newpilots-2015
Lane Simonson
Flight Date:09/13/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: J Singh Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Lane.
Year: 2015
newpilots-2015
David Diaz
Flight Date:09/14/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: J Singh Comment: Congratulations on your first solo David.
newpilots-2015
Brent Pajunen
Flight Date:09/12/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: J Singh Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Brent.
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Mulcair Pledges Aerospace Funding
Aviation doesn’t often come up in election campaigns but NDP leader Thomas Mulcair broke that mold with a major announcement in Montreal on Tuesday. Mulcair pledged to create a $160 million fund to help small […]
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COPA Responds To Aerodrome Regs
The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association sent a 17-page response to Transport Canada’s proposal to allow more public input into aviation-related construction projects. TC’s Notice of Proposed Amendment to the regulations follows the lead of […]
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New Iqualuit Terminal Catches Fire
The bright yellow airport terminal at Iqualuit will be replaced by a modern facility as part of a $300 million airport expansion project by 2017 but the project suffered a setback on Saturday. The contractor […]
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Canadian Company Eyes Drone Delivery
Online shopping site Shop.ca says it has partnered with Drone Delivery Canada to pioneer small package delivery by drone in Canada. There are, of course, some regulatory hoops for the project to get through but […]
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406 Comments Close Sept. 11
There’s a week left to comment on Transport Canada’s latest stab at mandating 406 MHz ELTs in Canadian aircraft. The comment period for the Notice of Proposed Amendment ends Sept. 11 and comments must be […]
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Charles Jobin
Flight Date:08/01/2015 Flight School: Debert Cadet Flying Training Centre Flight Instructor: Mack Purdy Comment:My first solo was amazing. Being up there by myself was so calm and peaceful. It was very easy to concentrate on […]
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RCAF Aurora Heavily Damaged
Military investigators are looking into a runway excursion at CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia that left a CP-140 Aurora heavily damaged. None of the 17 RCAF personnel aboard the aircraft were injured in the mishap, which […]
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Former WestJet Exec Hurt in Florida Crash
Ken McKenzie, WestJet’s former executive vice president of operations, is in hospital in Florida after the Lancair he was flying went down in the Everglades last Sunday. Ken McKenzie, who left WestJet in 2009 to […]
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Snowbirds Mark 2500th Performance
The RCAF Snowbirds hit a milestone most air demonstration teams only dream about Aug. 29. The team celebrated its 2500th performance since its inception in 1971. The milestone show occurred at Drummondville, Quebec. The team’s […]
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Shi Wins Webster Trophy
Zhuoyang (David) Shi, from Moncton Flight Centre is Canada’s Top Amateur Pilot for 2015 Shi, who represented the Atlantic provinces, won the John C. Webster Trophy Competition last week in the annual competition. Runner up […]
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Beaver ‘Crashed Vertically’
The Transportation Safety Board says an Air Saguenay Beaver on floats was in a steep dive when it crashed in a remote area near Les Bergeronnes, killing five foreign tourist and the pilot. The crash […]
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Airports Safety Week Marked
Airports have a lot of workplace hazards that are unique to the aviation industry and now there’s a nationwide program to highlight and discuss those issues. “Safety has always been a top priority for Canada’s […]