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Year: 2019
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CL-515 Promotional Video
Viking Air is heavily promoting its proposed CL-515 multipurpose firefighting aircraft at the Paris Air Show and this video outlines the program.
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Longview At Paris Air Show
Longview Aviation Capital has become Canada’s largest exhibitor at the Paris Air Show this year with its recent acquisition of airliner and air tanker programs from Bombardier. The company, which includes the newly revived De […]
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Aerobat On A Freeway
Friday evening traffic was snarled in Surrey, B.C., just east of Vancouver, when a Cessna 152 Aerobat made an emergency landing on one of the area’s busiest commuter routes. The pilot reported an issue with […]
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Orbis Eye Hospital Makes Canadian Stops
A flying eye care hospital made public relations stops in Ottawa and Toronto this month to spread the word about the unique services it provides. The Orbis MD-10 widebody, which spends most of the year […]
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Air Canada Teams With Drone Company
Drone Delivery Canada is planning extensive services in rural and urban areas of Canada using drones that can carry up to 400 pounds.
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Air Canada To Sell Drone Delivery
Air Canada is getting in the drone delivery business but it won’t be flying the aircraft. Air Canada Cargo, instead, will be offering its marketing and sales muscle to the rollout of Drone Delivery Canada. […]
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Bombardier, Mitsubishi Talk CRJ
Bombardier is reportedly in talks to hive off the last of its commercial aircraft business. The CRJ program used to be the bread and butter of the company’s aviation division but it’s now losing money […]
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De Havilland Nameplate Returns
The De Havilland name returned to aviation earlier this week as Longview Aviation Capital Corp. formally took ownership of Bombardier’s Dash-8 program and immediately went back to the aircraft’s roots. The current iteration, the Q400, […]
TSB Incidents
Province of Ontario – CL-415 water bomber – Water scoop issue
2019-05-29 C-GOGZ, a Bombardier CL-415 water bomber aircraft operated by the Province of Ontario, was conducting fire suppression operations near Pikangikum (CYPM), ON with 2 pilots on board. While scooping water on a lake, the […]
TSB Incidents
Privately registered Maule M-5-210C aircraft on floats-fuel issue
2019-05-28 C-GORG, a privately registered Maule M-5-210C aircraft on floats, was on a local solo training flight out of Watson Lake, BC. During the return back to Watson Lake, the aircraft ran out of fuel. […]
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Privately registered Aeroquest Everest Basic Ultra-light aircraft-lost control on landing,
2019-05-27 C-IJAI, a privately registered Aeroquest Everest Basic Ultra-light aircraft, was on a local pleasure flight from Erickson Muni (CKQ6), MB with only the pilot on board. Just prior to the touchdown during the landing […]
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Video-Based Flight Recorder Unveiled
A young Kelowna inventor has come up with an affordable video system that serves as a flight data recorder for light aircraft. Ephraim Nowak, 26, has created a “computer vision system” that records readings from […]
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Last Five Miles For DC-3
A Buffalo Airways DC-3 finally returned to the Hay River Airport last week, covering the five nautical miles it was short of the runway on a barge and on a flatbed trailer. The aircraft, which […]
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Libel Suit Quashed In Air Safety Case
Air Georgian says it will appeal an Ontario court decision to dismiss its $10 million libel suit against a former pilot who wrote a book about his time with the airline. The National Post is […]