Month: November 2018

Nav Canada is the first in the world to implement an new Established on RNP approach procedure and the video the company put together explains how it works.

Data Error Creates Anxious Moments

U.K. authorities say a Sunwing pilot’s data keying error led to his Boeing 737 hitting a runway end light before staggering into the air at Belfast Airport for Corfu on July 24, 2017. Outside temperature […]

Flair Pilot Calls Cops On Passengers

Flair Airlines has apologized after one of its pilots called police to speak with passengers frustrated by a 12-hour flight delay in Vancouver and in the process became deputized as customer service agents. The flight […]

Nav Canada Sets Standard

Nav Canada has implemented new separation standards at Calgary International Airport that will allow simultaneous arrivals on parallel runways and increased use of continuous descent approaches. The RNP-AR EoR (Established on RNP) standard will result […]

Air Race 1

Edmonton pilot Scott Holmes took part in Air Race 1 in Thailand last year, where this short video was shot, and is now in China for his second race.

Canadian Pilot In Chinese Race

Edmonton pilot Scott Holmes is in Hannan, China this weekend participating in his second Air Race 1 event. Last year the event was held in Thailand but moved to China this year as the fledgling […]

Saskatchewan Airshow Returns

A big gap on the air show circuit is being filled with the resurgence of the Saskatchewan Airshow in 2019. 15 Wing Moose Jaw Commander Col. Denis O’Reilly said the 14-year-hiatus will end July 6-7 […]

Buttonville Tower Closure Confirmed

Nav Canada will close the tower and contract weather office at Buttonville Airport in Toronto on Jan. 3, 2019 over the objections of local pilots and airport management. The company says it has studied the […]

Sky Regional Airlines – Embraer ERJ 170-200 – Severe Turbulence

November 14, 2018 Editor 0

2018-11-08 C-FEJF, an Embraer ERJ 170-200 aircraft operated by Sky Regional Airlines, was performing flight SKV7634 from Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl (CYUL), QC to New York/La Guardia (KLGA), NY with 4 crew members and 77 […]

United Airlines – Boeing 767-300 – Cracked Windscreen – Diversion

November 14, 2018 Editor 0

2018-10-28 N660UA, a Boeing 767-300 aircraft operated by United Airlines, was conducting flight UAL931 from Chicago/O’Hare Intl (KORD), IL to London/Heathrow (EGLL), UK with 11 crew members and 178 passengers on board. Approximately 100 nm […]

Lufthansa – Airbus 380-841 – Smell in Cabin/Cockpit – Diversion

November 14, 2018 Editor 0

2018-10-26 D-AIMJ, an Airbus 380-841 aircraft operated by Lufthansa, was conducting flight DLH401 from New York/John F. Kennedy Intl (KJFK), NY to Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Intl (EDDF), Germany with 23 crew members and 432 passengers on board. […]

A Tour of Twin Otter Plant

Viking Air’s parent company Longview Aviation Capital bought Bombardier’s Q400 program earlier this week. Russ Niles toured Viking’s Twin Otter plant in Victoria a few years ago.

Q400 Production Stays In Canada

The new owners of Bombardier’s former Q400 type certificate say they’ll keep building the ubiquitous regional airliner in Canada but they’re not sure where. In a move that surprised most in the industry, Victoria-based Longview […]

Stunt Involved Lying On Top Of Wing

A “stunt rapper” killed shooting a music video in B.C. in October had essentially turned himself into a large spoiler on top of the Cessna 172 wing on which he was attempting the stunt. Jon […]

747 Cargo Plane Destroyed in Overun