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A 1947 Cessna 140 was stolen at Ottawa’s Rockcliffe airport (CYRO) on September 14 but didn’t get far, crashing shortly after takeoff into two other aircraft parked on the ground. The thief has been charged […]

Montreal-based Air Transat is following  Edmonton-based Flair Airlines and Halifax-based Chorus Aviation by creating, in conjunction with Montreal-based CAE Inc., a pilot training program that takes aspiring pilots and prepares them for the right seat […]

Five remarkable achievers in Canadian aviation and aerospace were inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) at a gala event held at Sunwest Aviation’s hangar at Calgary’s international airport. This year marks the 50th […]

Once again, the Canadian prime minister’s aircraft has delayed the international travel plans of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, this time in New Delhi, India. A faulty component led to the grounding of the VIP-configured Airbus […]

While the PM’s Polaris Was Bogged Down, Others Were Left to Roam In another incident that will embarrass the RCAF, a CC-150 Polaris rolled into a French air force A400M while both aircraft were parked […]

A Cessna 172 registered to, and in the livery of, the Turkish Airlines Flight Academy (TAFA) crashed short of the runway in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Sunday (September 5). The only occupant, the pilot, suffered only […]

Reports have been surfacing for months that former air force pilots from several countries have been training pilots from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including from Canada and several of its allies. Earlier this week […]

A hangar dating back to the Second World War is set to be demolished at what is now known as Victoria International Airport. Constructed with concrete pillars and steel trusses that have stood the test […]

Transport Canada announced recently that holders of ‘Canadian Aviation Document Booklets’, referred to many as the aviation blue book, that were valid on April 1, 2023, and have expired or are due to expire soon, […]

The American aircraft manufacturing giant has awarded KF Aerospace with its ‘Supplier of the Year’ award. The category for which it was awarded is Safety and Quality, for which KF Aerospace rated as their top […]

***This article was updated with the official statement from Ingenium, the parent organization of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.*** The Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa is seeking a new home for one […]

The accident, in which an RCAF CH-147F Boeing Chinook helicopter crashed into the Ottawa River during a nighttime training mission, took the lives of the two pilots on the night of June 20 of this […]

With the mass evacuations from Yellowknife and other communities in the face of advancing wildfires, Canada’s major airlines, including Air Canada and WestJet, laid on extra flights, although they were proving insufficient to meet the […]

As the novelty of consumer-class drones wears off and the perceived threat to aircraft is seeming to fade, one negative aspect that continues unabated is their use to transport contraband into prisons. The Collins Bay […]

In one of the more bizarre aviation news events over the past week, a helicopter pilot crash-landed his four-place Robinson R-44 in a British Columbia river on Saturday, August 12 then ran off, leaving his […]