the office” in a more reliable, faster, safer, and cheaper way to gain real-time data to be utilized by the engineers and managers to make prompt and precise decisions.
The 3 Most Common Mistakes Pilots Make During a Flight Review (And How to Avoid Them)
Even the most experienced pilots can stumble when the pressure is on. At FLYY, we conduct a lot of flight reviews. One thing we’ve learned? Most pilots don’t fail because they lack the thumb-stick skills to fly well. They struggle because - as much as we try to...
Visual Observer Scenarios – VLOS to BVLOS
With the new privileges for EVLOS and Sheltered operations under advanced, plus the option to use a vision-based Detect and Avoid (DAA) system to meet the L1C BVLOS requirements, there is some nuance to when and where Visual Observers (VOs) are needed and what...
2025 Recap
2025 was a big year for the Canadian drone industry! I had almost lost hope of seeing BVLOS regs when we received a very welcome surprise in the spring. That was the catalyst for a very busy remainder of the year! From course creation to planning complex flight...
The Path to Your Drone License Begins Here
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