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Air Races at Reno to End

The National Championship Air Races scheduled for September 13 to 17 of this year will be the last at the Reno/Stead airport in Nevada. In an open letter issued Friday (March 10), the organizer’s board […]

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Air Canada Pilots Union Energized

Citing a recent contract settlement between U.S. carrier Delta Airlines and its pilots that saw a 34 percent pay hike over four years, the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) sees an opportunity to address their […]









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RCAF Sends Patrol Aircraft to Haiti
RCAF Sends Patrol Aircraft to Haiti
In what it considers to be a humanitarian mission, the Department of National Defence has dispatched a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft to the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Its mission, ...
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B.C.’s Coulson Aviation 737 Crashes in Australia
B.C.’s Coulson Aviation 737 Crashes in Australia
The two pilots escaped major injury after their 737 Fireliner crashed during firefighting activities in Fitzgerald River National Park in southwestern Australia last Monday (Feb. 6). They reportedly walked away ...
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U.S. Shoots Down UFO Near Alaska-Yukon Border
U.S. Shoots Down UFO Near Alaska-Yukon Border
Less than a week after taking out one object flying over the U.S., albeit clearly identified as a balloon, the United States has once again shot down what they are ...
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Featured Videos


Ejection Seat In Slow Motion

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oI4iPp-aUvc The violent but mostly life-saving action of an ejection seat is both spectacular and sobering ...
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DC-6 Full of Dogs

A stranded team of Norwegian sled dogs from the Iditarod Race in Alaska hitched a ride on the final flight of DC-6 headed for a Norwegian museum and stopped for ...
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AN225 Landing at Pearson

The world’s largest airplane flew a whole lot of medical supplies to Toronto on Saturday and there were lots of cameras on it ...
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Snowbirds Crash Analysis

The CBC prepared this video report featuring former Snowbird 1 Robert “Scratch” Mitchell and his step by step description of what is known about the crash ...
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Operation Inspiration

The Snowbirds will wrap up their cross-country tribute to frontline workers in the next few days. Here’s tank cam video of the Belleville/Trenton flypast ...
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Snowbirds Spring Training – 2019

Likely the only chance most Canadians will get to see the Snowbirds this summer will be during Operation Inspiration in the next week or so. Here’s an interesting topside view ...
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Recent Incidents

WestJet Encore – DHC-8-400 – Flap Issue
2019-10-12 C-GWEO, a de Havilland DHC-8-400 aircraft operated by WestJet Encore, was conducting flight WEN3504 from London (CYXU), ON to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON. During the approach at CYYZ, the crew selected flaps ...
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Titan Tornado II Advanced Ultra-light – Flipped on Touchdown
2019-09-21 C-IMAG, an amphibious Titan Tornado II Advanced Ultra-light, was on a local flight when it performed a water landing near Port Franks, Ontario. Upon touchdown the aircraft immediately flipped over. The two occupants exited ...
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Privately registered Cessna 177B – Engine Failure on Approach
2019-08-27 C-GLFH, a privately registered Cessna 177B aircraft, was on final approach to Salmon Arm (CZAM), BC with 2 persons on board. On short final, the pilot noticed he no longer had engine power. The ...
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Sunrise Helicopters – Bell 206L helicopter – Tree Strike
2019-08-25 C-GHUG, a Bell 206L helicopter operated by Sunrise Helicopters, was conducting aerial works flight with chemical spray equipment from a Mix Rig platform, en route for a final spray application. The pilot was watching ...
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WestJet – Boeing 737-700 – Turbulence – Flight Attendant Injured
C-GWJF, a Boeing 737-700 operated by WestJet was conducting flight WJA1535 from Houston/George Bush Intercontinental (KIAH) to Calgary, AB (CYYC). While enroute in cruise, WJA1535 entered turbulence. At this time a flight attendant was at ...
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WestJet Encore – DHC-8-400 – Windshield on the Captain’s side cracked
2019-08-21 C-GENK, a de Havilland DHC-8-400 aircraft operated by WestJet Encore, was conducting flight WEN3436 from Toronto / Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ) ON to Moncton / Greater Moncton Intl (CYQM), NB. During climb out ...
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