Training Information

The Goal is simple: we want you to enjoy the experience of flying Power Parachutes in a safe, proficient manner.

To take to the sky in Canada you need to understand there are rules in the sky, the easy way to explain this is compare it to the ground.

To drive a car, you need to take lessons, and if you take lessons, then what type of vehicle are you wanting to learn how to drive, a commercial truck, or a car, two completely different vehicles. Then you need to understand the specific vehicle and how it works, and how to drive it, and as you know , that vehicle must be insured to drive on our roads. Then the vehicle must be certified and requires a yearly inspection in some cases or must be maintained depending on the classification of it. Then you need to understand the traffic laws put in place to drive. If you do not understand traffic lights, and you proceed through a red light, or you do not know how a one-way street works and proceed the wrong way, well that is an accident waiting to happen. That is how people get hurt or killed, and then there is a fine involved. There is also the issue of obtaining a drivers license, but you only get that after you have been trained on how a vehicle works, and you learn how to safely drive it.

Similarly to the rules of the road, there are also rules to the skies, which serve the same purpose, to keep everyone safe.

A Power Parachute shares the same sky as a plane, helicopter, and other aircraft. Therefore we should all understand the Air Laws, and abide by those Air Laws. (Sorry no traffic lights up there, or are there?)

Transport Canada is the governing body that regulates and makes those rules. So, we need to know how to find them, understand them, and we need to follow them. In our training we look at what rules are in place for Power Parachutes (this aircraft falls under ultra-light).

We offer training so that you can obtain your Student Permit, and Pilot Permit (restricted to Power Parachute only, and falls under Visual Flight Rules).

Training Requirements and Options

Prior to any training you must have:

  • Own and provide your own Power Parachute, which must be registered in your name with Transport Canada, and it must have the call letters ( C-I_ _ _) affixed to the plane.
  • To train at our facility you must have a VHF radio that can pick up and call ON 126.7 and other frequencies, which is how you communicate with your instructor – FYI, it is not mandatory by transport that you have a radio to fly Power Parachutes, but this training school will not train you if you don’t have a VHF radio.

Student Pilot Permit (CAR 421.19)

  • Ultra – light (power parachute only).
  • Must be a Canadian Citizen.
  • Age: must be 14 years of age or older
  • Must have a Medical Certificate Category 1,3 or 4.
  • Must meet the knowledge requirements as listed below by the applicant obtaining a minimum of 90% in a written examination below subjects:

Canadian Aviation Regulations (Knowledge Requirements)

  1. (II) Air Traffic Control Clearances and Instructions including Air Traffic Rules and Procedures
  2. (III) Air Traffic Control procedures as they apply to the control of VFR traffic including Information Circulars and NOTAM,
  3. (IV) Air Traffic Control procedures at uncontrolled airports and aero domes,
  4. (V) Special VFR Regulations, including meteorological phenomena as applicable,
  5. (VI) Aeronautical Information Circulars and A.I.P Canada (ICAO) Supplements as published by the Air Navigation services provider,
  6. (VII) Basic aerodynamics applicable to the type of ultra-light being used for the training,
  7. (VIII) Emergency procedures including stall recognition and recovery procedures
  8. (XI) Human factors, including pilot decision-making process.

Pilot Permit (421.21 Ultra-light Aeroplane – Requirement)(1) Age


An applicant shall be a minimum of sixteen years of age.
(2) Medical Fitness
(amended 2007/12/30)

  1. An applicant shall hold a Category 4 Medical Certificate valid for a
    Pilot Permit Ultra-light Aeroplane.
  2. An applicant who meets the medical conditions specified on and signs
    the Civil Aviation Medical Declaration shall be deemed to have met the
    Category 4 Medical Standards.
  3. The permit is maintained by a valid Category 1,3, or 4 Medical
    Certificate.
    (3) Knowledge
    An applicant shall have:
    (a) completed a minimum of 20 hours of ultra-light aeroplane pilot
    ground school
    instruction on the following subjects:
    (amended 2005/12/01)
    (i) Air Law, including laws, regulations, rules and orders, air traffic services,
    practices and procedures, and licensing requirements relevant to the permit,
    (ii) Navigation, including navigation, radio aids and electronic theory,
    (iii) Meteorology,
    (iv) Aeronautics – General, Knowledge including airframes, engines and
    systems,
    theory of flight, flight instruments, flight operations and human factors,
    including
    pilot decision making process, and
    (v) Emergency procedures, including stall recognition and recovery
    procedures,
    and
    (b) obtained a minimum of 60% on the written examination Pilot Permit –
    Ultra-light

Aeroplane (ULTRA).
(amended 2005/12/01)
(4) Experience
Within the 24 months preceding the date of application for the permit, an
applicant shall have acquired in ultra-light aeroplanes under the direction and
supervision of the holder of a flight instructor rating – ultra-light aeroplane or
aeroplane a minimum of 10 hours of total flight time, including:

  • a minimum of 5 hours dual instruction flight time and 2 hours solo flight
    time, and
  • a minimum of 30 takeoffs and landings, including a minimum of 10
    as sole occupant.
    (5) Skill
    Withing the 12 months preceding the date of application for the permit,
    an applicant shall submit to the Minister a letter from the holder of a
    Flight Instructor Rating – Aeroplane certifying that the applicant has
    demonstrated the ability to perform both normal and emergency
    maneuvers appropriate to the ultra-light aeroplane used for the training
    program, and with a degree of competency appropriate to that of the
    holder of a pilot permit – ultra-light aeroplane.
    (amended 1999/03/01)
    (6) Credits
  • (a) Knowledge
    o (i) An applicant who holds a pilot permit or license in any other
    category of
    aircraft shall be deemed to have met the written examination
    requirement.
    o (ii) An applicant who holds a pilot license – aeroplane shall be
    deemed to have
    met the knowledge requirements.
  • (b) Experience
    An applicant who is the holder of, or has held a pilot license – aeroplane
    within the preceding 5 years shall have the experience requirements

reduced to a minimum of 5 hours of flight time in ultra-light aeroplanes,
including a minimum of 2 hours dual instruction flight time and a
minimum of 2 hours solo flight time. The flight time shall include a
minimum of 20 takeoffs, full circuits and landings, including a minimum
of 10 as sole occupant.

(c) For the issue of a Pilot Permit – Ultra-light Aeroplane restricted to
powered parachutes, the 10 hours total flight time shall be reduced to
5 hours and the 5 hours dual instruction flight time shall be deemed to
have been me.

(c) Skill
An applicant who holds a pilot license – aeroplane shall be deemed to
have met the skill requirements.
(7) Powered Parachutes

(a) When the experience requirements have been met, in whole or in
part, on powered parachutes, the permit, when issued, shall be restricted
to powered parachutes.

(b) The restriction shall be removed when the experience requirements
have been met on ultra-light aeroplanes, other than powered
parachutes.