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Vimy Mission Accomplished

Five replica First World War biplanes flew around the Vimy Monument in France on April 9 as part of a huge ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the epic battle. The aircraft, four Nieuport 11s […]

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Bombardier Chairman Cuts Pay

Bombardier’s board of directors has approved cutting Executive Chairman Pierre Beaudoin’s pay by $1.4 million USD to his 2015 rate of $3.8 million USD. The pay cut was requested by Beaudoin after filing documents made […]

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Canadians Flock to SNF

By: Phil Lightstone In typical Florida weather, Sun ’n Fun opened hot and humid, with a broken ceiling at 3800 feet.  With a record of 510 exhibitors, Canadian participation was at an all-time high with […]

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A350 Lands in Vancouver

The first scheduled flight of Airbus’s latest airliner landed in Vancouver earlier this week. Cathay Pacific has launched daily A350-900 service to and from Hong Kong. The aircraft is Airbus’s answer to the Boeing 787 […]

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Juan Jaramillo

Flight Date: 02/25/2017 Flight School: Namao flying school Flight Instructor: Julio Hernandez Comment:My solo was wonderful, my family was there and the tower at CZVL did an awesome job to help me out with this […]

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Maksym Zinakov

Flight Date:07/18/2016 Flight School:Durham Flight Center Flight Instructor: Andy Powers Comment:Congratulations Maksym on your first solo!!

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TC Inspectors Warn About SMS

The chair of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association is calling on the federal government to beef up direct oversight of commercial aviation operations. In an op-ed article in the Ottawa Citizen, Greg McConnell, whose union […]

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Ice Damages Q400 Window

Jazz Aviation says ice was the likely culprit in damaging a window on one of its Bombardier Q400s last week. Passengers aboard the flight from Charlottetown to Montreal were rattled by a loud noise during […]

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Mark Shewen

Flight Date:08/26/2016 Flight School:Future Air Flight Instructor: Jose Comment:Amazing, absolutely amazing, I was in shock when my instructor Jose Goncalves looked at me and said I’m going solo.

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Crash Victim Had No Training

The mentally ill young man who died in a plane crash in Peterborough last week had never taken any flight training and that’s raising multiple questions about airport security and the response by authorities. Mohammad […]