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Knee Defender Banned by Air Canada, WestJet

Both of Canada’s major airlines already outlaw an inexpensive device that sparked an expensive flight diversion in the U.S. earlier this week. A United Airlines flight from Newark to Denver made an unscheduled stop in […]

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Darryl Phillips

Flight Date: January 2, 2014 Flight School: Future Air Flight Instructor: Peter Ross Message: We wish to congratulate Darryl on his First Solo out of the Collingwood office of Future Air.Great way to start off the new year!!!!

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Gaetan Boudreau

Flight Date: July 07, 2014 Flight School: Brampton Flight Centre Flight Instructor: Madeline Koby Message:The flight went very well as planned. My first solo was at an uncontrolled airport (Brampton, ON). After a few circuits with my […]

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Julie Boudreau

Flight Date: February 17, 2014 Flight School: Brampton Flight Centre Flight Instructor: Claire Buxton Message: My first solo flight was as incredible as I thought it would.My first solo was at Brampton Flight Center, the only private club to […]

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Monica del Solar Meneses

Flight Date: April 07, 2014 Flight School: Brampton Flight Center Flight Instructor: Brad Carter Message:  It was a Monday. My goal that week was to solo by Friday. After doing a couple touch and goes Brad says […]

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Alex Obradovich

Flight Date: November 04, 2013 Flight School: Future Air Flight Instructor: Andrew Gillespie Message: Strong crosswinds developed just after solo takeoff. My nervous parents watched with the flight instructors. I was very pleased with my landing and so were […]

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Carl Pickin

Flight Date: Jan 02, 2014 Flight School: Calgary Flying Club Flight Instructor: Wesley Thauvette Message: Congratulations Carl on your first Solo!

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Pierre Chicoine

Flight Date: July 07, 2014 Flight School: Aviation D.M. Inc Flight Instructor: André Morin Message: First solo flight on a beautiful Friday afternoon. C172 GOCY was light and docile. Light crosswind, landing smoothly on rwy […]

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Sekwan Oh

Flight Date: July 15, 2014 Flight School: Harv’s Air Flight Instructor: Chantal Message: Hi this is Sekwan who have just got private pilot license. I have first soloed about week after I started flying. I have got course through […]

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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 […]