Beginning June 1st, this year, you are required to hold a Drone Pilot's Certificate if you want to fly your Phantom or any other type of quadcopter or drone.
Transport Canada is offering 2 types of piloting certificates: Basic and Advanced.
In addition to the requirement to hold a piloting certificate, your drone must also be registered with Transport Canada and the assigned registration number be displayed on your aircraft.
Transport Canada has essentially downloaded responsibility for enforcement of these new regulations to your local police department.
So, beginning June 1st, here is what you are likely to face should a police car pull up beside you while you are flying your Phantom:
First, the police officer may ask if you are in possession of a Transport Canada Drone Pilot Certificate.........and the officer may ask you to produce your certificate.
If your drone is airborne at the time, the police officer may ask if your aircraft is registered.........they may even request that you land your aircraft in order that the police officer see the attached registration number on your Phantom.
Assuming you have your pilot certificate and your Phantom has the attached registration number, that should be the end of it.
I do not believe any police officer will ask to see your flight records.
Those records can be downloaded from your Phantom's software onto your computer.........or, every time you fly you can include details from each flight into a Flight Log Book which you can carry with you whenever you fly.
That said, I do not believe you will ever be asked to produce your flight records.
Any police officer will be more than content to see that you have a pilot certificate and that your Phantom is properly registered.
All this beginning June 1st, this year.
Transport Canada is offering 2 types of piloting certificates: Basic and Advanced.
In addition to the requirement to hold a piloting certificate, your drone must also be registered with Transport Canada and the assigned registration number be displayed on your aircraft.
Transport Canada has essentially downloaded responsibility for enforcement of these new regulations to your local police department.
So, beginning June 1st, here is what you are likely to face should a police car pull up beside you while you are flying your Phantom:
First, the police officer may ask if you are in possession of a Transport Canada Drone Pilot Certificate.........and the officer may ask you to produce your certificate.
If your drone is airborne at the time, the police officer may ask if your aircraft is registered.........they may even request that you land your aircraft in order that the police officer see the attached registration number on your Phantom.
Assuming you have your pilot certificate and your Phantom has the attached registration number, that should be the end of it.
I do not believe any police officer will ask to see your flight records.
Those records can be downloaded from your Phantom's software onto your computer.........or, every time you fly you can include details from each flight into a Flight Log Book which you can carry with you whenever you fly.
That said, I do not believe you will ever be asked to produce your flight records.
Any police officer will be more than content to see that you have a pilot certificate and that your Phantom is properly registered.
All this beginning June 1st, this year.