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one last test
OK…all set back to medium size photo. The photo in the post may have to be modified to make it fit to 525 in width which is the size of the panel. Just touch the […]
Year: 2014
News
Air Canada Resumes Tel Aviv Flights
Air Canada’s regular evening flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv was set to leave on schedule Wednesday after the Tuesday flight was cancelled due to safety concerns. Most airlines suspended service to Ben Gurion Airport […]
News
Cockpit Texting On The Rise
Nav Canada says it hopes to expand use of pilot/controller data link communications as the advantages of the system are becoming evident. “This type of communication, this type of automation is certainly recognized within the […]
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Stamp Honours First Female Airline Pilot
The first Canadian female airline pilot has had a stamp struck in her honour. Rosella Bjornson joined Transair as a first officer in 1973 and eventually became the first Canadian captain for Canadian in 1990. […]
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Gunfire Hits Cropduster
A 51-year-old Manitoba man is facing fines and jail time after he is alleged to have opened fire on an aerial application plane near Fortier. Police say Luc Arnal has been charged with discharging a […]
incidents history
Floatplane Forced Landing
July 17/14-The float-equipped U.S. registered Cessna 185E, N1917U, was on a private VFR flight from Sand Point, ON (CJD6) to Sesaganaga Lake, ON. The aircraft was flying at 3000 feet ASL when the engine (Continental […]
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Beaver Crashes in Fog
July 11/17-The float-equipped DHC-2 (Beaver) C-FFRL departed St. John Harbour (west coast of Athlone Island, 12 nm west of Bella Bella) and encountered fog. The aircraft followed the shoreline northward; struck rocks and collided with […]
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Ag Wagon Takeoff Accident
July 19/14-C-GYWZ (Cessna 188 Ag Wagon) was taking off from an unmaintained road near Stead, MB, prior to an aerial application flight (fungicide: Proline). During takeoff the aircraft experienced a crosswind from the right, and […]
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Successful Off-Airport Landing
July 5/14-The private amateur built Sonex C-GZVI was enroute to CPK2 Strathroy from CYRP Ottawa Carp when the engine (Jabiru 2200) began to operate irregularly. In descent the engine surged several times before stopping completely […]
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Cropduster Pulls Down Five Power Poles
July 7/14-The Northern Air and AG, Thrush S2R-T34, N9600F was engaged in aerial application 7 nm south of Carievale, Saskatchewan. The aircraft was making an application pass to the south. Near the end of the […]
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Rebel Hits Wing On Landing
June 26/14-The Murphy Rebel, registration C-FWSD, with two pilots on board was being operated on inflatable floats for practice of a glassy water landing at Garnish Pond from Freshwater Pond (near Marystown, NL). As the […]
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Air Crane Save
June 24/14-An Erickson Air Crane S64E Skycrane (N247AC) was in the approach flare to log setting during heli-logging operations. During the flare, while at 20 degrees nose up with a low power setting, the cyclic […]
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Paul Michelin
Flight Date: June 27, 2014 Flight School: Future Air Flight Instructor: Peter Ross Message:Paul Michelin First Solo flight out of the Collingwood office of Future Air. All of us at Future Air want to congratulate Paul […]
incidents
727 Hydroplanes Sideways
June 18/14-The Cargojet Boeing 727 (C-GCJZ) aeroplane landed on runway 29 in CYQM Moncton after a heavy rain shower. Immediately after touchdown the crew applied full reverse thrust on all three engines and maximum braking. […]
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Tree Takes Out Cherokee Gear
May 17/14-On final approach to runway 23 at CYVK (Vernon Airport) the privately-registered Piper PA-28 (C-GYGG) encountered descending air and the right main landing gear struck a tree about 850 feet from the displaced threshold. […]