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Recent Videos
Flying to Camp
Andrew McNamara and his golden retriever Maverick spent some quality time at their Setting North Outpost Camp last fall.
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MAX Return Pushed To June
Air Canada and WestJet have both pushed back the return of their Boeing 737 MAX aircraft until June but there is some confusion on when the planes might be certified to fly again. Last week […]
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TSB Investigators Urge Iranians To Give Up Recorders
Canadian officials are calling on Iran to send the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from Ukrainian International Flight 752 to either France or Ukraine to download the information they contain. Transportation Safety Board officials […]
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Coulson C-130 Down In Australia
Australian investigators say a Coulson Air Tankers C-130 dropped into a valley to drop a load of fire retardant but didn’t climb out, and crashed, killing the three American crew members on board on Jan. […]
Recent Videos
Air Canada A220 First Flight
YouTube reviewers were among those aboard the first revenue flight of Air Canada’s A220 from Montreal to Calgary and Everyday Reviews was one of them.
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CF-18s Getting $800 Million In Upgrades
The Department of National Defence will spend $800 million to quickly upgrade 54 CF-18 fighters so they can keep up with advanced threats facing Canada as other forces modernize their fleets. The $800 million is […]
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Air Canada Launches A220 Service
Air Canada has put its first A220 into revenue service and those flying domestically between its Montreal and Toronto hubs and other major Canadian cities will be among the first to try the new plane. […]
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Bombardier Hints At Aviation Exit
Bombardier said this week it is reevaluating its participation in the Airbus A220 program and hinted it may sell off its business aviation division as well to pay down debt. The company cut its 2019 […]
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Another Overrun At Halifax
For the second time in two years an aircraft has gone off the end of the runway at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport. A WestJet Boeing 737-800, with 172 passengers and seven crew was landing in […]
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Kutryk, Sidey-Gibbons New Canadian Astronauts
Canada’s two newest astronauts graduated from the rigorous NASA Artemis program and have set their sights on becoming the first Canadians on the moon. Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk were among a graduating class of […]
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Collége Air Richelieu First In ATO Pilot
Collége Air Richelieu has become the first flight school in Canada to become an Approved Training Organization (ATO) in a Transport Canada pilot project to update flight training methods. The pilot project will develop the […]
TSB Incidents
Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100- Runway Overrun
2019-12-30 C-GVJV a commercially registered Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 aircraft was being operated by a single pilot, and was inbound to Lake Simcoe Regional (CYLS), ON from Columbia Metropolitain (KCAE), SC. On arrival at CYLS, […]
TSB Incidents
Porter Airlines – DHC-8-402- Nose Wheel Issue
2019-12-13 C-GKQC, a de Havilland DHC-8-402 operated by Porter Airlines Inc. as flight PD219, departed Thunder Bay (CYQT) ON for Billy Bishop Toronto City (CYTZ) Toronto ON. After departure the flight crew selected gear up […]
TSB Incidents
C-GHGR Holdings-Cessna 525 aircraft-Engine Cowling Departure
2019-12-18 C-GOJG, a Cessna 525 aircraft, operated by C-GHGR Holdings, was enroute from Casper (KCPR), WY to Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field/Scottsbluff (KBFF), NE, with the pilot and 4 passengers on board. During cruise […]