Month: November 2021

The Kelowna Flying Club and management of the airport have reached a deal for a $5.5 million expansion of general aviation facilities at the airport. The club has raised more than $5 million in private […]

Boeing has hit back at reports that its bid to sell F/A-18 Super Hornets to the RCAF doesn’t meet bid requirements with an aggressive advertising campaign that targets alleged shortcomings of the Lockheed Martin F-35. […]

The latest entry into the certified light aircraft market is the P2010 TDI, manufactured by Tecnam. The Italian company offers a wide range of light twin and single-engine aircraft, including the P2010 series. What makes […]

De Havilland Canada has resumed production of the last Q400 aircraft to be built at the historic Downsview facilities in Toronto. The company and unionized employees ratified a new contract in late October and production […]

When massive flooding struck B.C. earlier this week, B.C. aviators jumped into action. The flooding damaged major highways leading to the Greater Vancouver area, disrupting supply chains and inconveniencing thousands. Hope, a small town about […]

An apparent bun fight between the management of B.C.’s Langley Airport and Nav Canada employees who run the tower has had the bizarre effect of closing three of four runways for departures when the tower […]

The chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council in Tofino, B.C. is calling for federal action to regulate floatplane traffic in the town’s harbour after two serious accidents there in the last four months. Judith Sayers […]

A Canadian test pilot who missed becoming an astronaut by a couple of spots will soon realize his dream with Virgin Galactic. Jameel Janjua made the final four candidates in the 2009 selection that saw […]

WestJet regional airline Encore is now accepting applications for right seat jobs from commercial pilots with instrument ratings who have a minimum of 250 hours of flight time and at least 100 of it as […]

NavCanada has opened comments on its plans to make significant changes to the airspace around Pearson Airport in Toronto. The company intends to introduce Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) on Runway 05/23, one of the […]

The federal government has announced that eight regional airports across the country will be allowed to resume international flights on Nov. 30, in time to capture a good part of the sunspot traffic that makes […]

An instructor and student got into an embarrassing scrape at Sault Ste Marie Airport last May when a momentary lapse in cockpit procedure led to the gear-up landing of their CL-415. A Transportation Safety Board […]