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Misfueling Eyed In Manitoba Crash

The president of Keystone Air says a misfueling error may have caused the crash of one of the airline’s Piper Navajos last week, in which all eight occupants walked away with minor injuries. Cliff Arit […]

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WestJet Eyes Asia

A day after it made headlines announcing spring flights to London Gatwick, a WestJet executive told investors Wednesday it has its sights set on Asia, too. Candace Li, the company’s interim head of finance, told […]

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Porter Announces Florida Flights

Porter Airlines will stretch the legs of its Q400 aircraft with a weekly flight to an Orlando-area airport that doesn’t normally see much international traffic. The airline will fly from Billy Bishop Airport to Melbourne, about […]

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Wheelchair Pilot Opens Flight School

A 20-year-old  pilot who uses a wheelchair has opened a flight school at Norman Rogers Airport in Kingston. Zach Elliot was paralyzed in a car accident two years ago but in August he took delivery […]

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Flight Diverted To Save Dog

An Air Canada pilot is being praised for interrupting a long-haul flight to make sure a dog survived the trip. The aircraft was part way through its non-stop from Tel Aviv to Toronto when flight […]

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Lane Simonson

Flight Date:09/13/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: J Singh Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Lane.

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David Diaz

Flight Date:09/14/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: J Singh Comment: Congratulations on your first solo David.

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Brent Pajunen

Flight Date:09/12/2015 Flight School: Mitchinson Flying Service Limited Flight Instructor: J Singh Comment: Congratulations on your first solo Brent.

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Mulcair Pledges Aerospace Funding

Aviation doesn’t often come up in election campaigns but NDP leader Thomas Mulcair broke that mold with a major announcement in Montreal on Tuesday. Mulcair pledged to create a $160 million fund to help small […]

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COPA Responds To Aerodrome Regs

The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association sent a 17-page response to Transport Canada’s proposal to allow more public input into aviation-related construction projects. TC’s Notice of Proposed Amendment to the regulations follows the lead of […]

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New Iqualuit Terminal Catches Fire

The bright yellow airport terminal at Iqualuit will be replaced by a modern facility as part of a $300 million airport expansion project by 2017 but the project suffered a setback on Saturday. The contractor […]

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Canadian Company Eyes Drone Delivery

Online shopping site Shop.ca says it has partnered with Drone Delivery Canada to pioneer small package delivery by drone in Canada. There are, of course, some regulatory hoops for the project to get through but […]

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406 Comments Close Sept. 11

There’s a week left to comment on Transport Canada’s latest stab at mandating 406 MHz ELTs in Canadian aircraft. The comment period for the Notice of Proposed Amendment ends Sept. 11 and comments must be […]

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Charles Jobin

Flight Date:08/01/2015 Flight School: Debert Cadet Flying Training Centre Flight Instructor: Mack Purdy Comment:My first solo was amazing. Being up there by myself was so calm and peaceful. It was very easy to concentrate on […]

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RCAF Aurora Heavily Damaged

Military investigators are looking into a runway excursion at CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia that left a CP-140 Aurora heavily damaged. None of the 17 RCAF personnel aboard the aircraft were injured in the mishap, which […]