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De Havilland Expands Manufacturing Capacity
De Havilland Expands Manufacturing Capacity
De Havilland Canada (DHC) announced on Thursday (Feb. 8) that it has acquired the Calgary-based aircraft parts manufacturing assets and ongoing business of Field Aviation Company Inc. This comes on ...
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief
Metropolitan Montreal Airport, until last week known as the Montreal Saint-Hubert Airport (CYHU), has announced funding of $90 million from the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a federal Crown corporation. The loan ...
Helicopter Industry Assn Critical of Current Transport Canada Regulations
Helicopter Industry Assn Critical of Current Transport Canada Regulations
In the wake of a fatal helicopter crash in Northern British Columbia that claimed the lives of two Italian tourists as well as their guide (from New Zealand) and their ...

Featured Videos


Polaris At Work

The A310 fleet is dwindling worldwide but the RCAF makes good use out of its five airframes, including two that are set up for in-flight refuelling ...

Global 5500, 6500 Cockpit

Bombardier’s latest business jets naturally have the latest in cockpit technology. Pretty neat stuff ...

Kelowna To Vancouver From the Cockpit

A young first officer who goes by the name pilotemilie has produced a few popular videos of her journey up the career ladder ...

Learning To Fly The Mars

In 2016, Coulson Air Tankers took its Martin Mars to Airventure in Oshkosh and vintage aircraft collector Kermit Weeks was at the controls. It took him some time to produce ...

737-200 Combi

Airline blogger Sam Chui normally checks out the lie-flat comfort of first class but he recently took a trip on a Nolinor Boeing 737-200 Combi for a milk run through ...

Last of Canada’s ‘Few’ Remembered

John Hart, the last surviving Canadian Battle of Britain pilot died recently at the age of 102. He celebrated his 100th birthday with a flight in a Harvard in 2016 ...
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Recent Incidents

Harbour Air – DHC-3T – Engine Power Issue – Forced Water Landing
2019-02-24 C-GOPP, a float equipped de Havilland DHC-3T aircraft operated by Harbour Air, was conducting sightseeing flight HES305 from Vancouver Harbour (CYHC), BC with 1 crew member and 9 passengers on board. During cruise flight, ...
Porter Airlines – DHC-8-400 – Erratic Propeller Issue
2019-02-07 C-GLQQ, a Bombardier DHC-8-400 aircraft operated by Porter Airlines, was conducting flight POE122 from Newark/Liberty Intl (KEWR), NJ to Toronto/Billy Bishop Toronto City (CYTZ), ON with 4 crew members and 27 passengers on board ...
Thomas Cook Airlines – Airbus 330-200 – Burnt Electrical Odour
2019-02-06 G-TCCF, an Airbus 330-200 aircraft operated by Thomas Cook Airlines, was conducting Condor Airlines flight CFG116 from Frankfurt/Rhein-Main (EDDF), Germany to Cancún Intl (MMUN), Mexico. During cruise flight, liquid was inadvertently spilled onto the ...
Wetaskiwin Air Services – Cessna 172M – Snow Bank Collision
2019-02-06 C-GNKG, a Cessna 172M aircraft operated by Wetaskiwin Air Services, was conducting a local VFR training flight out of Wetaskiwin Regional (CEX3), AB with 2 persons on board. During the flight, the instructor decided ...
Air Transat – Airbus 321-200 – Fire in Luggage
2019-01-12 C-FTXW, an Airbus 321-200 aircraft operated by Air Transat, was conducting flight TSC443 from Cancun Intl (MMUN), Mexico to Vancouver Intl (CYVR), BC with 6 crew members and 139 passengers on board. As ground ...
Blue Sky Air – Piper PA-12 – Snow Drift Collision on Takeoff
2019-01-09 C-GLXJ, a Piper PA-12 aircraft operated by Blue Sky Air, was conducting a flight from Manor, SK to Estevan (Blue Sky) (CBS2), SK with 1 pilot on board. During the takeoff roll from a ...
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