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Advanced operations
Controlled airspace and closer to people, which is what the Advanced certificate adds.
The lessons
In the order the corpus files them: 61 lessons across 11 sections.
Permitted Operations
Containment: keeping the aircraft inside the volume the operation was planned around
Lesson — Containment (Standard 922.08)
The ground station and the C2 link: what the design standards ask for
Lesson — Control station design and the C2 link
What every user of the model gets — and what the declarant keeps
Lesson — Declaration documentation and records
When does a flight need a declaration — or an SFOC?
Lesson — Declarations and SFOCs
Applying for an SFOC—RPAS: what goes in, how far ahead, and what it costs
Lesson — Applying for and amending an SFOC—RPAS
Is my aircraft declared for this — and what does the declarant owe afterwards?
Lesson — Safety Assurance Declarations
The safety case behind a declaration: kinetic energy, CONOPS and the DAL
Lesson — Safety and reliability (Standard 922.07)
From the pilot's report to the annual report: the service-difficulty loop
Lesson — The service-difficulty loop
Airspace
On the apron and the movement area: the same prohibitions, at an aerodrome and at an airport
Lesson — Aerodrome and airport prohibitions
What is Class F airspace, and can I fly in it?
Lesson — Class F Special Use Airspace
Mandatory frequency: the reports an uncontrolled aerodrome expects of you
Lesson — Mandatory frequency reporting
Why can't I just fly into controlled airspace?
Lesson — Transponders and Controlled Airspace
Background: rules that do not apply to RPA Background: not RPA rules
When the ESCAT plan is implemented: approval, compliance, and 30-minute reports
Lesson — The ESCAT plan
Crew and Licensing
Who can examine me, and who can review my flight?
Lesson — Examinations and Flight Reviews
Which pilot certificate do I need, and how do I keep it?
Lesson — Pilot Certificates and Recency
Who may fly: the age floor, the certificate, and when supervision substitutes for both
Lesson — Pilot requirements and the supervision exception
A visual observer for extended VLOS: which certificate, which eyes, how far away
Lesson — Visual observers for extended VLOS
Emergencies and Incidents
What has to be in place before I launch — and what happens when the link fails?
Lesson — Procedures and Link Failure
Flight Rules
What counts as an advertised event, and where its boundary is
Lesson — Advertised events
Can I fly by camera, and what stops me flying?
Lesson — First-person View and Icing
What you obey in the air, and what you must be able to produce on the ground
Lesson — ATC instructions and access to your documents
Flying from something that is moving: one prohibition, one permitted arrangement
Lesson — Operating from a moving vehicle, vessel or aircraft
As instructed, and in control: the two rules behind every flight
Lesson — Operating instructions and control of the aircraft
Which frequency, and who has to listen?
Lesson — Radio: Frequencies and the Listening Watch
What does the syllabus ask me to do on the radio?
Lesson — Radiotelephony: the requirements
Does Part IX apply to my flight — and what is never allowed?
Lesson — Scope and Prohibitions
What does \"visual line of sight\" actually require?
Lesson — Visual Line of Sight
Human Factors
When must I not fly, and when must I stop?
Lesson — Crew Fitness and Flight Safety
Payloads and Equipment
No ELT on a remotely piloted aircraft — and what you may carry instead
Lesson — Emergency locator transmitters
Weapons, ammunition and war material on board an aircraft
Lesson — Munitions of war
Privacy: your camera collects personal information, and the law follows it
Lesson — Privacy for drone users
Pre-flight and Site
Is this site safe to launch from?
Lesson — Take-off, Landing and Recovery Sites
Records and Registration
Sold, lost or scrapped: what cancels a registration and what you must report
Lesson — Cancelling a registration and notifying the Minister
What must I produce when I am asked, and what must I hand back?
Lesson — Inspection, production and return of documents
Registering an RPA: who may own one, what the application says, and what you must show
Lesson — Registering an RPA and proving it
Syllabus
What does the syllabus require me to know about running the operation?
Lesson — Syllabus: flight operations
What does the syllabus require me to know about myself?
Lesson — Syllabus: human factors
What does the syllabus require me to know about weather?
Lesson — Syllabus: meteorology
What does the syllabus require me to know about navigation?
Lesson — Syllabus: navigation
What does the syllabus require me to know about the aircraft?
Lesson — Syllabus: airframes, power plants, propulsion and systems
What does the syllabus require me to know about how it flies?
Lesson — Syllabus: theory of flight
61 of the 61 lessons on this path have a Chinese translation, offered as the 中文译本 chip on the lesson it translates. Translations are unofficial: only the English and French text published by Justice Laws has legal force, and every translation links back to its original. Progress marks the lesson once, in either language, because counting a translation as a second reading would count one reading twice.
What must I learn first?
An ordering edge is admitted only on human confirmation, because a wrong one misroutes a learner and nothing on screen reveals it. These are shown as proposals for that reason. Treat them as a suggested reading order, not as a settled syllabus.
| Read this first | Then this | Why | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
tp15263.area1 | tp15263.area6 | The operating rules in area 6 are permissions and prohibitions created in area 1; 901.47's distance limits cannot be applied without knowing which division governs the flight. regulatory | proposed |
tp15263.area1 | tp15263.area8 | Radiotelephony is used to obtain the authorizations area 1 requires, so the authorization regime precedes the phraseology. regulatory | proposed |
tp15263.area2 | tp15263.area7 | Theory of flight explains the behaviour of the airframe area 2 describes; the mechanism precedes the explanation. technical | proposed |
tp15263.area2 | tp15263.area6 | Serviceability and maintenance requirements bind the system area 2 defines, so the system must be known before its pre-flight checks mean anything. regulatory | proposed |
tp15263.area3 | tp15263.area6 | Crew fitness and visual-observer duties are conditions on operating, so human factors precede the operating rules they qualify. regulatory | proposed |
tp15263.area4 | tp15263.area6 | Weather minima and icing prohibitions are weather facts applied to operations; 901.35 cannot be assessed without reading a forecast. regulatory | proposed |
tp15263.area5 | tp15263.area1 | Airspace classes are named in the rules and identified on a chart, so the navigation skill of reading airspace precedes applying 901.14. definitional | proposed |
tp15263.area5 | tp15263.area6 | The site survey requires the altitudes and routes for approach and departure, which is a navigation task. sequence | proposed |
kp:tp15263.a6.1.weight-and-balance.locating-centre-of-gra.1 | kp:tp15263.a6.4..hover-ceiling-maximum-.1 | Centre of gravity and weight determine the thrust available, so the hover ceiling is computed from the weight-and-balance result rather than separately. technical | proposed |
kp:tp15263.a6.1.aircraft-performan.effects-of-density-alt.1 | kp:tp15263.a6.4..hover-ceiling-maximum-.1 | Density altitude reduces available lift, so the density-altitude relationship must be understood before a hover ceiling can be interpreted. technical | proposed |
kp:tp15263.a2.1.airframes.handling-care-securing.1 | kp:tp15263.a2.1.electrical-systems.speed-controllers-batt.1 | Handling and securing a system presupposes knowing its electrical components, because securing means disconnecting them in the right order. sequence | proposed |
kp:l1c.a1.101-interpretation-definitio.1 | docs.availability | The RPAS operator certificate regime governs who must hold an operations manual, which is what 901.30 requires be immediately available. regulatory | proposed |
aerodromes.separation | airspace.controlled | Aerodrome separation and controlled airspace are separate constraints that both apply near an airport; the distance rule is the simpler one and is taught first. sequence | proposed |
distance.horizontal | crew.visual-observer | The separation requirement is what makes a visual observer necessary in some operations, so the distance rule precedes the observer rules. regulatory | proposed |
night.lighting | night.anti-collision | The general night lighting requirement must be understood before the stricter BVLOS anti-collision specification, which is an additional requirement rather than a replacement. regulatory | proposed |
preflight.information | docs.availability | Pre-flight duties come before launch, and the manual-availability requirement is one of them. sequence | proposed |
altitude.maximum | fpv.icing | Altitude limits are the most basic operating constraint; the conditions that stop a flight, including icing, are taught once the limits are understood. sequence | proposed |
crew.fitness | crew.visual-observer | Fitness to act as crew applies to a visual observer as a crew member, so the definition of the role precedes its specific duties. definitional | proposed |
registration.requirement | registration.application | Registration is required at 250 g and above, and the application in 900.16 is the act of registering: which aircraft must be registered is settled by 900.13 before any application means anything. regulatory | proposed |
registration.application | car.cancellation-events | The events in 900.18 cancel a certificate of registration, so the certificate and the application that produced it have to be understood before its cancellation can be. sequence | proposed |
declaration | rpas.annual-report | The annual report is due by the anniversary of the day the DECLARATION was made, so the declaration is the clock the reporting duty runs on. regulatory | proposed |
acceptance | rpas.service-difficulty-reporting | The pilot's duty in 901.51 is conditioned on a declaration AND an acceptance letter issued under 901.196, so the letter is a precondition of the reporting duty and not a parallel topic. regulatory | proposed |
evlos | rpas.visual-observer-certification | 901.75's certificate requirement binds a visual observer performing duties for an EXTENDED VLOS operation, so the operation type has to be known before the certificate rule applies. definitional | proposed |
rpas.visual-observer-certification | rpas.visual-observer-duties | The certificate condition in 901.75(a) is what qualifies a person to perform the unaided-contact and distance duties in (b) and (c): who may observe precedes what observing requires. sequence | proposed |
airspace.controlled | transponder | Transponder airspace is defined by reference to controlled airspace, so the classes and their boundaries have to be read before the equipment rule can be applied. definitional | proposed |
declaration.safety-and-reliability | containment | The containment standard is not applied where 922.07 applies, and its fly-away analysis is performed INSIDE the 922.07 assessment, so the safety-and-reliability process is the frame the containment question sits in. regulatory | proposed |
airspace.controlled | car.escat-plan | The ESCAT reporting clock divides on whether the aircraft is inside controlled airspace (602.125) or outside it (30 minutes), so the boundary has to be known before the interval can be applied. regulatory | proposed |
airspace.mf-reporting-before-manoeuvring-area | aerodromes.mf-departure-reporting | 602.100's departure sequence opens with the manoeuvring-area intentions report of 602.99, so the ground report is the first step of the departure procedure rather than a separate one. sequence | proposed |
night.lighting | night.detection | The lighting requirement is what makes an aircraft visible at night, which is the precondition for detecting others; the requirement precedes the technique. sequence | proposed |
car.other-document-definition | car.production-duty | 103.02(2) makes a person produce 'a Canadian aviation document, technical record or other document', and 103.02(4) is the definition of that last term: the duty's scope cannot be read before the term is. definitional | proposed |
basic-operations.certificate-and-recency-documents | basic-operations.advanced-certificate-and-recency-documents | 901.66 is 901.57's rule one division up with a NARROWER list of accepted certificates, so the Division IV version has to be known before the Division V difference means anything. regulatory | proposed |
altitude.maximum | altitude.types | 901.25's limit is an AGL limit, and the operator applies it to whatever the control station displays: which quantity is on the screen has to be known before the limit can be applied to it. definitional | proposed |
altitude.types | altitude.measurement | Once the quantity is known the accuracy question follows from it — a GPS altitude carries errors a pressure altitude does not, and that only matters for the type just established. technical | proposed |
night.definition | night.lighting | 901.39's lighting requirement applies to operations at night, and night is a defined period: the definition is what makes the requirement apply at a given hour. definitional | proposed |
distance.unit-conversion | distance.horizontal | 901.26 is a distance that has to be measured before it can be kept, and the field method is a map scale converted to a ground distance; the measurement precedes the rule it serves. sequence | proposed |
modification | ops.tethered-rpa | Fitting a tether is a modification to the system, so the modification rules in 901.70 are what decide whether a safety assurance declaration survives it. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.sfoc-complexity-levels | rpas.sfoc-application-contents | 903.02 fixes the contents of an application BY complexity level — the level decides which items are required, so it is settled before the list is read. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.sfoc-application-contents | rpas.sfoc-application-process | The process is the lead time, the ORA and the SAIL for what the contents section has already described: what is submitted precedes how and when it is submitted. sequence | proposed |
aerodromes.separation | aerodromes.l1c-separation | The Level 1 Complex ring is 5 NM from CFS or CWAS aerodromes — a stricter case of the aerodrome separation already read, and it is stated as an addition to it. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.visual-line-of-sight | weather.sun-glare | Glare matters because the line of sight is a duty: 901.11's requirement is what turns an uncomfortable sun into an operational threat. regulatory | proposed |
car.application-scope | ops.payload-transport-regulation | The Air Transportation Regulations and the TDG Act apply to an RPA BECAUSE Part IX does not cover them; the scope of Part IX is what leaves the room they occupy. regulatory | proposed |
car.application-scope | car.escat-plan | 602.146 sits in Part VI Subpart 2, which 602.01 excludes for remotely piloted aircraft: the scope rule is what tells a reader whose duty the ESCAT plan is. regulatory | proposed |
car.application-scope | aerodromes.mf-arrival-reporting | The MF reporting sections are in the same excluded subpart, so the scope of Part IX decides whether the arrival report is imposed on the RPA pilot at all. regulatory | proposed |
weather.lapse-rate | weather.minima | 901.34 requires weather sufficient for the aircraft to be operated per its manual, and the temperature at altitude is part of that: the lapse rate is how the surface figure becomes the figure the aircraft meets. technical | proposed |
operator-training | rpoc.certificate-issuance | A training programme meeting 901.219 is one of the things an applicant must already have before a certificate is issued under 901.214, so it precedes the issuance. regulatory | proposed |
airspace.controlled | airspace.class-f | 601.02 lists Class F in BOTH the controlled and the uncontrolled classes, and the lesson's own opening says every other class is one or the other: the two categories must be known before Class F's behaviour can be described. definitional | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | registration.requirement | registration-certificate-01's prerequisite: 'You know what operating weight measures, and what it leaves out' — 900.13's registration threshold is expressed in operating weight, so the measurement has to be known before the threshold applies. regulatory | proposed |
registration.certificate | registration.proof-of-registration | registration-certificate-01's prerequisite: 'You know the difference between the certificate of registration and the registration number' — what the certificate IS has to be known before 900.20's duty to produce proof of it can be read. definitional | proposed |
declaration | records.declaration-records | declaration-records-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether a declaration has been made for your model, and by whom, because every duty on [the records]' turns on it. regulatory | proposed |
acceptance | declaration | safety-assurance-declaration-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the model has an acceptance letter, because that is what brings the declaration into effect' — the letter is a precondition of the declaration doing any work. regulatory | proposed |
declaration | rpas.sfoc-contents | sfoc-requirement-01's prerequisite: 'You know that a declaration is a different instrument: it is a claim about a model of [aircraft]' — the SFOC's contents only mean something once the other instrument is understood. definitional | proposed |
ops.advertised-event | rpas.sfoc-contents | sfoc-requirement-01's prerequisite, cited to 901.41: 'You know whether the flight is at an advertised event' — that fact is what attracts the SFOC requirement whose contents follow. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | rpas.sfoc-prohibition | sfoc-requirement-01's prerequisite: 'You know the operating weight of your aircraft, because 150 kg and 250 g are both thresholds in 901.41's prohibition. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | ops.advertised-event | advertised-event-01's prerequisite: 'You know the aircraft's operating weight, because the lightest aircraft is not exempt here' — the exemption is drawn by weight. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.medium-aircraft | weather.minima | weather-minima-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the aircraft is medium or small: only the medium case carries the [four-mile ground visibility rule]' of 901.34. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.visual-line-of-sight | weather.minima | weather-minima-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the operation is VLOS or BVLOS, because the two have different [minima]' — 901.34 sets one baseline for VLOS and another for BVLOS. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.medium-aircraft | distance.horizontal | distance-01's prerequisite: 'You know the class of the aircraft you are flying (small or medium)' — 901.26's separation is written for the small class, so the class decides whether the distance rule applies at all. regulatory | proposed |
flight-reviewer | licensing.examination-conduct | flight-reviewer-01's prerequisite: 'You know that a flight reviewer rating is an endorsement on a pilot certificate' — what the rating is precedes the conduct rules that attach to holding it. definitional | proposed |
multi-aircraft | ops.formation-flight | multi-aircraft-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the system is designed to fly multiple aircraft from a single control station' — 901.40's permission is conditioned on that design. regulatory | proposed |
docs.manufacturer-instructions | preflight.procedures | procedures-01's prerequisite: 'You know your system's manufacturer's instructions, because the procedures you establish [must follow them]' — 901.23's procedures are built on that document. regulatory | proposed |
docs.manufacturer-instructions | gcs.c2-link-reliability | The same prerequisite in procedures-01 covers the link: the command and control procedures are established from the manufacturer's instructions rather than invented. regulatory | proposed |
transponder | airspace.radio-failure-vfr | transponder-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the aircraft has a transponder and automatic pressure-altitude reporting' — 602.138's radio-failure rule differs with the equipment carried. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.visual-line-of-sight | daa | daa-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the operation is VLOS or BVLOS, because the DAA requirement turns on it' — the equipment rule is written per operating mode. regulatory | proposed |
crew.visual-observer | daa | daa-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether a visual observer is part of the operation, because that decides which [equipment] is required'. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | containment | containment-01's prerequisite: 'You can tell the small class from the medium class by operating weight, because the [922.08 standard applies by class]' — the class decides which containment requirement is read. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.visual-line-of-sight | containment | containment-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the operation is VLOS or BVLOS, and whether it is conducted more or less [than 1 km from a populated area]' — 922.08 attaches to the BVLOS cases. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | declaration | declaration-sfoc-01's prerequisite: 'You know the operating weight class: small or medium. The two lists in 901.69 are [split along that line]' — the declaration is asserted against the list that applies to the class. regulatory | proposed |
crew.visual-observer | rpas.visual-line-of-sight | vlos-01's prerequisite: 'You know who is operating and whether a visual observer is part of the operation' — 901.11's duty can be discharged by an observer, so the role must be known first. definitional | proposed |
declaration | declaration.safety-and-reliability | declaration-safety-reliability-01's prerequisite: 'You know what a declaration is asserted against: the Standard 922 requirements named in it' — the instrument before the process it carries. definitional | proposed |
rpas.medium-aircraft | declaration.safety-and-reliability | declaration-safety-reliability-01's prerequisite: 'You know the operation's class: medium RPAS near and over people, or BVLOS that is not [within 1 km of a populated area]' — the class and the location decide which 922 standard applies. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | l1c.a1.division-vi-level-1-complex-operations | division-vi-l1c-01's prerequisite: 'You know the small and medium classes by operating weight, because the two paragraphs of 901.87 are split along that line'. regulatory | proposed |
l1c.a1.division-vi-level-1-complex-operations | aerodromes.l1c-separation | The Lesson's own operating list applies the aerodrome rule to the regime: a level 1 complex operation is flown more than 5 NM from CFS or CWAS aerodromes 'as per CARs section 901.47', so the regime is known before its ring is applied. regulatory | proposed |
l1c.a1.area-rpas-operator-rpas-operator-certificate | rpoc.certificate-issuance | operator-certificate-01's prerequisite: 'You know that an operation under Division VI requires an RPAS operator certificate' — the requirement precedes the conditions under which one is issued. regulatory | proposed |
l1c.a1.area-rpas-operator-rpas-operator-certificate | rpoc.eligibility | The same prerequisite, read one step further: who may hold the certificate only matters once it is known that the operation requires one. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.operating-weight | preflight.takeoff-and-recovery-conditions | takeoff-recovery-01's prerequisite: 'You know the operating weight class of your aircraft, because 'suitable for the intended operation' is a judgement the class enters into. regulatory | proposed |
docs.manufacturer-instructions | ops.control-of-rpas | control-instructions-01's prerequisite: 'You know your aircraft's operating manual, because that is the document the section names' — the manual is what the control rules are measured against. regulatory | proposed |
docs.manufacturer-instructions | weather.minima | weather-minima-01's prerequisite: 'You know the operating manuals for your system, because both the VLOS test and the [BVLOS test]' are read against the manual's limits. regulatory | proposed |
rpas.visual-line-of-sight | multi-aircraft | multi-aircraft-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the operation will be VLOS or not, because that single fact decides which' of the multiple-aircraft rules applies. regulatory | proposed |
tp15263.area7 | tp15263.area6 | Theory of flight explains the performance area 6 measures: density altitude, radius of turn and the hover ceiling are applications of lift and load factor, so the mechanism precedes the performance figures. technical | proposed |
declaration | rpas.sfoc-prohibition | sfoc-requirement-01's prerequisite: 'You know that a declaration is a different instrument' — 901.41's prohibition is read against what the declaration does NOT cover. regulatory | proposed |
ops.advertised-event | ops.special-aviation-event | sfoc-requirement-01's prerequisite, cited to 901.41: 'You know whether the flight is at an advertised event' — the event is what makes the special-aviation-event rule apply. regulatory | proposed |
people | ops.advertised-event | advertised-event-01's prerequisite: 'You know where your flight will be relative to the people attending, since the distance to the [attendees]' is part of what the rule measures. definitional | proposed |
l1c.a1.601-airspace | car.escat-plan | escat-01's prerequisite: 'You know what the ADIZ is and where Canadian domestic airspace begins, because those two areas are where the section applies.' regulatory | proposed |
l1c.a6.air-traffic-services-and-procedures | car.escat-plan | escat-01's prerequisite: 'You know what an air traffic services unit is, because every duty here runs through one.' definitional | proposed |
l1c.a1.subpart-1-small-remotely-piloted-aircraft-and-me | records.declaration-records | declaration-records-01's prerequisite: 'You know the model is a small or medium remotely piloted aircraft system, the two classes Division XI is written for.' definitional | proposed |
rpoc.certificate-issuance | l1c.a1.division-vi-level-1-complex-operations | division-vi-l1c-01's prerequisite: 'You know what an RPAS operator certificate is: the operator-side document, not the pilot's' — the regime's gate has to be known before its scope is. definitional | proposed |
declaration | people | people-01's prerequisite: 'You know whether the aircraft has a declaration covering operations near or over people, because that is the only thing that permits the closer distances.' regulatory | proposed |
rpas.pilot-requirements | rpas.supervision-exception | pilot-supervision-01's prerequisite: 'You know the certificate names: basic operations under 901.55, advanced operations under 901.64, level 1 complex operations under 901.90.' definitional | proposed |
l1c.a2.launch | fpv.icing | fpv-icing-01's prerequisite: 'You know the forecast and the aircraft's state before you launch — icing is assessed before flight and checked on the airframe.' sequence | proposed |
airspace.classification | aerodromes.separation | Subject to section 901.73, no pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft to conduct a VLOS operation if the aircraft is at a distance of less than regulatory | proposed |
rpas.pilot-certificates | rpas.advanced-certificate-issuance | holds either (i) a pilot certificate - remotely piloted aircraft - advanced operations issued under section 901.64 regulatory | proposed |
rpas.declaration | acceptance | verify that the model of system meets the technical requirements set out in Standard 922 for which the applicant proposes to make a declaration referred to in section 901.194 regulatory | proposed |
Model: 537 concepts · 901 knowledge points · 951 edges.