Unionized workers at Bombardier and DeHavilland Canada’s plants at Downsview in Toronto have gone on strike. There are 1,500 members of Unifor at the Bombardier plant, which builds Global series business jets, and 700 at […]
Andrew Carswell, a Second World War veteran who helped make Canadian aviation among the safest in the world died last week in care in Toronto. The 19-year-old Carswell bailed out of his crashing Lancaster over […]
A company that started in Ontario became the first to conduct crewed flights of an eVTOL aircraft this week. Opener Inc. flew its Black Fly aircraft numerous times at EAA AirVenture showing its unique all-terrain […]
Air Canada says it has enough current pilots to get back to normal business now that the federal government has eased border restrictions. On Aug. 9, U.S. travellers with proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 […]
A Justice of the Peace in Brockton, Ontario has ruled in favour of a local pilot whose escalating dispute with local airport officials led to him being effectively banished from the airport. The ruling by […]
The Transportation Safety Board says the combination of poor visibility in snow and gusty winds resulted in a runway incident that caused the nose gear to collapse on a WestJet Encore Q400 in January of […]
Porter Airlines is going Brazilian with a fleet expansion that could include as many as 80 Embraer E195-E2 airliners. Porter, which grew to its current status flying Canadian-built Q400s from its hub at Billy Bishop […]
USA Today’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice Award Contest has picked last fall’s groundbreaking Airshow London Skydrive airshow as the best air show in North America for 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic closing virtually every major […]
De Havilland Aircraft and Pratt and Whitney Canada have partnered to build a test bed hybrid commuter aircraft using a legacy Dash-8-100. The companies announced the partnership this week and it’s unique in the world. […]
An analysis of the performance of uAvionix’s tiny ADS-B OUT transmitter in Canadian airspace confirmed that it meets current international standards* and performs very similar to traditional diversity transponders. The study was performed by Capital […]
Operators of certain Bell 212, 204 and 205 helicopters were ordered to inspect the main rotor hub pin straps on each of those aircraft and change them if they have a specified family of serial […]
What pilot in Canada doesn’t dream of getting a float rating. Some B.C. students give a glimpse of what’s involved and why it’s worth doing.
Bombardier had a good week with a made-in-Canada moment for its flagship Global 7500 and a hefty order for a mix of aircraft to an undisclosed customer. The company, which now builds only business jets, […]
The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada in Winnipeg has announced it will be the new home of a lovingly restored CF-104 Starfighter. The Canadair-built “Widowmaker” will be the centrepiece of the museum’s Military Skies […]
The combination of fatigue, an improperly set throttle and some confusion about the landing conditions the crew of a Sky Lease Boeing 747 faced were cited as contributing factors in a runway overrun that destroyed […]
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