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 and stakeholders on July 18 […]

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Mid-Air Collision in Alberta

A rare occurrence in Canadian skies to be sure, but a mid-air collision did take place this week not far from Alberta’s Villeneuve airport (CZVL), and remarkably no one was killed or even injured. At […]

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Helicopter Firefighting Fatality

Although wildfire activity across Canada is noticeably lighter this year than in recent years, the risk associated with fighting them remains. Last week a Bell 212 helicopter belonging to Great Slave Helicopters crashed near Fort […]















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Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
The Reno Air Racing Association has announced the new home of the National Championship Air Races, and it is Roswell, New Mexico. The first races will take place in September ...
Boeing Announces Major Quebec Investment
Boeing Announces Major Quebec Investment
In response to the federal government’s announcement late last year that it will purchase up to 16 P-8A Poseidon multi-mission aircraft, Boeing announced earlier this week that it will invest ...
Canada’s Biggest Airports to Collaborate on H2 Fuel Study
Canada’s Biggest Airports to Collaborate on H2 Fuel Study
Toronto Pearson, Montreal Trudeau and Vancouver International airports announced jointly this week that they will collaborate with Europe’s Airbus SE and ZeroAvia on the use of hydrogen as a fuel ...

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

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 ...
Privately Registered – Cessna 340A – Engine Failure
2019-03-20 C-FUOW, a privately-registered Cessna 340A aircraft, was conducting a flight from Vernon (CYVK), BC to Ponoka Industrial (Labrie Field) (CEH3), AB with 1 pilot and 2 passengers on board. Passing through 16 000 feet ...
Superior Airways – Cessna 208B – Near Miss
2019-03-18 C-FYMK, a Cessna 208B aircraft operated by Superior Airways, was conducting a flight from Red Lake (CYRL), ON to Pikangikum (CYPM), ON with the pilot and one passenger on board. During the initial climb ...
Missinippi Airways – Beech 200 King Air – Engine Issue – Emergency Landing
2019-02-25 C-GOGT, a Beech 200 King Air aircraft operated by Missinippi Airways, was conducting flight MA03 from Thompson (CYTH), MB to Norway House (CYNE), MB with 2 crew members and 1 passenger on board. While ...
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