Nolinor Orders Next-Gen Cargo Aircraft

Quebec-based Nolinor Aviation has placed an order with California-based Natilus for multiple Kona aircraft, a blended-wing-body (BWB) cargo aircraft designed for operation on rough, unpaved runways. With a 3.8-tonne payload, the pusher-configured twin turboprop is […]

Flying the Maple Leaf

While many people find novel ways to display pride in their country, pilot Mike Jones took to the sky over Southern Ontario in his Grob G 115 to trace a near-perfect outline of a Canadian […]

Top Aces Training RCAF Pilots

Top Aces, a privately owned Montreal-based advanced airborne training contractor, is providing training to RCAF pilots using their fleet of McDonnell Douglas A-4N Skyhawk trainers. The aircraft type is being used for fighter lead-in training […]

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KF Aerospace Begins SkyAlyne Aircraft Acquisition
KF Aerospace Begins SkyAlyne Aircraft Acquisition
Kelowna’s KF Aerospace announced last week (Nov. 19) the makeup of the five fleets of aircraft it will acquire on behalf of the SkyAlyne consortium (made up of KF Aerospace ...
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Runway 08L/26R was shut down for a couple of days after a Cargojet-operated Boeing 767-300 in Amazon Prime livery skidded off the end of 08L of Vancouver airport in the ...
New Cirrus Aircraft Models Get TC Certification
New Cirrus Aircraft Models Get TC Certification
Cirrus Aircraft of Minnesota announced last week that their latest piston-engine airplane, the SR Series G7, together with its G2+ Vision Jet, have received Transport Canada – Civil Aviation (TCCA) ...

Featured Videos


Eternity

https://vimeo.com/463642245/4ae9bb4d1d In Eternity, poet Angela Leuck presents a poem that will be included in a forthcoming anthology of poetry by twenty-two women writers in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The ...

Leading the Way

An OPP helicopter crew led searchers to the location of a missing six-year-old boy using a laser ...

How To Fly A P-51

The RCAF flew P-51s for almost a decade and this film was likely part of the curriculum for new pilots ...

Fly-In Fishing

It’s time to wet a line in one of the thousands of wilderness lakes in Canada and Setting North Camp shows us how they open up for the season ...

Air Show Pilot Qualification

A lot of training and practice goes into qualifying for air show flying and B.C. pilot Kevin Maher was put through his paces by Transport Canada evaluator Robert “Scratch” Mitchell, ...

Missile With A Man In It

The Canadair CF-104 was legendary for its speed and it’s challenging flight characteristics and was the backbone of Canada’s nuclear deterrent for more than a decade ...
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Recent Incidents

C-FORD, amateur-built BD 4 – Runway Tip
: 2020-02-14 C-FORD, a tail-wheel-equipped amateur-built BD 4, was operating at the Pitt Meadows (CYPK), BC airport. While approaching the active runway the brakes were applied to hold short and the aircraft tipped onto its ...
Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-367ER – Smoke in Cockpit
2020-02-01 B-KPQ, a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-367ER, was operating as CPA865D from Vancouver Intl (CYVR), BC to Chek Lap Kok Intl (VHHH), Hong Kong with 18 crew and no passengers on board. As the aircraft ...
Jazz Aviation – CRJ 900 – Clear Air Turbulance
2020-02-09 C-FNJZ, a CRJ 900 operated by Jazz Aviation LP was conducting flight AC8670 from Vancouver Intl. (CYVR), BC to San Diego Intl. (KSAN), CA. While on top at FL270 Vicinity of PASKE (Porter, CA), ...
Air Canada Airbus A320-211 – Engine Failure
2020-02-06 The Air Canada Airbus A320-211, C-FKCO, operating as ACA396 on a flight from Calgary (CYYC), AB to Montreal (CYUL), QC experienced an engine (CFM International CFM56-5A1 S/N 731775) failure during taxi from the gate ...
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, ...
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 ...
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