Year: 2021

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 […]

There are so few aircraft with elliptical wings, I guess I had fallen into the cozy trap of merely glancing at the planform to confirm that the aircraft in a photo is a Spitfire. That […]

The Canadian Ninety-Nines have announced a total of $2,500 in grants to two museums to enhance their exhibits. The group is giving $2,000 to the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley, B.C. to update its […]

The B.C. government is giving Harbour Air a $1.6 million CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) grant to convert another aircraft to electric propulsion. Harbour Air already has an electrically powered Beaver that […]

The union representing employees at De Havilland Canada’s has ratified a severance and early retirement package to end a three-month strike at the company’s Downsview Q400 plant in Toronto. The lease is up next year […]

The Northern Lights Aero Foundation honoured eight women in the aerospace industry at their annual gala last Oct. 16. The organization annually recognized women’s achievements in eight categories and are as follows in the accompanying […]

A French dirigible company is tethering its North American business in Montreal with an investment from the Quebec government. Flying Whales is aiming to sell its LCA60T lighter than air cargo aircraft for moving big […]