Aviation civile / Civil Aviation

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Dorval (Québec) H4Y 1G7

Single Point of Entry: csva-vsca@tc.gc.ca

Phone: 1 800 305-2059 Fax: 1 855 633-3697 

 PRIORITY POST

August 6th, 2014 

Votre référence / Your reference

Notre référence / Our reference

5812-413 U

RDIMS No 9786963

Mr. Jason Toth

Revered Cinema (RVRD)

Box 223

320 Kelvin Grove Way

Lions Bay BC V0N 2E0

SUBJECT: Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC)

Dear Mr. Toth:

Pursuant to section 603.67 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations, this constitutes your Special Flight 

Operations Certificate (SFOC) for the operation of the following Unmanned Air Vehicles: X8 Compact 

Quadcopter, X8 Extended Quadcopter, X8 Heavy Lift Quadcopter, X8 Waterproof Quadcopter, Cine 

Star Octocopter, DJI S800, S1000 and S1200, and the DJI Phantom (hereafter referred to as the UAV) 

as described in your SFOC application dated July 21, 2014. The UAV is to be operated only for the purpose 

of obtaining aerial photographic and video imagery within the secured confines of professional television and 

film production sites. Issued under the authority of the Minister pursuant to the Aeronautics Act, this 

document certifies that the Certificate holder is adequately equipped and able to conduct a safe operation, 

subject to the observance and performance by the Certificate holder of the conditions set out in this 

Certificate, or any part thereof:

1.This Certificate:

a) Is issued to Revered Cinema (RVRD) – Jason Toth;

b) May be suspended or cancelled at any time by the Minister for cause, including failure on the 

part of the Certificate holder, its servants or agents to comply with the provisions of the 

Aeronautics Act and the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs);

c) Is not transferable and is valid from août 13, 2014 to December 31, 2014 or until it is 

suspended or cancelled; and

d) Is valid for the operation of the UAV within the provinces of Québec as described in the 

application dated July 21, 2014 and supporting documentation.

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2.Nothing in this Certificate shall be held to relieve the Certificate holder from the requirement to comply 

with the provisions of such Canadian Aviation Documents as may have been issued to him pursuant to the 

Aeronautics Act or the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs). 

3.The Certificate holder shall maintain an adequate management organization that is capable of exercising 

supervision and operational control over persons participating in the UAV operations. 

4.The management organization, the facilities, the normal operations plan, the emergency operating 

procedures, the operating limitations, the flying areas to be used, the Security and Emergency contingency 

plans for the UAV shall be in accordance with data provided in the SFOC application dated July 21, 2014 or 

as otherwise agreed upon between Revered Cinema (RVRD) – Jason Toth and Transport Canada.

5.The Certificate holder shall not require any person to operate the controls of the UAV if either the person 

or the Certificate holder has any reason to believe that the person is suffering or is likely to suffer from 

fatigue so that they are unfit to perform their duties.

6.No person shall operate the UAV within 8 hours after consuming an alcoholic beverage or while under 

the influence of alcohol or while using any drug that impairs the person’s faculties to the extent that the 

safety of the operation is endangered in any way.

7.The Certificate holder shall conduct the operation of the UAV in a manner that does not pose a hazard to 

aviation safety.

8.Only one (1) UAV shall be operated in-flight by an operator at any one time.

9.The UAV shall give way to manned aircraft.

10.The UAV shall be operated or supervised by personnel who are fully trained in all aspects of its flight 

planning, operation and recovery and who are 18 years of age or older.

11.Throughout the flight operation(s), the Certificate holder shall ensure that the UAV are flown over areas 

that would permit a safe landing on the surface without hazard to persons or property in the event of any 

emergency or system failure requiring or resulting in an immediate descent. Flights shall not be carried out 

over non-contained; Explosives, Flammable Gas, or Flammable Liquid(s) surfaces / substances unless a 

safe emergency landing is assured in all failure scenarios.

12.For any of the UAV operated under the authority of this SFOC, Revered Cinema (RVRD) shall have 

subscribed for liability insurance covering risks of public liability in the amount described in subsection 

606.02(8) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations.

13.The UAV shall be operated during daylight hours with the minimum visibility of 3 nm (5.5km) and a 

minimum ceiling of 1000 feet AGL or ceilings of 500 feet above the highest altitude the UAV shall operate 

at, whatever is greater. The UAV shall remain clear of cloud. 

14.The UAV must remain within the pilot operator’s unaided visual line of sight and clear of cloud during 

flight operations.

15.The Certificate holder is responsible for ensuring that property owners, over which and from which flights 

of the UAV will take place, including take-offs and landings; have been advised of the proposed operation 

and have no objections. 

16.The Certificate holder shall locate an observer in the area. This observer must maintain a visual lookout 

for anything encroaching on the operating area or airspace and advise the UAV operator immediately if 

such a situation occurs or if the UAV is violating any conditions of this SFOC. 

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17.The Certificate holder shall have immediately available an Emergency Procedures Checklist for the 

operator to follow if the UAV runs away, including the applicable Nav Canada Area Control Centre Shift 

Manager and the local airport Control Tower or Flight Service Station phone numbers.

18.The Certificate holder shall ensure that the UAV is operated at a distance of not less than 100 feet 

horizontally from inhabited structures such as buildings and vehicles without the owner’s consent. 

19.Flight within 100 feet horizontally of public roads is prohibited unless sufficient site security measures 

have been taken to prevent incursion of occupied vehicles within 100 feet horizontally of the UAV. 

20.Flight over or within 300 feet horizontally of persons not directly involved in the flight operation of the 

UAV is prohibited.

21.Flight of the UAV within 500ft of an assembly of persons is prohibited. 

22.Flight over built up areas is prohibited except where the following conditions are met:

a) Restricted to a maximum altitude of 100 feet AGL;

b) All operations must be within the confines of a professional television or film site, with sufficient site 

security to ensure that the distances specified in conditions of this SFOC are respected;

23.The Operator shall have a valid Canadian Flight Supplement and Aeronautical Charts for the flight areas 

to determine Classes of Airspace, airport locations and services.

24.Flights within any class of airspace other than class G, including C, D and E control zones (CZ) is 

prohibited except as specified in this SFOC.

25.Flight over Department of National Defense (DND) property or within DND controlled airspace is 

prohibited or in accordance with DND authority

26.For flights within 5 NM of any aerodrome or helipad, the following conditions apply:

a) The aerodrome operator must be notified and have no objections; and

b) The Certificate holder shall comply with all restrictions and conditions imposed by the aerodrome 

operator.

c) When operations of the UAV are to be conducted within 5 NM of an aerodrome in uncontrolled 

airspace, the pilot shall monitor the associated communication frequency at all times during the operation.

27. UAV operations shall be limited to a maximum altitude of 120 meters (400 feet’) above ground level 

(AGL) outside of any built area, outside of controlled airspace and more than 5 nautical miles from any 

known airfield. The Certificate holder shall submit an email notification to this office at least 5 business days 

prior to operations with the location of the intended operating site (street address or latitude and longitude). 

Email to be sent to remy.desert@tc.gc.ca with cc isabelle.langevin@tc.gc.ca.

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28. The Certificate holder shall report to this office, on the first working day following the occurrence, the 

details of any of the following occurrences:

• any injury to persons requiring medical attention,

• unintended contact between the UAV and person(s), livestock, vehicle(s) or other structure(s),

• unanticipated damage incurred to the UAV, control station, payload or communications links.

• Unintentional loss of control of the UAV by the Operators.

• Any time the UAV is not kept within the geographic and altitude limits as outlined in this Certificate.

29. The Certificate holder shall not operate the UAV following any of the occurrences listed in condition 28, 

until such time as this office approves its further operation in writing.

30.All persons involved with these operations (flight crew, ground station crew, and spotters) shall be 

familiar with the contents of this SFOC, the application dated July 21, 2014 and the supporting 

documentation.

31.A copy of this SFOC, the application dated July 21, 2014 and the supporting documentation shall be on 

site any time the UAV is in operation.

32.The Certificate holder shall:

a) Document their flight planning and procedures for each location and flight.

b) Document a post flight report on performance and any deviations from the plan.

c) Keep all documentation and make available for inspection for 2 calendar years.

Yours truly, 

Lettre originale signée par Isabelle Langevin

Lettre originale 

signée par Isabelle Langevin - 9786963.pdf

Isabelle Langevin

Chef d'Équipe Technique (intérimaire) - Opérations

Aérodromes et Navigation Aérienne

Transports Canada, Aviation civile

Région du Québec

Tél. : (514) 633-3554

Fax. : 1 855 633-3697

Isabelle.langevin@tc.gc.ca
Transport

Canada

Transports

Canada

December 10, 2014 Via e-mail: jason@rvrd.com

Mr. Jason Toth

Revered Cinema Inc.

Box 223, 320 Kelvin Grove Way

Lions Bay, BC V0N 2E0

Dear Mr. Toth:

Please find attached the Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) # 14164 in accordance with 

your SFOC application dated November 6, 2014 to operate the Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) as 

described in the application.

The application, being Regional in nature, requires certain stipulations which are addressed in the 

SFOC. Should you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Yours truly,

Christian Allain

Civil Aviation Safety Inspector, Flight Operations/

Inspecteur de la sécurité de l’Aviation civile/ Opérations aériennes

Atlantic Region/Région de l’Atlantique

CA/al

Encl.

cc: Rob Gladney

PO Box 42, Moncton, NB E1C 8K6 Tel: 506-851-7439 e-mail: christian.allain@tc.gc.ca

Your file Votre référence

Our File Notre référence

5812-13-2

RDIMS #10200492

ATS-14-15-00045515
SPECIAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS CERTIFICATE # 14164

Pursuant to section 603.67 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) this constitutes your 

Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for the operation the X8 Compact, X8 Extended, X8 

Heavy Lift, X8 Waterproof, Cine Star Octo, DJI S800, DJI S1000, DJI S1200, DJI Phantom

Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) as described in your SFOC application dated November 6, 2014 and 

as stated in this SFOC.

This Certificate is issued to Revered Cinema Inc. It may be suspended or cancelled at any time by 

the Minister for cause, including failure on the part of the Certificate holder, its servants or agents to 

comply with the provisions of the Aeronautics Act and the CARs. This Certificate is not transferable 

and is valid from December 10, 2014 to November 30, 2015 inclusively for day and night 

operations located in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and 

Newfoundland and Labrador as described in the SFOC application dated November 6, 2014.

This Certificate is valid for the operation of the UAV for the purposes as described in the SFOC 

application dated November 6, 2014.

All operations shall be conducted in accordance with the normal application of rules, and procedures 

as required by the Air Navigation Service Provider and the CARs.

Nothing in this Certificate shall be held to relieve the Certificate holder from requirements to comply 

with the provisions of such Canadian Aviation Documents as may have been issued to him pursuant 

to the Aeronautics Act or the CARs.

Issued under the authority of the Minister pursuant to the Aeronautics Act, this document certifies 

that the Certificate holder is adequately equipped and able to conduct a safe operation, subject to 

the observance and performance by the certificate holder of the following conditions:

1. Except where otherwise referred to in this Certificate, the Certificate holder shall comply with 

the applicable provisions of the Aeronautics Act and the CARs.

2. The Certificate holder shall maintain an adequate management organization that is capable 

of exercising supervision and operational control over persons participating in the UAV 

operation.

3. The Certificate holder shall conduct the operation of the UAV in a safe manner.

4. The Certificate holder shall have subscribed for adequate liability insurance covering risks of 

public liability at the levels described in subsection 606.02 (8) of the CARs for the period of 

the UAV operations. A copy of the insurance certificate/policy shall be onsite during all 

operations.

5. The Certificate holder shall adhere to the security plan for all selected areas of operation in 

accordance with the data provided in Revered Cinema Inc.’s SFOC application dated

November 6, 2014 or as otherwise agreed upon between Revered Cinema Inc. and 

Transport Canada.

6. The normal and emergency procedures for all selected areas of operation shall be 

conducted in accordance with data provided in Revered Cinema Inc.’s SFOC application

dated November 6, 2014 or as otherwise agreed upon between Revered Cinema Inc. and 

Transport Canada.
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7. The Certificate holder is responsible for ensuring that property owners, over which flights of 

the UAV will take place, have been advised of the proposed operation and have no 

objections. Written copies of the approval(s) shall be retained for review purposes should 

they be necessary.

8. Throughout flight operations, the Certificate holder shall ensure that the UAV is flown over 

areas that would permit a safe landing on the surface without hazard to persons or property 

in the event of any emergency requiring immediate descent.

9. The UAV shall give way to manned aircraft.

10. The UAV shall only be operated when Visual Flight Rules (VFR) weather conditions are 

prevailing. The UAV shall remain clear of cloud.

11. The UAV shall be operated within visual line-of-site (VLOS) at all times and in accordance 

with Revered Cinema Inc.’s SFOC application dated November 6, 2014.

12. For night operations, the UAV shall be lighted by lights affixed to the UAV or by flood lighting. 

The amount of lights or lighting required shall not be less than the amount sufficient to 

maintain VLOS and positive reference to the attitude and orientation of the UAV.

13. The UAV operations shall be limited to a maximum altitude of 400 feet AGL.

14. Prior to flights in controlled airspace, the Certificate holder shall contact the appropriate Air 

Traffic Control service provider for authorisation/clearance to operate the UAV in flight.

15. The UAV shall not be operated within 3NM of an aerodrome.

16. Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph 602.14(2) (b) of the CARs, the X8 Compact, 

X8 Extended, X8 Waterproof, Cine Star Octo, DJI S800, DJI S1000, DJI S1200, DJI 

Phantom UAV shall not be operated (including take-offs, landings and flight demonstrations) 

at a distance of less than 100 feet away from inhabited structures such as buildings, 

vehicles, vessels and other persons who are not associated with the operation. The flight 

path of the UAV shall be chosen to minimize risk at all times.

17. Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph 602.14(2) (b) of the CARs, the X8 Heavy Lift

UAV shall not be operated (including take-offs, landings and flight demonstrations) at a 

distance of less than 300 feet away from inhabited structures such as buildings, vehicles, 

vessels and other persons who are not associated with the operation. The flight path of the 

UAV shall be chosen to minimize risk at all times

18. Flight of the UAV over spectators is prohibited.

19. No more than one UAV shall be operated by a single pilot at any one time.

20. The Certificate holder shall ensure that UAV operations are conducted by qualified 

personnel.

21. A pilot and observer shall always be present when the UAV is operated in flight.

22. During the operation of the UAV, the pilot and observer shall maintain direct 

communications at all times.
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23. The Certificate holder shall ensure that all persons connected with this operation are a 

minimum of eighteen years of age.

24. The Certificate holder shall not require any person to operate the controls of the UAV if 

either the person or the Certificate holder has any reason to believe that the person is 

suffering or is likely to suffer from fatigue so that they are unfit to perform their duties.

25. No person shall operate the UAV within eight hours after consuming an alcoholic beverage 

or while under the influence of alcohol or while using any drug that impairs the person’s 

faculties to the extent that the safety of the operation is endangered in any way.

26. The Certificate holder shall report to this office, on the first working day following, details of 

any of the following occurrences:

a. injuries to persons requiring medical attention resulting from the operation of the 

UAV;

b. unintended contact between the UAV and persons, livestock, vehicles, vessels or 

other structures;

c. unanticipated damage incurred to the UAV, control station, payload or 

communications links;

d. any time the UAV flies outside of the bounds of operation as described in this SFOC; 

and

e. any other incident that results in a Canadian Aviation Daily Occurrence Report 

(CADORS).

27. The Certificate holder shall not operate the UAV following any of the occurrences listed in 

condition 26, until such time as this office approves its further operation in writing.

28. All persons connected with this operation shall be familiar with the contents of this SFOC, 

and the contents of Revered Cinema Inc.’s SFOC application dated November 6, 2014.

29. A copy of this Certificate and a copy of Revered Cinema Inc.’s SFOC application dated

November 6, 2014 shall be on site any time the UAV is in operation.

Dated at Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, this 10th day of December, 2014.

R. L. Gladney

Technical Team Lead, Flight Operations/

Chef d'équipe technique, Opérations aériennes 

Civil Aviation/Aviation civile

Atlantic Region/Région de l’Atlantique

For the MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/Pour le MINISTRE DES TRANSPORTS