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Canadian Hoverboard Takes a Bow

A Montreal inventor has allowed a close-up look at his hoverboard prototype and shown off the growing enterprise that investor funding appears to be creating in an industrial area of the city. Alexandru Duru has […]

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Donovan Noiger

Flight Date:10/17/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flight Centre Flight Instructor: Matt Kirzinger Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Donavan.

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Bombardier Champions CSeries

Bombardier executives told an airline conference Wednesday the company is “100 percent committed” to the CSeries and continuing its aggressive certification program. At the European Regions Airline Association meeting in Berlin, Ross Mitchell, Bombardier’s VP […]

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P&WC Joins Turkish Airliner Program

Pratt and Whitney Canada will develop the engines for Turkey’s first indigenous airline program. The company will start work at its Longeuil, Quebec plant in 2016 to power the TRJet, which is an update of […]

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Dash-8 Crew Reports Drone Encounter

A Provincial Airlines Dash-8 came within about six metres of a drone while on a flight from Deer Lake to Gander, Newfoundland/Labrador on Monday. Transport Canada is investigating the report from the crew. They said […]

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Villeneuve An Honorary Snowbird

A Cold War fighter pilot who helped lay the foundation of Canada’s proud air demonstration team heritage was inducted into the Honourary Snowbird Society last week. Lt. Col. (retired) Fern Villeneuve was the team lead for […]

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Election Derails Crew Rest Changes

New proposed rules to bring crew rest provisions for some of Canada’s airline pilots in line with those of most other countries are on hold pending the outcome of the federal election. Transport Canada has […]

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Quebec Poised to Bail Out Bombardier?

Bombardier’s withering financial problems are leading to speculation that the family control over the company is about to come to an end. Various financial publications are predicting Bombardier will be bailed out of its cash crisis […]

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Pilot Fired For Not Reporting Overrun

The pilot of an Orca Airways Navajo has been dismissed for running off the end of the runway at Tofino Airport and not reporting the incident. According to the CBC, the unidentified pilot warned his […]

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60 Years of Precision Celebrated

George Miller, the former team lead of the Snowbirds and Aviation Hall of Fame member marked his 80th birthday and  60th year of continuous flying on Oct. 6 in a most familiar way. He took […]

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F-35 Becomes Campaign Issue

The re-opening of Canada’s process to buy new fighters for the RCAF became an inevitability rather than a possibility earlier this week with a carefully timed announcement from Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. Trudeau announced he […]

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Summer Papple

Flight Date:09/26/2015 Flight School: Stratford Air Services Flight Instructor: Brian Rouse Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Summer.

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Mark Jacobson

Flight Date:09/24/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: Randy Kerney Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Mark.

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Cole Friesen

Flight Date:09/24/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: Matthew Kirzinger Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Cole.

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Ex-RCAF Starfighter For Sale

A former RCAF CF-104 in flying condition is for sale in Arizona for $1.9 million USD. The owner identifies it as “the nicest and best Starfighter manufactured by Lockheed for Canada” noting it spent some […]