Flight reviews, flight training and consulting.
Transport Canada flight reviews by a certified Flight Reviewer, one-to-one flight training from a commercial helicopter pilot with twenty years in the air, and consulting on LiDAR, photogrammetry and running a drone programme. Based in Victoria.
The flight review, and who conducts it
To fly under Transport Canada Advanced Operations you need to pass a flight review with a certified Flight Reviewer. David holds that certification, alongside a commercial helicopter licence and more than twenty years of flying.
A flight review is a competency check. Being assessed by someone who has spent two decades making real aviation decisions in real weather means you will be asked about your decision-making, not just your stick handling.
Choose what you need
Flight reviews and training are booked with a short request form. Consulting starts with a free intro call on the calendar.
Flight reviews & certification
Price confirmed when we book you in
The Transport Canada flight review for the Advanced Operations certificate, conducted by a certified Flight Reviewer. Plus preparation for the Basic and Advanced written exams.
- Advanced Operations flight review
- Basic and Advanced exam preparation
- Conducted on the south Island
Flight training
Price confirmed when we book you in
One-to-one instruction for pilots who hold the certificate and want to be genuinely good, and for staff who fly occasionally and need to stay current.
- Basics: aircraft systems, controls and flight modes
- Drone prep: batteries, firmware, calibration and pre-flight checks
- Weather checks: wind, ceilings, visibility and coastal conditions
- Site survey: hazards, obstacles, people and launch and recovery areas
- Regulations: CARs Part IX, airspace, NAV CANADA and NOTAMs
- Mission planning: automated mapping and inspection flights
- Flight manoeuvres: precision hover, orbits, confined areas and flying in wind
- Emergency procedures: lost link, fly-away, low battery and return to home
- Crew communication, checklists and logbooks
Consulting
Free 15-min intro, then $250 / hour + GST
Advice on starting a drone business, building the capability in-house, or buying aerial survey work, from a geomatics specialist with fifteen years in remote sensing and a commercial pilot with twenty years in aviation.
- Establishing a drone business
- SOPs, operations manuals and compliance records
- Photogrammetry practice: flight planning, overlap and accuracy
- Ground control point survey and checkpoints
- Data processing: point clouds, orthomosaics, surfaces and contours
- LiDAR: sensor choice, flight planning and classification
- Choosing sensors and platforms
- Writing a survey specification or tender
- Reviewing someone else’s data
- Airspace and site feasibility
We are not an approved flight school and do not run certified courses. If a course certificate is what you need, we will point you to a listed school.
Book a flight review or training
Tell us what you need and when suits you. David replies within one business day to confirm the date, location and price.
Book a consulting call
Start with a free 15-minute intro call. If a paid session will help, book one at $250 per hour plus GST, paid online when you book.
Free intro call
15 min
A short call to understand your project, team or data problem. No preparation and no obligation.
Consulting session
$250 / hour + GST
Focused advice on your data, workflow, equipment or programme, working through your actual files and questions. Paid online by card when you book.
Booking window not opening? Open our booking page or call 250.208.4279.
Consulting is advisory. Where a question needs a professional seal (a legal survey, an engineering assessment, a geotechnical opinion) we will say so and point you to the right professional.
Training, answered
Are you a Transport Canada flight school?
No. David is a certified Transport Canada Flight Reviewer, so we conduct flight reviews for the Advanced Operations certificate directly. Written exams are administered by Transport Canada; we help candidates prepare for them. We do not run approved courses.
How do I book a flight review or flight training?
Use the booking request form on this page. Tell us what you fly, your certificate level and the dates that suit you. David replies within one business day to confirm a date, location and price.
How much does consulting cost?
The first 15-minute intro call is free. Consulting sessions after that are $250 per hour plus GST, paid online when you book.
Can you advise our team on LiDAR and photogrammetry?
Yes, as consulting. If your team is flying but the data coming back is not usable (poor control, wrong overlap, misclassified point clouds, deliverables nobody can open), that is a workflow problem, and it is what our geomatics specialist has spent fifteen years solving. Start with a free intro call.
Where is training delivered?
Victoria and the south Island, or on site at your facility for groups. Practical sessions need suitable airspace and ground, which we arrange.
Does a booking request commit me to anything?
No. We reply with availability and a price. No deposit to enquire, no obligation, and we will not add you to a marketing list.
Need the work done rather than learned?
We fly survey, mapping, inspection and monitoring across Vancouver Island. If you need data, it may be quicker to have it flown.
Flight reviews are conducted under Transport Canada authority by a certified Flight Reviewer. Written examinations are administered by Transport Canada directly.