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Canadian foundations, illustrated lessons and a 35-question practice exam.

1. What Is an RPAS?
2. Drone Types, Components and Applications
3. Canadian Drone Operating Categories
4. Pilot Certification and Drone Registration
5. Introduction to Canadian Aviation Regulations
6. Pilot Responsibilities and Legal Requirements
7. Basic Operations Rules and Limitations
8. Drone Registration and Aircraft Markings
9. Compliance, Safety and Reporting
10. Understanding Canadian Airspace
11. Controlled and Uncontrolled Airspace
12. Aerodromes, Airports and Heliports
13. Reading Aeronautical Charts and Airspace Maps
14. NOTAMs, Restricted Airspace and Flight Planning Tools
15. Fundamentals of Aviation Weather
16. Wind, Turbulence and Local Weather Effects
17. Visibility, Clouds and Precipitation
18. Weather Reports and Safe Flight Decisions
19. RPAS Components and Aircraft Systems
20. Propulsion, Motors and Flight Controllers
21. Batteries and Electrical Safety
22. Communication Links, Sensors and Navigation Systems
23. Aircraft Performance, Maintenance and Limitations
24. Four Forces of Flight
25. Basic Aerodynamics and Aircraft Stability
26. Navigation, Coordinates and Direction
27. GNSS, Maps and Navigation Limitations
28. Introduction to Flight Planning
29. Conducting a Drone Site Survey
30. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
31. Preparing a Flight Plan
32. Pre-flight Inspections and Operational Checklists
33. Pre-flight Preparation and Safety Briefing
34. Takeoff, Flight Monitoring and Landing
35. Maintaining Visual Line of Sight
36. Abnormal Situations and Emergency Response
37. Post-flight Inspection and Recordkeeping
38. Introduction to Human Factors
39. Fatigue, Stress and Pilot Decision-Making
40. Situational Awareness and Crew Coordination
41. Aviation Communications and Safety Culture
42. Review of Essential Knowledge Areas
43. Scenario-Based Flight Planning Exercises
44. Preparing for the Transport Canada Basic Exam

Core ground school plus controlled airspace, people proximity, EVLOS and flight-review preparation.

1. What Is an RPAS?
2. Drone Types, Components and Applications
3. Canadian Drone Operating Categories
4. Pilot Certification and Drone Registration
5. Introduction to Canadian Aviation Regulations
6. Pilot Responsibilities and Legal Requirements
7. Basic Operations Rules and Limitations
8. Drone Registration and Aircraft Markings
9. Compliance, Safety and Reporting
10. Understanding Canadian Airspace
11. Controlled and Uncontrolled Airspace
12. Aerodromes, Airports and Heliports
13. Reading Aeronautical Charts and Airspace Maps
14. NOTAMs, Restricted Airspace and Flight Planning Tools
15. Fundamentals of Aviation Weather
16. Wind, Turbulence and Local Weather Effects
17. Visibility, Clouds and Precipitation
18. Weather Reports and Safe Flight Decisions
19. RPAS Components and Aircraft Systems
20. Propulsion, Motors and Flight Controllers
21. Batteries and Electrical Safety
22. Communication Links, Sensors and Navigation Systems
23. Aircraft Performance, Maintenance and Limitations
24. Four Forces of Flight
25. Basic Aerodynamics and Aircraft Stability
26. Navigation, Coordinates and Direction
27. GNSS, Maps and Navigation Limitations
28. Introduction to Flight Planning
29. Conducting a Drone Site Survey
30. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
31. Preparing a Flight Plan
32. Pre-flight Inspections and Operational Checklists
33. Pre-flight Preparation and Safety Briefing
34. Takeoff, Flight Monitoring and Landing
35. Maintaining Visual Line of Sight
36. Abnormal Situations and Emergency Response
37. Post-flight Inspection and Recordkeeping
38. Introduction to Human Factors
39. Fatigue, Stress and Pilot Decision-Making
40. Situational Awareness and Crew Coordination
41. Aviation Communications and Safety Culture
42. Review of Essential Knowledge Areas
43. Scenario-Based Flight Planning Exercises
44. Build an Advanced mission permission matrix
45. Read controlled airspace in three dimensions
46. Transponder airspace and RPAS authorization
47. NAV Drone authorizations and aerodrome coordination
48. People separation and aircraft declarations
49. EVLOS: observer coverage and communications
50. Sheltered operations: geometry and boundaries
51. Medium RPAs: scale changes the risk
52. Urban C2 links, GNSS and airflow
53. Advanced weather decision exercise
54. Flight review preparation: evidence and practice
55. Advanced capstone: roof survey near an airport

Learn SFOC pathways, operational risk assessment, procedures and application documentation. Includes foreign-pilot cases. TC decides authorization.

1. What an SFOC authorizes
2. Choose the special-operation pathway
3. Regulatory scope and operational limits
4. Prepare the application and evidence index
5. Identify hazards and verify mitigations
6. SORA and operational risk assessment
7. Safety responsibilities and records
8. Write normal and abnormal procedures
9. Coordinate airspace and site access
10. Aircraft and specialized-operation evidence
11. Emergency and contingency planning
12. SFOC application workshop

Prepare for your own in-person review: aircraft-specific checklists, site surveys, preflight checks, emergency planning and flight logs. Included at no extra charge with a qualifying flight review purchase.

1. Prepare for your own flight review
2. Build an aircraft-specific checklist
3. Prepare the site survey and flight plan
4. Inspect the aircraft and equipment
5. Verify power-up and preflight settings
6. Brief the crew and demonstrate safe control
7. Rehearse contingencies and emergency communications
8. Complete shutdown, logs and defect records
9. Assemble your review-ready mission pack