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PC-12 Sound
They’re not particularly noisy as turboprop singles go but you’d notice an RCMP PC-12 flying in circles over your house at 3 a.m.
Month: January 2019
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WestJet Wants $65,000 From Drunk Passenger
WestJet is seeking $65,000 from a recovering alcoholic whose excursion off the wagon caused one of its Boeing 767s to return to Calgary on a flight to London. British resident David Stephen Young, 44, already […]
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‘Secret’ Spy Plane Irks Kingston
It was a covert mission designed to secretly help police find a terrorist except it kept most of the residents of Kingston, Ontario up at night for weeks. Finally, on Friday, the RCMP got their […]
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Air Force Pilot Fined For Low Flight
An RCAF fighter pilot was fined $2,000 in a court martial for flying too low in a training exercise in which his wingman was killed. Capt. Christopher Mileusnic was leading a two-aircraft formation on Nov. […]
TSB Incidents
Air Transat – Airbus 321-200 – Fire in Luggage
2019-01-12 C-FTXW, an Airbus 321-200 aircraft operated by Air Transat, was conducting flight TSC443 from Cancun Intl (MMUN), Mexico to Vancouver Intl (CYVR), BC with 6 crew members and 139 passengers on board. As ground […]
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WestJet’s First 787
The airline wasted little time exercising its new flagship and flew it to Toronto on Friday.
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Bathroom Break Strands Pilot
A bathroom break on a remote Manitoba lake turned into a search and rescue operation last week. Happy Bednarek, 72, intended to fly his ski-equipped Taylorcraft to meet friends on Sisib Lake but it was […]
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WestJet Gets First 787
WestJet is now poised to go toe-to-toe with Air Canada on international routes after it took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 in Everett, Washington last week. The $283 million plane, named Clive Beddoe, after […]
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A220 Gets ETOPS Approval
The Airbus A220 has become the smallest airliner to be approved for 180-minute extended diversion time operations (EDTO), formerly ETOPS, and that could open up lucrative opportunities for transoceanic routes outside of the normal hubs. […]
TSB Incidents
Blue Sky Air – Piper PA-12 – Snow Drift Collision on Takeoff
2019-01-09 C-GLXJ, a Piper PA-12 aircraft operated by Blue Sky Air, was conducting a flight from Manor, SK to Estevan (Blue Sky) (CBS2), SK with 1 pilot on board. During the takeoff roll from a […]
TSB Incidents
WestJet Encore – Bombardier DHC-8-400 – Electrical Failure
2019-01-06 C-FWEP, a Bombardier DHC-8-400 aircraft operated by WestJet Encore, was conducting flight WEN3125 from Edmonton Intl (CYEG), AB to Kelowna (CYLW), BC. During the climb to cruising altitude after the departure from CYEG, the […]
TSB Incidents
Privately Operated – Cessna 414A – Oil Pressure Loss
2019-01-05 C-FHMD, a privately operated Cessna 414A aircraft, was conducting a positioning flight from Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies Intl (CYXC), BC to Calgary/Springbank (CYBW), AB with only the pilot on board. During the final approach for Runway […]
TSB Incidents
Fly Jamaica Airways – Boeing 757-200 – Hydraulic Issue – Runway Overrun
2018-11-09 N524AT, a Boeing 757-200 aircraft operated by Fly Jamaica Airways, was conducting flight FJM256 from Georgetown/Cheddi Jagan Intl (SYCJ), Guyana to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON with 8 crew members and 120 passengers […]
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Dionne Thompson
Flight Date: 10/11/2018 Flight School: Calgary Flying Club Flight Instructor:Laura McAtamney Comment: Exhilarating experience to say the least; it’s the first time you see how much your flight training, studying, time & effort is really […]
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Marvin Kalchman
Flight Date: 11/04/2018 Flight School: Extreme Sport Aviation Flight Instructor: William Dykie Comment:I had 30 hours of dual instruction with my CFI and I was supposed to do my solo on the previous outing because […]