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Class B ADS-B Mandate Starts May 16

May 3, 2024 0

Nav Canada is reminding operators that the next stage of the ADS-B mandate comes into effect May 16 but it doesn’t expect a major impact. The next phase is the inclusion of Class B airspace, […]

TSB Cites Training, Preparation In Tanker Pilot’s Survival

May 3, 2024 0

A well-trained and prepared pilot were fundamental to the positive outcome of an aerial tanker crash in B.C. in 2022. In its final report on the accident, the Transportation Safety Board said the pilot of […]

Some Of This Week’s Other Highlights In Brief

May 3, 2024 0

Canada has set aside $5 billion to buy advanced early warning aircraft but the procurement process has not begun. The funding was confirmed by government officials to Aviation Week and the procurement will occur between […]

Two Historic Hangars Destroyed By Fire

April 27, 2024 0

Structural fires at opposite sides of the country have claimed two historic hangars that played key roles during the Second World War. On April 19, Hangar 8 at CFB Goose Bay (5 Wing) in Labrador […]

Billy Bishop Airport Honours RCAF Centennial

April 27, 2024 0

Representatives of the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, the RCAF Association and the Royal Canadian Military Institute, along with RCAF commander Lieutenant-General Eric Kenny, were at the airport’s mainland pavilion where earlier this week they […]

Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief

April 27, 2024 0

Air North has recently acquired a Boeing 737-8AL through leasing firm Aircraft Engine Lease Finance (AELF) of Chicago. This brings to two of the more modern 737s in Air North’s fleet and adds to the […]

Canada’s First Control Tower Celebrates Anniversary

April 20, 2024 0

It was in 1939 that the first air traffic control tower was built in Canada, and Nav Canada is celebrating its 85th anniversary at the Saint-Hubert airport. Within a year of its opening, the tower’s […]

Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief

April 20, 2024 0

Another small recreational aircraft manufacturer is experiencing financial hardship. Progressive Aerodyne (PA) of Florida, which builds both the SeaRey kits and the factory-built versions, has halted production and is searching for a buyer. “The doors […]

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 ...

Recent Incidents

January 11, 2020

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, ...

January 11, 2020

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 ...

January 8, 2020

C-GHGR Holdings-Cessna 525 aircraft-Engine Cowling Departure

2019-12-18 C-GOJG, a Cessna 525 aircraft, operated by C-GHGR Holdings, was enroute from Casper (KCPR), WY to Western Nebraska Regional/William B Heilig Field/Scottsbluff (KBFF), NE, with the pilot and 4 passengers on board. During cruise ...

January 8, 2020

Jazz Aviation-DHC 8-301-Fire Onboard

2019-12-09 C-GNON, a DHC 8-301 was being operated by Jazz Aviation as flight JZA842 from Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl. (CYUL), QC to Hartford/Springfield/Bradley Intl. (KBDL), CT. While enroute the flight crew observed smoke/fire emanating from ...

January 8, 2020

Jazz Aviation-LP CRJ-900-Brake Overheat Indication

2020-01-06 C-FIJZ, a Jazz Aviation LP CRJ-900 was conducting flight AC8624 from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl. (CYYZ), ON to Ronald Reagan Washington National (KDCA), DC. During initial approach and prior to landing gear extension, flight ...

January 8, 2020

WestJet-C-FUJR, a Boeing 737-800-Runway Overrun

2019-12-26 C-FUJR, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by WestJet, was conducting flight WJA248 from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON to Halifax Stanfield Intl (CYHZ), NS with 172 passengers and 6 crew. During the landing ...

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