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newpilots-2014

Charles Walters

Flight Date: June 24, 2013 Flight School: WWFC waterloo wellington flight center Flight Instructor: Rohan Kohli Message:Flying those three circuits by myself for the very first time was the most exciting thing that I’ve done. I […]

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Autorotation to Field

Aug. 6/14An OpsMobil Inc. Aerospatiale AS350 BA (C-FXAH) was tasked with reforestation activities and was repositioning from Fairview (CEB5) to the tree planting staging camp (Spirit Camp). Shortly after liftoff, in the climb through 3000 […]

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Helicopter Hit By Lightning

Aug. 8/14-The Alpine Helicopters Bell 212 C-FAHB was struck by lightning while engaged in water bucketing activities on Fire 20173 in B.C. M/R rotor blade damage was evident. Mandatory Inspections include overhaul of the Transmission, […]

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Landing Accident

Aug. 13/14-The Bushmaster II ultralight, C-IDOV, was conducting emergency procedures training (forced landings) at Westlock, AB. The aircraft landed hard and broke the right hand main wheel off. The aircraft veered off the runway surface […]

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Forced Landing on a Ball Field

Aug. 13/14-The United States registered Piper PA-14, N4279H, was on a flight from Red Deer, AB to Grande Prairie, AB with a final destination in Alaska. The flight encountered heavy smoke from forest fires and […]

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Helicopter Crash, Minor Injuries

Aug. 12/14-A Valhalla Helicopters Inc. Bell 206B JetRanger, C-FANC, was conducting an aerial survey for Mountain Pine Beetles approximately 25 NM west of Whitecourt, AB (CYZU) under contract to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource. During […]

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Sightseeing Crash, No Injuries

July 23/14-The TRK Helicopters (BC) Ltd Bell 206L-3 Long Ranger, C-FAWC, was operating on a sightseeing flight for Rockies Heli Tours based out of Cline River, AB (CCR5) and departed CCR5 with the pilot and […]

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Reservoir Landing

Aug. 12/14-The private de Havilland DHC2 on floats, registration C-FJBM,  was operating on a visual flight rules flight  from Lake Simard QC, towards a lake to 100 nautical miles east of Val-d ‘ Or. Passing […]

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Pilot Killed in Accident

Aug. 9/14-The float-equipped Cessna 150K, registration C-FAQS, was on a local flight about 12 nautical miles west of La Minerve, QC with only the pilot on board. The pilot was doing steep turns at low […]

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Cropduster Takes Down Powerline

Aug. 14/14-The Farr Air, Ayres S2R crop dusting aircraft, registration C-FYTX was applying insecticide to a canola field in the area of Assiniboia, Sk. During a pass, the main landing gear of the aircraft hit […]

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Close Call A Window To PTSD

A Hamilton psychologist is using the near-death experience that she and more than 300 other people shared on a flight to Europe 13 years ago as a window into the effects of post traumatic stress […]

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Lancaster Makes England

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster finished its journey from Hamilton to Coningsby, England on August 8 and a moment more than 40 years in the making is scheduled for Aug. 14. The Canadian […]