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Canada Jetlines took an important hop toward certification with an inspection flight last week. Transport Canada inspectors were aboard the airline’s single A320 for the roundtrip from Kitchener/Waterloo to Moncton, New Brunswick. Assuming they approved […]

The National Research Council is testing a self-flying helicopter but says it will be a while before pilots are no longer needed. The big Bell 412 has been outfitted with an autonomous flight control system […]

KF Aerospace’s Mosquito is now safely tucked in a hangar at the company’s Kelowna headquarters. The aircraft, a former Spartan Air Services high altitude mapping aircraft, was purchased earlier this year but was stored at […]

The good news is that the Snowbirds were back in the air on Thursday but instead of flying to Ottawa for their annual flypast of Parliament Hill, they headed to their home base of Moose […]

The Transportation Safety Board says a failed attempt at a go-around led to the crash of a Mooney M20J that killed two well-known members of the Ninety-Nines last September 16. The aircraft’s owner Susan Begg, […]

A problem with a tool that sets the timing for parachute deployment in the ejection system in the CT-114 Tutor aircraft used by Snowbirds has forced the cancellation of several shows by the team. The […]

Mother nature continued to throw challenges at the GHW 2022 pilots, with an extensive stationary cold front over New Brunswick creating instrument-flight-only conditions throughout the Maritimes. Four aircraft were flying by visual rules only and […]

Mother nature has conspired to give the Give Hope Wings 2022 flight numerous weather challenges as it works its way across Canada from the West Coast. From low clouds along the VFR route east from […]

WestJet hopes to cut 40 tons off its carbon footprint and save $12,000 a month in fuel costs on Boeing 737-700 operations with the installation of drag reduction modifications it will test on one of […]

A missed radio call resulted in a runway incursion involving an Air Canada Embraer 190 and a packed Boeing 777 also operated by Air Canada in 2020 at Pearson Airport. The incursion got some attention […]

One of Canada’s most historic aviation industry sites will be officially de-commissioned with a family-style event on Saturday. De Havilland Canada will say good-bye to its Downsview factory for good. Aircraft have been manufactured there […]

The parking fee for an An-124 grounded at Pearson Airport has topped $100,000 and it will keep climbing at more than $1,000 a day while Russia continues its war against Ukraine. The aircraft, which delivered […]

After months of planning, the expedition got off the ground as planned in Victoria, British Columbia on Monday, June 6 with Canadian Aviator publisher Steve Drinkwater leading the first leg to Kelowna where the rest […]

The Canadian government will protest to China after a couple of fighters buzzed an RCAF CP-140 long range patrol aircraft off the coast of North Korea. The Aurora is part of Canada’s NATO commitment to […]