Aviation civile / Civil Aviation

700

, place Leigh

- Capreol

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 6 th, 2014

Votre référence / Your reference

Notre référence / Our reference

5812

- 413 U

RDIMS N o 9786963

Mr. Jason Toth

Revered Cinema (RVRD)

Box 223

320 Kelvin Grove Way

Lions Bay BC V0N 2E0



### SUBJECT: Special Flight Op erations 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

Quadcopte r, 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 an d the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs);

c) Is not transferable and is valid from août 13, 2014 to December 31 , 201 4 or until it is

suspended or cancelled; and

d) Is valid for the operation of the UAV within the provinces of Québ ec 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 a s 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 p ersons 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 t he 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 op eration 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 w ho 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 lan ding 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 liabili ty in the amount described in subsection

606.02(8) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations

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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 h ighest 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 respo nsible 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 Cert ificate 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 S tation 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 horizont ally 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 Su pplement 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 t his SFOC

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25. Flight over Department of National Defense (DND) property or within DND co ntrolled 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 op erator 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 cont rolled 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 o r 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 o ffice, 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),

• un anticipated 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. Th e Certificate holder shall not operate the UAV following any of the occurrences listed in condition 2 8

, 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 Canad a, Aviation civile

Région du Québec

Tél. : (514) 633

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Fax. : 1 855 633

- 3697

Isabelle.langevin@tc.gc.ca