Window-Washing Drones

It seems that there is no end to innovative and imaginative uses and applications for drones. SkyDweller Technologies of Victoria, British Columbia, founded just last July, is using a drone to wash building façades and […]

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Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Bombardier continues its record-breaking streak with its Global 7500, having set 50 speed records between city pairs in 50 weeks. The aircraft, whose top speed is Mach 0.925 and baseline ...
Boeing Predicts Greater Demand for Technicians, Flight Attendants
Boeing Predicts Greater Demand for Technicians, Flight Attendants
We’ve heard of looming pilot shortages for years, but now Boeing, known for analyzing and predicting aviation staffing challenges, says there will be greater demand for roles other than pilots ...
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
The last leg of the Hawaii Mars’ final voyage took place on Wednesday evening (Aug, 21) as the Nickel Brothers transported the behemoth along the 3.2-kilometre stretch from Victoria airport’s ...

Featured Videos


Mission Accomplished : GHW 2021

This year's Give Hope Wings trip originating from Drumheller, Alberta accomplished  the combined goals of reaching Churchill, Manitoba and raising $400,000 for the national charity Hope Air. This video is ...

Float Dreams

What pilot in Canada doesn’t dream of getting a float rating. Some B.C. students give a glimpse of what’s involved and why it’s worth doing ...

406 Mandate

You will need a 406 ELT in your airplane within five years and Artex would like to sell you one so it’s created this short video to explain the mandate ...

ADS-B In Canada

With the mandate looming, avionics companies are waking up to the opportunities. Avidyne prepared this explanatory video ...

Icy Landing

Pilots in winter countries (and sometimes Texas) never really know for sure what the surface of the runway is like on weather days ...

Getting There Is Half The Fun

Ice fishing is the great winter pastime in much of the country and these Manitoba pilots combine both their passions on the winter runways that Mother Nature provides. Thanks to ...
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Recent Incidents

TSB Releases Report on Nunavut King Air Mishap
A Keewatin Air Beechcraft King Air B200, performing a medevac flight in Nunavut on December 17, 2021, veered off an icy Runway 27 in Sanikiluaq (CYSK), on an island in Hudson Bay, when a landing ...
TSB Urges Helicopter Safety Measures Be Implemented
In conjunction with the release of an accident investigation report on the fatal crash in 2021 of an Airbus AS350 helicopter in Nunavut, the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) issued four recommendations to Transport Canada (TC) ...
TSB Releases Cessna 150 Bainsville Crash Report
The Transportation Safety Board released this week its investigation report into the crash of a 1967 Cessna 150 that occurred the night of December 5, 2022. The pilot was attempting an emergency landing on the ...
Sunrise Glare a Possible Collision Factor – TSB Report
Glare from a rising sun last September may have been a factor in the fatal collision between a Cessna 172 doing pipeline work and a communications tower near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. The accident claimed the lives ...
E-Cigarettes Pose Hazard in Any Aircraft
On April 20, the battery inside an e-cigarette began overheating and emitting smoke during the cruise portion of a Sunwing flight travelling to Cancun, Mexico from Moncton, New Brunswick. The e-cigarette had already burnt a ...
TSB Recommends Tighter Screening for Pilot Medical Certifications
The Transportation Safety Board, in a final report issued on March 14, has recommended to Transport Canada that it “review and [improve] the Civil Aviation Medical Examiners’ guidelines.” This is a result of an investigation ...
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