by Ken Lin, Social Media Editor Newmarket, Ontario pilot Gaetan Boudreau arrived at Brampton Flying Club Dec. 16 anticipating a “safety briefing” with his flight instructor Madeline Koby. Boudreau, who soloed earlier this year at […]
Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame has selected four new inductees and there’s a military flavour to this year’s crop. The inductees are Arthur Roy Brown, Jim McBride, O.B. Philp and George Miller. Brown was best known for […]
Transport Canada has published the advisory circular laying out the liberalization of rules on the commercial use of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). As expected, two exemptions allow restricted use of very small (less than […]
Pratt and Whitney Canada has received a $300 million “repayable contribution” from the federal government that it says will be used to research new technologies for engines it produces at Longueuil, QC and Mississauga, ON. […]
COPA President Kevin Psutka will retire in 2015 and the search is on for his replacement. COPA announced the move on Thursday and noted Psutka’s service. “Kevin’s extraordinary vision and leadership guided COPA through times […]
Nov. 24/14-The Airbus A-330-300, C-GHKX, operated by Air Canada as flight number ACA420 from Toronto (CYYZ) to Montreal (CYUL) with 9 crew and 163 passengers on board declared a low fuel emergency after the aircraft’s […]
The wind storm that blew through southern Ontario on Monday heavily damaged Burlington Airpark but amazingly spared most of the airplanes. The 60-knot winds blew nine hangars up and over the row of hangars immediately […]
WestJet flight attendants, who are not unionized, nevertheless have rejected a new deal from the airline and the airline says it will work to resolve the impasse. More than 90 percent of flight attendants voted […]
Flight Date: 09/24/2012 Flight School: Harv’s Aviation Flight Instructor: Kyle Message:I had been looking forward to this day since I began flying at the age of 13. My father was there to capture my first solo on video. […]
Transport Canada is working through service delays and implementing internal measures to try to speed up the various approvals, exemptions and certificates that keep the aviation industry running. In a question-and-answer session at the 80th […]
Nov. 21/14-The privately operated Piper PA-28R-200, C-GGDB, departed the Calgary/Springbank (CYBW) airport on a local sightseeing flight. Not too long after departure, the aircraft’s electrical systems began to fail. Eventually all radio communications were lost […]
Nov. 20/24-The crew of C-FAAF (a Transwest Air Piper PA31-350 Chieftan) was planning a flight from Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan to Fond Du Lac. They noted 3 pilot reports that indicated no icing below 4000 ft […]
The Hawkeye Aviation Embraer EMB-505 (C-GJOL) departed Palm Springs (KPSP), CA for Springbank (CYBW), AB. It was reported that immediately after take-off there was an un-commanded, severe right yaw. The flight requested a return to […]
Nov. 20/14-The privately operated Cessna 525 (CJ1), C-GLBT, was operating on an IFR flight plan from Edmonton, AB (CYEG) to Red Earth Creek, AB (CEH5). On landing, the aircraft overran Runway 31 by approximately 180 […]
Nov. 11/14-The Mount Royal University Cessna 172R, C-GTBF, was being flown by a student (PPL holder) in the commercial pilot program. The student was performing multiple circuits at the Calgary/Springbank Airport (CYBW) on Runway 26. […]
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