Month: December 2020

With the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX, there is intense scrutiny on the first flights of the aircraft and even the most mundane maintenance snags rate prominent attention in the mainstream media. […]

Two RCAF pilots earned high honours in the U.S. recently. Capt. Chris “Lime” Swartz graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) program, better known as TOPGUN. Meanwhile Maj. Maciej “Match” Hatta has […]

A Quebec man known as the “pilot to the stars” is on the run after failing to show up to jail when his bail was revoked. Normand Dubé is suspected to be hiding out at […]

A Canadian astronaut will be on the first crew to travel to the moon as part of an effort to build a space station in lunar orbit. The Canadian government signed a deal with the […]

Aircraft are unable to use a new taxiway extension at Victoria International Airport because an obstruction blocks the view of part of the taxiway. Taxiway Echo was lengthened in a $4.3 million project in 2019 […]

Canada’s search and rescue service is now using space-based ADS-B tracking data as part of its response to missing aircraft after a 2019 crash in Quebec that may never have been located without the technology. […]

The RCAF has released the schedules for its air demonstration teams and named the CF-18 demo pilot. The Army had earlier cancelled the season for the Skyhawks parachute team citing pandemic concerns. The Air Force […]

 B.C. company Coast Dog Aviation has teamed up with Airworthiness Resources to neatly solve a design issue with Cessna 206 aircraft that has vexed engineers and regulators for 40 years. The mod will allow owners […]

A red-faced pilot had some explaining to do when he or she landed at the airport in Kingston, Ontario last week and a phalanx of police vehicles were there to meet him. The pilot inadvertently […]

The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA) is hitting back at signals from Nav Canada that more layoffs and closures are on the horizon at air traffic management facilities across the country. The organization, which […]

The RCAF will start accepting bids in 2021 for a $5 billion contract to provide future flight training requirements according to Defence News. The air force wants to combine the two training streams now providing […]