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Window-Washing Drones

It seems that there is no end to innovative and imaginative uses and applications for drones. SkyDweller Technologies of Victoria, British Columbia, founded just last July, is using a drone to wash building façades and […]














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Avgas Shortage Now Canada-Wide
Avgas Shortage Now Canada-Wide
Once again Canada is experiencing a shortage of 100LL Avgas. We first became aware when Pitt Meadows-based fuel supplier Aero Club of British Columbia sent out a notice to customers ...
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
One of the announcements related to Canada at AirVenture this year was that Tecnam has received Transport Canada approval for the Italian company’s P-Mentor, a two-place trainer that had already ...
DND Looking to Demobilize the Snowbirds' Tutor Jets (again)
DND Looking to Demobilize the Snowbirds’ Tutor Jets (again)
Once again, the Department of National Defence is talking about getting rid of the RCAF’s fleet of Canadair CT-114 Tutor jets. The aircraft, used by the military’s iconic Snowbirds, are ...

Featured Videos


Electric Airliner Prototype

It’s likely no one predicted the first electric airliner would be a Beaver but Harbour Air is planning to fly a prototype next week ...

Red Knight Show

The Jet Air Museum in London has a Canadair T-Bird in Red Knight livery that it has flown in some air shows ...

777 Go Around

After a 14-hour flight the last thing a flight crew wants to hear is an order to go around but it beats overrunning a plane still on the runway ...

Hurricane Unveiled

Calgary’s Hangar Flight Museum revealed its newly restored Canadian-built Hawker Hurricane last week ...

Punch Dickins Recalled

The latest gesture to remember Punch Dickins’ many contributions to Canadian aviation seems like a good time to recount the history of the Beaver, which Dickins helped design ...

Snowbird 5 Ejection

Local news coverage of the Snowbirds incident in Atlanta last weekend ...
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Recent Incidents

Privately registered Aeroquest Everest Basic Ultra-light aircraft-lost control on landing,
2019-05-27 C-IJAI, a privately registered Aeroquest Everest Basic Ultra-light aircraft, was on a local pleasure flight from Erickson Muni (CKQ6), MB with only the pilot on board. Just prior to the touchdown during the landing ...
Sky Regional – Embraer ERJ 170-200 – Flap Issue
2019-04-20 C-FUJE, an Embraer ERJ 170-200 aircraft operated by Sky Regional Airlines, was conducting flight SKV7675 from Boston/General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl (KBOS), MA to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON. Just before activating the ...
Jazz Aviation – Bombardier DHC-8-400 – loss of cabin pressure
2019-04-19 C-GKUK, a Bombardier DHC-8-400 aircraft operated by Jazz Aviation LP, was conducting flight JZA8909 from Greater Moncton Roméo Leblanc Intl (CYQM), NB to Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl (CYUL), QC with 4 crew members and ...
Perimeter Aviation LP – DHC-8-300 – Oil Leak – Engine Issue
2019-04-04 C-GLKY, a de Havilland DHC-8-300 aircraft operated by Perimeter Aviation LP, was conducting flight PAG663 from Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson Intl (CYWG), MB to Sandy Lake (CZSJ), ON with 3 crew members and 28 passengers ...
Miccar Aerial – B200 Beech King Air – Engine Failure
2019-04-04 C-GGGQ, a B200 Beech King Air aircraft operated by Miccar Aerial (dba Good Spirit Air Service), was conducting flight GT1128 from Prince Albert (Glass Field) (CYPA), SK to Yorkton Muni (CYQV), SK with only ...
United Airlines – A320-200 – Engine Failure
2019-03-23 N492UA, an Airbus 320-200 aircraft operated by United Airlines, was conducting flight UAL1799 from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON to Denver Intl (KDEN), CO with 5 crew members and 71 passengers on board ...
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