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Give Hope Wings
Here’s the promo video from the 2018 Give Hope Wings fundraiser and Dave McElroy and two other pilots are heading to the other extreme of the Americas to accomplish much the same thing this summer.
Month: March 2019
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Pizzas Ease Ramp Delay
Flying anywhere in Canada in winter can be a crap shoot and when circumstances piled up on Halifax-bound passengers last week, their captain made sure they were fed. The unidentified Air Canada skipper bought 23 […]
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Air Canada’s Diversity Recognized
Air Canada has been named as one of “Canada’s best diversity employers” for the fourth year in a row by Mediacorp Canada Inc. “We are very proud to be recognized for cultivating diversity and inclusion […]
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A Grand Adventure With Purpose
The second edition of Give Hope Wings is now inviting volunteer flight crew members to sign up for an epic adventure in the Land of the Midnight Sun and help Hope Air to continue its […]
TSB Incidents
Missinippi Airways – Beech 200 King Air – Engine Issue – Emergency Landing
2019-02-25 C-GOGT, a Beech 200 King Air aircraft operated by Missinippi Airways, was conducting flight MA03 from Thompson (CYTH), MB to Norway House (CYNE), MB with 2 crew members and 1 passenger on board. While […]
TSB Incidents
Harbour Air – DHC-3T – Engine Power Issue – Forced Water Landing
2019-02-24 C-GOPP, a float equipped de Havilland DHC-3T aircraft operated by Harbour Air, was conducting sightseeing flight HES305 from Vancouver Harbour (CYHC), BC with 1 crew member and 9 passengers on board. During cruise flight, […]
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206 Door Issue
The Cessna 206 is a workhorse bush plane but it has a design issue with its rear cargo doors that the Transportation Safety Board has flagged in its investigation of a fatal crash last year […]
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Aussie Hornet Cost Difference Explained
An apparent disconnect between the accountants at the Department of National Defence and the Parliamentary Budget Office has resulted in a disparity in the cost estimates for DND’s recent purchase of used F-18 Hornets from […]
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Close Call With Pearson Snowplows
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a runway incursion at Pearson International Airport that led to an aborted takeoff by a regional jet in late January. The Sky Regional Airways E170 was on its takeoff […]
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206 Door Design Flagged By Fatalities
The Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety advisory on a long established design issue with Cessna 206 aircraft that can make emergency escapes difficult. The TSB issued the advisory as part of its investigation […]