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Canada Fights To Keep ICAO

Montreal is too isolated and has an extreme climate according to a lobbying effort to have the International Civil Aviation Organization’s office moved. Qatar, a tiny country next to Bahrain is trying to convince the […]

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WestJet Starts Dallas/Fort Worth Service

WestJet today launches new daily non-stop service between Calgary and Dallas, Texas. The first flight leaves Calgary International Airport at 10:25 a.m. MST. “Today marks the launch of service to a key destination,” said Chris Avery, WestJet Vice-President, Network Planning, Alliances and […]

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Ultralight Crash Injures Two [Updated]

April 25/13A privately-registered basic ultralight Ries Azuro, C-IEOG, was en route at 1500 feet asl when the flight encountered severe turbulence and the pilot could not maintain aircraft control. The aircraft descended and collided with […]

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Super Cub Ground Loops

April 27/13The pilot of the Piper PA-18-150, C-GZLY, was conducting circuits on Runway 31L at Whitehorse, YT (CYXY). Just prior to touching down, the pilot corrected for a right wing drop and the aircraft touched […]

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C-140 Noses Over

April 25/13-C-FPLT, a Cessna 140 with two pilots on board, was conducting local familiarization flights from the Guelph Airpark for the purpose of converting the pilot to tail wheel aircraft. On the landing rollout, too […]

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Pilot Fatigue Blamed For Overrun

The Transportation Safety Board is blaming pilot fatigue for a runway overrun in January of 2012 by an Enerjet Boeing 737-700 at Fort Nelson Airport in northeastern B.C. This Enerjet 737 was involved in an […]

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‘Flying Car’ Lands in Kelowna

The first Maverick has been imported to Canada by one of the developers of the unique canopy-supported roadable aircraft. Ray Siebring and his wife Julie are among the developers of the vehicle and he brought […]

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Snowbirds from Space

With crack military precision and a little help from the unpredictable West Coast weather, the RCAF Snowbirds had their picture taken from 370 km away April 21. International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield snapped a […]

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Flying Colours Appointed Beech Service Centre

Flying Colours Corp., the Ontario, Canada based aviation Company specializing in business aircraft completions, maintenance and refurbishments, has been appointed by Beechcraft as an Authorized Service Centre (ASC) for the entire King Air, Baron and […]

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Suborbital Flight Ground School

The Suborbital Pilot Ground School Part I instructional DVD is now available. See the attached flyer or visit www.createspace.com/335522 for more details about this DVD. Please pass along the attached flyer to your students and colleagues who […]

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incidents

Harvard Runway Accident At CZBB

On April 24, directional control of the Harvard IV (C-FMWN) was lost when the right brake failed after touchdown on runway 25 at Boundary Bay Airport (CZBB). The aircraft departed the left side of the […]

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737 Lasered Near YVR

Flight AAL649, a Boeing 737-800 inbound to CYVR, reported being illuminated by a green laser while on approach about 24 NM SE of the airport.

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Runway Incursion At Pearson

On March 27 (incident posted by TSB April 25) an ExpressJet CRJ700 (N754EV), operating as flight ASQ5249, was inbound to CYYZ Toronto from KATL Atlanta. After landing on Runway 24L ASQ5249 was instructed by ATC […]

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Fairview Canso Gets Engines

The effort to restore a damaged Canso by a volunteer group in Fairview, AB got a major boost this month from city at the opposite end of the country. The Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society now […]