TP 15263 - section overview

In plain language

This section outlines the meteorological knowledge requirements for RPAS pilots operating aircraft between 250 g and 150 kg in Canada, specifically covering aircraft icing, thunderstorms, meteorological services, and aviation weather reports.

Requirement as structured

This section outlines the meteorological knowledge requirements for RPAS pilots operating aircraft between 250 g and 150 kg in Canada, specifically covering aircraft icing, thunderstorms, meteorological services, and aviation weather reports.

Original regulatory text

- Formation - Explain how icing is formed and the conditions that cause it. - Recognize weather conditions that can cause surface contamination. - Describe the components of an RPA that are susceptible to icing. - In-flight-freezing rain - Hoar frost - Effect of frost and ice on launch and recovery systems Thunderstorms - Requirements for development - Describe the three stages of thunderstorm development. - Describe the surface weather characteristics of an approaching thunderstorm. - Identify hazards likely to occur with thunderstorm activity. - Types-air mass/frontal - Hazards-updrafts/downdrafts/gust fronts/downbursts/microbursts/hail/lightning/antennas - Squall lines Meteorological services available to pilots - Flight Information Centres (FIC) – telephone service - Identify the sources for local weather information. - Describe the differences in cloud base and wind forecasts between aviation and non-aviation sources. - Aviation weather web site - Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) - Non-aviation sources Aviation weather reports - Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR), Automated Weather Observation Station (AWOS), Basic Weather Information System (LWIS) - Compare reported weather with the regulatory requirements. - Demonstrate awareness of coded weather information and identify methods of decoding. - Identify sources of weather reports (websites etc.).

Applies when

country

Canada

max mtom kg

150

min mtom kg

0.25

regulatory category

General