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A combination of factors is being blamed for a reportedly severe pilot shortage in the Canadian airline industry. The COVID-19 pandemic caused many flight schools to scale back or shut down completely, one of the […]

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) recently released its report on the collision between a police-operated drone and a Cessna 172 at Toronto’s Buttonville airport (CYKZ) on August 10, 2021. The 172 with a flight instructor […]

For the twelfth consecutive year, Nova Scotia’s Chorus Aviation-owned Jazz Aviation has been named the top employer in both Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia by Mediacorp Canada Inc. “We’re proud of our long history in […]

Alberta aviation enthusiast Jesse Millington is creating a visual attraction on his property in Vulcan County, some 50 kilometres northeast of High River, having recently relocated a Fokker F28 ‘Fellowship’ to his back yard. It […]

Montreal-born William Shatner, best known for his TV and movie roles as Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise, is today (Jan. 20) being officially recognized as a Living Legend of Aviation, […]

News surfaced in Canadian media this past week that a Rotax engine was discovered in an Iranian-manufactured, Russian-operated drone that crashed in Ukraine last September. Rotax is an Austrian company wholly owned by Quebec-base Bombardier […]

Maritime Launch Services Inc. (MLS), based in Nova Scotia, is aiming to become the first commercial spaceport in Canada. The first launch is planned for 2025, using the Ukraine-designed and manufactured Cyclone-4M rocket, which has […]

As anyone who follows the news even casually knows, there was a total failure of the FAA’s NOTAM system on January 11, which led to a ground-stop for most flights in, to, and from the […]

Speculation is rampant that Airbus is quietly working on a stretched version of the popular Airbus A220-300 aircraft, designed and previously built by Canada’s Bombardier as the CS300, itself a stretched version of the entry […]

A recent study by Nav Canada has resulted in the decision to decommission more navigational aids across Canada. Part of an ongoing program, the current tranche (Phase 9) subject to permanent shut down includes 19 […]

In an unusual development, those trying to file their Annual Airworthiness Information Report (AAIR), previously required from the owners of all Canadian-registered civil aircraft, were greeted with this message on Transport Canada’s website: “PLEASE NOTE […]

The government of Canada announced last week that the RCAF’s fleet of CH-149 Cormorant helicopters will receive a mid-life upgrade, bringing the fleet up to modern standards. Included in the program is the acquisition of […]

There have been 22 reports of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, so far this year, according to Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System, or CADORS. And this system does not include reports by […]

Six CF-118 Hornet fighters returned home earlier this month after a tour of duty patrolling NATO’s eastern European frontiers. The aircraft were based in Romania. Their return to Canada marks the first time the RCAF […]

Sources in the Department of National Defence, who wish to remain anonymous, have said that the DND has received approval to purchase up to 16 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jets for a total of $7 […]