CAR Flashcards
101
Does an airdrome specify surfaces, design, movement, servicing aircraft and buildings
means any area of land, water
(including the frozen surface thereof) or other supporting surface used, designed, prepared, equipped or set apart for use either in whole or in part for the arrival, departure, movement or servicing of aircraft and includes any buildings, installations and equipment situated thereon or associated therewith
101
Define airport
means an aerodrome in respect of which a Canadian aviation document is in force;
101
Define pilot-in-command
Resposibility
Authority
Safety
Flight time
Is this only for drones?
means, in relation to an aircraft, the pilot having responsibility and authority for the operation and safety of the aircraft during flight time;
101 Define remotely piloted aircraft What is it? What is it not? What are the configirable elements?
Subsection 101.01(1) of the Regulations is
Remotely piloted aircraft
Control station
Command control links
Other stuff
means a navigable aircraft, other than a balloon, rocket or kite, that is operated by a pilot who is not on board;
means a set of configurable elements consisting of a remotely piloted aircraft, its control station, the command and control links and any other system elements required during flight operation;
Define Small remotely piloted aircraft
means a remotely piloted aircraft that has a maximum take-off weight of at least 250 g (0.55 pounds) but not more than 25 kg (55 pounds)
Take off weight
0.25 to 25 kg
101
Define Day or daylight
means the time between the beginning of morning civil twilight and the end of evening civil twilight
What is twilight?
Twilight on Earth is the illumination of the lower atmosphere when the Sun is not directly visible because it is below the horizon. Twilight is produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, illuminating the lower atmosphere so that Earth’s surface is neither completely lit nor completely dark.
How many twillights are there?
Morning twilight: astronomical, nautical and civil stages
Civil dawn or dusk 6 degrees
Nautical sawn or dusk 12 degrees
Astronomical dawn or dusk 18 degrees almost dark
101
Define Flight inspection
Is this operation of an aircraft to assess
navigation aids
and obstscle avoidance?
means the operation of an aircraft for the purpose of (a) calibrating air navigation aids, (b) monitoring or evaluating the performance of air navigation aids, or (c) obstacle assessment
101
Define Night
DOES NIGHT INCLUDE TWILIGHT
means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilighto
101 VFR
Visual flight rules
101 VFR aircraft
means an aircraft operating in VFR flight
101
Define VFR flight
means a flight conducted in accordance with the visual flight rule
101
Define VFR OTT
means VFR over-the-top
103.02
Inspection of Aircraft, Requests for Production of Documents and Prohibitions
Who can ask for doc of owner? Who would get asked by Minister? Can you give aviation doc to Joe? Can Joe tear it up and spit on it? What about other docs pertaing to aircraft?
(1) The owner or operator of an aircraft shall, on reasonable notice given by the Minister, make the aircraft available for inspection in accordance with the notice.
(2) Every person who (
a) is the holder of a Canadian aviation document,
(b) is the owner, operator or pilot-in-command of an aircraft in respect of which a Canadian aviation document, technical record or other document is kept, or
(c) has in possession a Canadian aviation document, technical record or other document relating to an aircraft or a commercial air service shall produce the Canadian aviation document, technical record or other document for inspection in accordance with the terms of a demand
made by a peace officer, an immigration officer or the Minister
(3) No person shall (a) lend a Canadian aviation document to any person who is not entitled to it by these Regulations, or allow any such person to use a Canadian aviation document; or (b) mutilate, alter or render illegible a Canadian aviation document.
(4) For the purposes of this section, other document includes all writings, papers and other records made, held or maintained by the owner, operator or pilot-in-command of an aircraft for the purpose of recording any action, activity, performance or use of the aircraft or any activity of the owner, operator or crew members in respect of that aircraft, whether or not the documents are required by law to be made, held or maintained.
Knowledge Requirements
The small RPAS pilot operating within visual line of sight must be able to 103.02
Are computer stored records included for inspection?
State who may demand to inspect aviation documents.
State that computer-stored records may be used in place of paper records if measures are taken to protect them.
Knowledge Requirements
601—Airspace
601.14 Interpretation The small RPAS pilot operating within visual line of sight must be able to:
Recall the restrictions to operations in the vicinity of forest fire areas.
Describe the circumstances when a small RPAS is permitted to be operated in the vicinity of a forest fire.
Describe the process required to legally use a LIDAR (light detection and ranging) on a small RPA.
601.14
Directed bright light source
Can this be coherent or non coherent?
Is this for safety of people and aircraft?
means any directed light source (coherent or non-coherent), including lasers, that may create a hazard to aviation safety or cause damage to an aircraft or injury to persons on board the aircraft;
601.14
Fire control authority
Is this the person responsible for protection of people and property at a fire?
means an official of a government forestry service or other fire control agency that is responsible for the protection of persons and property against firep
601.14
Forest fire area
means an area on the surface of the earth on which standing timber, grass or any other vegetation or buildings are burning.
Forest Fire Aircraft Operating Restrictions 601.1
Can you fly within 5 nautical miles?
Unless above 3000 ft
Or in NOTAM airspace
601.15 No person shall operate an aircraft (a) over a forest fire area, or over any area that is located within five nautical miles of a forest fire area, at an altitude of less than 3,000 feet AGL; or (b) in any airspace that is described in a NOTAM issued pursuant to section 601.16.
Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Section 601.15 of CARs stipulates that no unauthorized person is able to operate an aircraft over a forest fire area, or over any area that is located within five nautical miles of one, at an altitude of less than 3,000 feet above ground level.
Exceptions 601.17 Section 601.15 does not apply to
Dept of Transport
(a) persons who are operatingp an aircraft at the request of an appropriate fire control authority; and (b) Department of Transport personnel who are operating an aircraft in the performance of duties related to surveillance and the enforcement of aviation legislation.
601.20
Projection of Directed Bright Light Source at an Aircraft
601.20 Subject to section 601.21, no person shall project or cause to be projected a directed bright light source into navigable airspace in such a manner as to create a hazard to aviation safety or cause damage to an aircraft or injury to persons on board the aircraft
601.21
Requirement for Notification
Do you have to ask permission for directed light source in navigable airspace?
Who do you send a written request to?
Do you need written permission ?
Will Minister make call and maybe provide conditions?
1) Any person planning to project or cause to be 1) Any projected a directed bright light source into navigable airspace shall, before the projection, (a) submit a written request to the Minister for an authorization to project the directed bright light source into navigable airspace; and (b) obtain a written authorization from the Minister to do so
(2) On receipt of the request for authorization, the Minister shall issue a written authorization if the projection is not likely to create a hazard to aviation safety or to cause damage to an aircraft or injury to persons on board the aircraft
(3) The Minister may specify in the authorization any conditions necessary to ensure that the projection is not likely to create a hazard to aviation safety or to cause damage to an aircraft or injury to persons on board the aircraft
601.22.
Requirement for Pilot-in-command
Can you operate in directed light source?
What if you have permission from Minister?
Would the Minister consider safety?
(1) No pilot-in-command shall intentionally operate an aircraft into a beam from a directed bright light source or into an area where a directed bright light source is projected, unless the aircraft is operated in accordance with an authorization issued by the Ministe
(2) The Minister may issue the authorization if the operation of the aircraft is not likely to create a hazard to aviation safet
606.01. Munitions of War
Can you mount a Ma Deuce on sn aircraft?
What if the Minister wants you to…
No person shall carry weapons, ammunition or other equipment designed for use in war on board an aircraft unless the aircraft is a Canadian aircraft or the Minister has authorized the carriage of such equipment
900.01
Define autonomous
Is this system designed for pilot intervention?
means, in respect of a remotely piloted aircraft system, that the system is not designed to allow pilot intervention in the management of a flight.
900.01
Command and control link
AKA DATA LINK
means the data link between a remotely piloted aircraft and a control station that is used in the management of a flight.
900.01
Control station
means the facilities or equipment that are remote from a remotely piloted aircraft and from which the aircraft is controlled and monitored.
900.01
Detect and avoid function
Is this the capability to see, sense , detect conflicting air traffic?
What then?
means the capability to see, sense or detect conflicting air traffic or other hazards and take the appropriate action
900.01
Define first-person view device
What does this device stream, from and to
Does this give the pilot the illusion of being on board?
means a device that generates and transmits a streaming video image to a control station display or monitor, giving the pilot of a remotely piloted aircraft the illusion of flying the aircraft from an on-board pilot’s perspective.
900.01
Flight termination system
What does this system do?
means a system that, on activation, terminates the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft.
900.01 Fly-away What happens to cause this? Does the pilot have control? What about preprogrammed flight? What about operating in a predictable manner?
means, in respect of a remotely piloted aircraft, an interruption or
loss of the command and control link such that the pilot is no longer able to
control the aircraft and
the aircraft no longer follows its preprogrammed procedures or
operates in a predictable or planned manner
900.01
Mandatory action
Does the manufacturer require this for safety?
Can this be inspection, repair, modification?
means the inspection, repair or modification
of a remotely piloted aircraft system
that the manufacturer of the system considers necessary to prevent an unsafe or potentially unsafe condition.
Payload
means a system, an object or a collection of objects that is on board or is otherwise connected to a remotely piloted aircraft but that is not required for flight.
900.01
Visual line-of-sight or VLOS
Is this unaided line of site to maintain control, see airspace, know RPAS location, perform avidance of others
Can you use binoculars?
What do you need to be able to do?
What do you need to know?
means unaided visual contact at all times with a remotely piloted aircraft that is sufficient to be able to
maintain control of the aircraft,
know its location, and be able to
scan the airspace in which it is operating in order to perform the
detect and avoid functions in respect of other aircraft or objects.
900.01 Visual observer
Is this person trained for VLOS?
means a trained crew member who assists the pilot in ensuring the safe conduct of a flight under visual line-of-sight
900.02
Application
Can you operate an RPAS without registration?
No person shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system unless the remotely piloted aircraft is registered in accordance with this Division.
900.06
Reckless or negligent operation
No person shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system in such a reckless or negligent manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger aviation safety or the safety of any person
Register of Remotely Piloted Aircraft 901.06 Does the Minister have Name and address Registration number And whatever
The Minister shall establish and maintain a register of remotely piloted aircraft, in which there shall be entered, in respect of each aircraft for which a certificate of registration has been issued under section 901.05,
(a) the name and address of the registered owner;
(b) the registration number referred to in paeragraph 901.05(3)(a); and (
c) such other particulars concerning the aircraft as the Minister determines necessary for registration of the remotely piloted aircraft.
Cancellation of Certificate of Registration 901.07
What do you need to do if
RPAS is
Destroyed Permanently withdrawn from service Missing aircraft and no longer searching Missing for sixty days Transferred ownership Owner dies Owner entity no longer Registered owner ceases to be qualified How long do you have to do this? Notify by calling the Minister?
Results in cancellation
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(1) Every registered owner of a remotely piloted aircraft shall, within
seven days
after becoming aware that any of the following events has occurred,
notify the Minister in writing that
(a) the aircraft is destroyed; (b) the aircraft is permanently withdrawn from use; (c) the aircraft is missing and the search for the aircraft is terminated; (d) the aircraft has been missing for 60 days or more; or (e) the registered owner has transferred legal custody and control of the aircraft.
(2) When an event referred to in subsection (1) has occurred, the certificate of registration in respect of the remotely piloted aircraft is cancelled.
(3) The certificate of registration of a remotely piloted aircraft is cancelled when (a) a registered owner of the aircraft dies; (b) an entity that is a registered owner of the aircraft is wound up, dissolved or amalgamated with another entity; or (c) a registered owner ceases to be qualified to be a registered owner under section 901.04. (4) For the purposes of this Division, an owner has legal custody and control of a remotely piloted aircraft when the owner has complete responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the remotely piloted aircraft system of which the aircraft is an element
Change of Name or Address 901.08
How many days do you have to report change of address?
The registered owner of a remotely piloted aircraft shall
notify the Minister in writing of any change in the name or address of the registered owner by not later than
seven days after the change.
Access to Certificate of Registration 901.09
Do you have to have the certificate of registration while operating?
No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system unless the certificate of registration issued in respect of the remotely piloted aircraft is easily accessible to the pilot for the duration of the operation.
[901.10 reserved]
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Transport Canada Do you have to display the registration?
Do you have to have access to registration certificate during operations?
The small RPAS pilot operating within visual line of sight must be able to: Recall that all small RPA are required
to display the registration number.
Recall that the pilot must have easy access to the certificate of registration when operating a registered small RP
Visual Line-of-sight 901.11
Do you have to maintain VLOS?
What does a special opreations flight certificate allow?
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system unless
the pilot or a visual observer has the aircraft in visual line-of-sight at all times during flight.
(2) A pilot may operate a remotely piloted aircraft system without the pilot or a visual observer having the aircraft in visual line-of-sight if the operation
is conducted in accordance with a special flight operations certificate — RPAS issued under section 903
Prohibition — Emergency Security Perimeter 901.12
Is there a security perimeter around an emergency?
Can you operate a RPAS over/within this perimeter?
What about if trying to save someone’s life, police operation, fire-fighting and in service of public authority?
(1) No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft over or within the security perimeter established by a public authority in response to an emergency. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the operation of a remotely piloted aircraft for the purpose of an operation to save human life, a police operation, a fire-fightingaaz☑️☑️ operation or other operation that is conducted in the service of a public authority
Prohibition — Canadian Domestic Airspace 901.13
No pilot operating a remotely piloted aircraft shall cause the aircraft to leave Canadian Domestic Airspace
901.14 Controlled or Restricted Airspace
Class F…..
Is this specified in DAH
Does the DAH list person with authority to allow….
(1) Subject to subsection 901.71(1), no pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft in controlled airspace.
(2) No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft in Class F Special Use Restricted Airspace, as specified in the Designated Airspace Handbook, unless authorized to do so by the person specified for that purpose in that standard
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person specified in the Designated Airspace Handbook may authorize the operation of a remotely piloted aircraft when activities on the ground or in the airspace are not hazardous to aircraft operating in that airspace or access by aircraft to that airspace does not jeopardize national security interests.
Inadvertent Entry into Controlled or Restricted Airspace 901.15
What is required if you lose control and enter controlled or restricted airspace? Or likely to enter?
How long do you have to do this?
Who do you notify?
901.15 A pilot of a remotely piloted aircraft shall ensure that the appropriate
air traffic control unit,
flight service station or
user agency is notified immediately
any time the aircraft is no longer under the pilot’s control and inadvertent entry into controlled airspace or Class F Special Use Restricted airspace, as specified in the Designated Airspace Handbook, occurs or is likely to occur.
Flight Safety
901.16
Do you need to cease operations on risk to safety?
901.16 A opilot that operates a remotely piloted aircraft system shall immediately cease operations
if aviation safety or the safety of any person is endangered or likely to be endangered.