FAA PART 107 & TRANSPORT CANADA CERTIFIED FLIGHT REVIEWER
Former UAV TEST PILOT and CHIEF INSTRUCTOR UAS
INTERNATIONAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL (ITPS CANADA)
Authorized to Work in
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Solar Panel Maintenance
Full Mission Planning & Post Production
Safety Corridors, Geo Fencing, Authorized to work within secure areas, confined areas, indoors, commercial sites and airports with appropriate approvals. We use our own comprehensive flight planning procedures and can be authorized for special air work, using direct communications to NAVCAN, Air Traffic Control, nearby aircraft and Police/Emergency/Fire Safety as needed.
Newest Mavic 3 T
Now on OFFICIAL Duty
"CANDA MiniMike3"
Water Based Operations
SPRY drone has now joined the fleet(JAN19). First waterproof commercial drone 4kUHD video and 12 Meg Stills. See above or below the surface. Check out the promo video below. Completely watertight IP67 and packed with features. We can go anywhere on the water and even look UNDER water to inspect boat hulls, docks and pilings.
Reliving my Youth in the RCAF
Capping off my flying experiences and the simple joy of just being up there . . . here's a Photo Shoot I was fortunate enough to be recently be involved in . . with an award winning aviation photographer Eric Dumigan. He captured this photo of me in the back seat of this vintage jet . . .a beautifully painted T-33 operated by the Jet Aircraft Museum. It's the same type of jet that I flew on my advanced Jet Training Course in the RCAF in Gimli Manitoba, exactly 18,518 days before. This shot made the cover of SKIES magazine. May 2021. . . featuring a pile of beautiful aviation photos entitled "Chasing the Shot!", that featured Eric's amazing career as Aviation Photographer.
Sadly, Eric passed away unexpectedly, just a few months later (Sep22). His enthusiasm for aviation, photography and a big smile will be sorely missed.
Sadly, Eric passed away unexpectedly, just a few months later (Sep22). His enthusiasm for aviation, photography and a big smile will be sorely missed.
18 September 1970 This happened as I landed, the last time I flew a T-Bird. It happened on my final "check ride" in the RCAF at Gimili Manitoba. This was the ADVANCED JET course back then . .near where I landed on my last flight . . .ouch. Don't worry I did pass and got my wings a month later. These guys tried to take off just as I landed. These were 2 Standards Officers taking off in formation with another T-Bird in front of me as I landed and it got a little TIGHT! . . They were over lapping LEAD on takeoff. The incident made Flight Safety Magazine that year. I'll publish the whole story someday. . . meanwhile
30 May 2021 Today I got to re-live some of the BEST time I had in the air force at Gimli, Manitoba with a T-33 formation trip following Danny Richer in his T28, while Eric Dumigan took some GREAT aerial photos from the back seat leading us. Todd Culver, Long time T-Bird pilot from North Bay chased his wing for most the time while I was holding the GEAR HORN button in the back seat of the T33. In formation under 200kts the gear horn is a bit annoying, so I just held my thumb on it most of the flight. I'll post a bunch more photos and some video later . . . but for now, I'll just show you the grin. Check out the "Cover Shot" (right) that Eric got from that flight. Gorgeous.
30 May 2021 Today I got to re-live some of the BEST time I had in the air force at Gimli, Manitoba with a T-33 formation trip following Danny Richer in his T28, while Eric Dumigan took some GREAT aerial photos from the back seat leading us. Todd Culver, Long time T-Bird pilot from North Bay chased his wing for most the time while I was holding the GEAR HORN button in the back seat of the T33. In formation under 200kts the gear horn is a bit annoying, so I just held my thumb on it most of the flight. I'll post a bunch more photos and some video later . . . but for now, I'll just show you the grin. Check out the "Cover Shot" (right) that Eric got from that flight. Gorgeous.
2019-2024 Flight Test Instructor for UAS operations at International Test Pilots School, London ON Canada
David holds an FAA Part 107 License in USA, and Advanced sRPAS Operators Certificate from Transport Canada with a Flight Reviewer rating. He has over 25 yrs military (Reg Force & Reserves), including: Combat Flying Instructor, 2 Wing Operations Officer, Sqn Flight Safety Officer RCAF (retired). He holds a current Cdn Commercial Pilot's Lic., Multi-Engine Jet/Piston Fixed&Rotary Wing Incl >3000hrs low level reconnaissance, UAV Flight Test operations and UAV Flight Test Training Instructor.
Fully Insured. 1-2 person crew. See bookings pg for pricing
Approved for Day, Night, All weather, (well most wx)
Controlled or Restricted /Military airspace.
Working North America wide from, Ontario and Hawaii
No job too small or too hard - See examples
Author and Instructor of YouTube video Channel and Deliberate Airmanship Program. Specialist in UAV regulations, aerial surveillance procedures, Flight Safety and very small UAV technology (under 1kg).
Will travel
[email protected]
1-(416) 523-5230
ITPS UAV Test Pilot/ Flt Test Eng Course
Manned Remotely Piloted Aircraft MRPA
MRPA is a new experimental aircraft for training Flight Test Engineers (FTE) and drone Test Pilots and sensor operators. Developed at the International Test Pilots School in London ON MRPA is a breakthrough in unrestricted drone ops. Being "manned" seems strange for a drone but it's a modified Rutan61 (LongEZ) aircraft called the "BlueJay" and has a safety pilot on-board while being controlled from the Ground Control Station (GCS), (see below). This allows drone flights to be legally flown remotely within the national airspace while conforming to General Aviation rules. It acts as a surrogate Predator or Reaper style flight test platform. ITPS is pioneering innovative operations, while preparing for the new wave of international drone testing that is rapidly expanding.
Above photo by Eric Dumigan
David was Program Manager and MRPA Systems developer during End2End ground and flight tests to qualify the BlueJay operationally. The school is also developing the concept of ops (CONOPS) for joint operations with the school's International Tactical Training Center (ITTC) wing, that trains international military pilots on tactical fighter operations. The MRPA was the first demonstrated using programmable "fly-by-wire" controls from a laptop in the back seat during the Phase 1 Flight Testing in Aug 2020. Testing of the Ground Control Station (GCS) Software system became operational in Sep 2022. David retired from ITPS in Dec 22 but still returns as an occasional GUEST Instructor at ITPS in 2024.
ITPS Ground Control Station (GCS) is a trailer mounted, aircraft and sensor control capability that is used for training Pilots and Flight Test Engineers in testing new UAV aircraft and sensor technology. This capability supports the school's Tactical Fighter Pilot syllabus with real time UAV Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability as well as UAV Forward Air Controller (FAC) training support.
If you are looking for this kind of training CALL ITPS
(519)-457-3625 for more info on UAS Test Pilot Courses.
If you are looking for this kind of training CALL ITPS
(519)-457-3625 for more info on UAS Test Pilot Courses.
The RETIRED FLEET
"CANDA Papa(Retired)" 
"Charlie Alpha Delta(Ret'd)"
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"CANDA Mike (Retired)"
"CANDA Sierra(Ret'd)"
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Sorry just can't help the size of the grin.
