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While much of the country was focussed on the total solar eclipse sweeping across central and eastern Canada last Monday (Apr. 8), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by Defence Minister Bill Blair and Finance Minister […]

















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Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
The Greek parliament this week approved the purchase of seven De Havilland DHC-515 water bombers. They will replace older versions of what is known in Europe simply as “Canadairs”, a ...
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CF-18 Service Life Extension Contract Awarded
CF-18 Service Life Extension Contract Awarded
Arcfield Canada Corp. of Calgary has been awarded a $211.6-million contract by the Department of National Defence to provide ongoing avionics support for the RCAF’s fleet of 89 CF-18s. Sub-contractors ...
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Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Beta Technologies of Vermont announced last week a partnership with Signature Aviation that will see electric aircraft chargers installed at two more Signature FBOs on the U.S. East Coast. One ...
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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

Wasaya Airways – de Havilland DHC-8-102 – loss of control on landing
2019-10-22 C-FABA, a de Havilland DHC-8-102 aircraft operated by Wasaya Airways, was conducting flight WSG815 from Pickle Lake (CYPL), ON to Fort Severn (CYER), ON with 2 crew members on board. While enroute, the crew ...
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Keewatin Air – Beech B200 – Autofeather Failure
2019-10-18 C-FZPW, a Beech B200 operated by Keewatin Air, was operating flight KEW206 from Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson Intl (CYWG), MB to Rankin Inlet (CYRT), NU. During the takeoff from runway 18 in CYWG, the flight ...
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Springbank Air Training College – Cessna 172N – Emergency Landing
2019-10-02 C-GYZA, a Cessna 172N aircraft operated by Springbank Air Training College, was conducting a local instructional flight at Springbank Airport, AB (CYBW) with one flight instructor and one student pilot on board. Due to ...
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Advanced ultra-light – Hard Landing
2019-10-01 C-ILWA, an Aeroprakt-22LS advanced ultra-light aircraft operated by Hart's Aviation flight training unit, was conducting a first solo flight at Langley (CYNJ), BC with only the student pilot on board. Following numerous missed approaches ...
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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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