Murphy Rebel Flight
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The Murphy Rebel is a popular kit aircraft that will soon be available as a factory build. Owners love its flight characteristics.
Sam Aircraft Finds a Buyer
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Aviation Consumer’s Larry Anglisano, like many other aviation journalists, had positive things to say about the Sam. His video appeared on AVweb.
Buffalo’s History Continues
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Buffalo Airways got its operating certificate back. It celebrated 45 years of service last July with this video.
Winter’s No Deterrent
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We keep flying in Canada and these folks had a blast in the Maritimes last year.
Cadet Flying
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Each year dozens of young air cadets earn pilot licences through a unique scholarship program.
CF-18 Demo
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The RCAF announced its demo pilot and paint scheme for the CF-18 Hornet air show aircraft this week. Here’s a reminder of how cool the show is, particularly the twilight show at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.
Drones and National Parks
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The rules may be restrictive, but there is no shortage of drone videos of Banff National Park on YouTube.
How To Hand-Prop
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It’s not hard and this video gets the safety message across in a light-hearted way.
Bombardier CSeries First Commercial Flight
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Swiss Airlines flew its first promotional passenger flight earlier this week. Airways Magazine shot a cell phone video.
Snowbirds Over Washington
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The team took over airspace over the U.S. Capitol for a short show.
Aerobatics In The Bush
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Tsuniah Lake Lodge in northern B.C. provided a beautiful backdrop to some bush aerobatic flying last summer.
A380 Go-Around
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Sometimes a pilot misjudges a landing but it’s a little more critical on the world’s biggest airliner. After floating for about a quarter of the way down Vancouver’s Runway 8R, the pilots hit the throttles for a second successful attempt.
Typhoon In Action
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The Hawker Typhoon, the brawny relative of the venerable Hurricane, was one of the most underrated aircraft in the Second World War according to some. A Comox group is trying to restore a Typhoon to flying condition.
Landing At Buttonville
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This is something that will be repeated many more times now that Buttonville’s life has been extended.
Old Canso Waterbomber Footage
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Cansos were among the original types converted for firefighting and this video from 1990 shows a typical operation.
Serving the World
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Flying Colours Corp. customizes and refurbishes aircraft from all over the world at its Peterborough headquarters.
Short and Sweet
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The STOL CH 750 lives up to its name as demonstrated by company pilots.
Day In the Life of a CC-130
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The versatile platform has been a mainstay of the RCAF for more than 50 years.
Hawker Hunter Performance
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Here’s a look at what might be on tap for visitors to the Jet Aircraft Museum in London, Ontario after its new Hawker Hunter is operational.
Canadian Constellation Restoration
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A U.S. project has put Lockheed Super Constellations back in the news and Trans Canada Airlines flew them for a time. One of them was converted to a restaurant before being moved to the Museum of Flight for a static display restoration in TCA colours.
Helicopter Escape
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Quebec prosecutors released surveillance video of two prisoners being pulled out of the yard of detention centre in Saint-Jerome, Quebec in 2013.
Women of Aviation Week
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As part of the celebrations, participants took part in an attempt to set a world record for flying paper airplanes.
Northern Air Shows Planned
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Brent Handy could be one of the acts featured in an ambitious tour of northern Canada planned for 2017.
Laser Strike Bust
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Although most people who shine lasers at aircraft get away with it, a fellow in Toronto picked the wrong target last year and this well watched video was the result.
Made for Water
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Twin Otters, like this European Coastal Airlines aircraft, are among the most popular big seaplanes and now Viking is building a pure seaplane version.
All In A Day’s Work
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This is what Chinook crews train for. This took place at Operation Nevus at Eureka, Nunavut in July of 2015.
Seastar Taking Off
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Diamond Aircraft in London, Ontario, will build the airframe of the Dornier Seastar.