Calgary Drone Academy, as part of our parent company UAVertical Ltd, is a Canada wide professional UAV training academy and industrial drone inspection company along with offering a wide range of DJI Enterprise and Consumer products.
Our ground school has helped thousands of pilots achieve their goal of obtaining their RPAS license.
Let us help guide you through the entire process of achieving your drone pilot's certificate and more.
Professional : Affordable: Educational
We offer both online and instructor-led courses, flight training, Advanced Pilot flight reviews & ROC-A exams and can cater our services to suit your business or individual needs. Our flight reviews are some of the best priced within Canada and many of our reviewers are ex-Veterans so your support goes to help a fantastic group of people. Many of them also have decades of experience in the aviation sector!​
Our Advanced instructor courses will be running
March 22/23 (Fully booked)
April 12/13 (Spaces are limited. Contact us to book)
May 24/25 (Spaces are limited. Contact us to book)
June 21/22 (Spaces are limited. Contact us to book)
Companies needing in-house training we are able to set up bespoke instructor led classes for you and can travel to your location if needed. Please contact us directly to discuss further.​
We have successfully provided services for private individuals, airline and helicopter pilots, professionals employed in mapping and geosciences, oil & gas, inspections services, building contractors, home inspectors, insurance underwriters, environmental services, food & beverage, law enforcement & much more!
​Our courses have been professionally developed by Transport Canada licensed pilots in a blended format of video, print based and a series of test questions to provide the best possible training experience.
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We are a TC compliant training school and fully certified. Let us help you achieve your academic goals and safely get you into the skies!
Drone Training, Industrial UAV Inspection Services and DJI Authorized Dealer of Drones and Equipment.
Foreign Pilots
Foreign pilots wanting to fly within Canada have to pass the TC basic or advanced exam (depending on whether your flight is deemed basic or advanced) and also successfully pass the flight review If you are obtaining your advanced license.
In addition all foreign pilots need to obtain a SFOC (Special Flight Operations Certificate) from Transport Canada in order to legally fly within Canada.
Our online basic and advanced courses will help you prepare for the TC exams and also help prepare for your flight review.
Ground School Courses & Flight Reviews/Training
Our 100% online ground school for Advanced licensing helps prepare pilots for the Transport Canada online Advanced exam
Advanced Drone License Online Course
Instructor Led Advanced License Course
$169
Our instructor led ground school for Advanced licensing prepares pilots for the Transport Canada online Advanced exam.
$419
Basic Drone License Online Course
Our 100% online ground school for Basic licensing helps prepare pilots for the Transport Canada online Basic exam
$59
Flight Review for Advanced License
Transport Canada compliant flight review for Advanced Licensing
$175
Flight Training & Flight Review Bundle
Our combined training and review package at a discounted rate.
$349
Flight Training - Basic & Advanced Pilots
A 2hr hands-on flight training session.
$199
24 Month RPAS Refresher Training
Maintain license currency with our online refresher training course.
$20
ROC-A Radio License Exam
ROC-A self study guide and final exam by our ISED examiner.
$52
Fundamentals of Drone Mapping - Online
Comprehensive course in the Fundamentals of Photogrammetry.
$179
Advanced & Basic License Legal Section
$free
Advanced License Practice Exams
Basic License Practice Exams
SOP's & Flight Review Prep Course
6 Individually timed practice exams to help prepare for the TC exam
3 Individually timed practice exams to help prepare for the TC exam
Online guide to help prepare for the Flight Review including SOP's, checklists and procedures.
$20
$10
$20
Free online course covering the legal aspects of the Advanced & Basic Licenses
Flight Training/Review with Drone Rental
Our combined training/review with drone rental.
$399
UAV Industrial Inspection Services
Our drone inspection services cover a cross-section of industries and we can tailor a package to suit your specific business needs. Some of the Services we offer include;
Photogrammetry
LiDAR
Thermal Inspections
RTK & PPK services
Audits
Ground Control Point placement and data capture
Flare Stacks
Construction Progress
Wind Turbines
Solar Farms
Cell tower inspections and LOS (line of sight)
Power line inspections
Vegetation encroachment
Abandoned well inspections
Multispectral vegetation health analysis.
Fugitive emission
Pipeline and ROW monitoring and inspections.
Wildfire hotspot thermal mapping
Stock pile volumetrics
We have over 25 years of combined aviation experience and our knowledge base and use of the latest technology will help save you downtime, provide greater efficiency and remove the human element from safety critical areas.
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