Year: 2023

The Search and Rescue (SAR) service of the RCAF is now able to use cellphone signals to geolocate people in distress. This comes after the acquisition of eight ‘Lifeseeker’ units supplied by Spanish company Centum. […]

On Tuesday of this week (Apr. 18), Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced that his department has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that seeks to identify qualified aviation consultants who can advise the department on […]

Bill Blair, the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, announced this week that the federal government will fund the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) to the tune of $558,903 for a three-year project that aims to […]

The federal government’s series of recent announcements of new military equipment purchases, including for the RCAF, is considered by many to be “too little and too late”, but the situation may become even worse as […]

In our newsletter issued on January 6 of this year we reported on what appeared to be a suspension of the requirement to file the Annual Airworthiness Information Report (AAIR) as required by CARs section […]

The government of Alberta is providing $5 million in funding over two years to Edmonton-based Elevate Aviation to provide training in aviation-related fields to young Albertans. Elevate, founded and led by Edmonton air traffic controller […]

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, together with the CF-18 Demo Team, are back again this year as strong as ever. Their schedule of appearances has been released: Date    Event/Location           June 3-4      Thunder Bay, Ontario 7          North […]

Last week we reported on a Hawker Typhoon being restored to flying condition by a group of volunteers near Comox, British Columbia. This week we can report on another vintage aircraft that will soon be […]

Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Chorus Aviation Inc. is launching an aviation academy that will prepare cadets with an integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence and aircraft type rating, all part of a 20-month program. Cygnet, as the […]

Several airline pilot groups are joining forces to protest any move toward single-pilot operations by airline companies or airliner manufacturers around the world. Representative of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA), the […]

On Vancouver Island, not far from CFB Comox, a group of dedicated volunteers is rebuilding, to flying condition, a British-designed and built Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber that saw action in the Second World War. The group […]

Earlier this week the Government of Canada announced that it has issued a Letter of Request (LoR) to the U.S. government requesting an offer for the procurement of up to 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon to […]

Several events were held globally this month to both celebrate the achievements of women in aviation and to inspire and attract girls and young women into the industry. Internationally, the Montreal-based not-for-profit Institute for Women […]

With the collaboration of New Brunswick’s Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS), a company that specializes in parachute recovery systems for commercial drones and other aircraft, Transport Canada (TC) oversaw the field-testing in Labrador of drone-dispatched […]

An RCAF Lockheed CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft is currently in the Western Pacific participating in Exercise Sea Dragon, a U.S.-led annual multinational training exercise. This is the third consecutive time the RCAF is among […]