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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 […]

Flair Airlines has been cleared to continue its attempt to disrupt the budget airline market in Canada after the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled it’s Canadian enough. The CTA announced last week that Flair’s recent shuffling […]

A well-known face around aviation events in Ontario is stepping onto the world stage as the first non-U.S. president of the Ninety-Nines. Robin Hadfield was recently elected to the post. She’s been active in the […]

On  May 27, YVR marked this year’s Give Hope Wings expedition at co-host Million Air’s hangar on YVR’s south side. Ceremonies included a cedar brushing of the three GHW participating aircraft which were on hand […]

One of Canada’s most important collections of vintage aircraft has opened its state-of-the-art exhibition space in Winnipeg and the reviews are universally excellent. The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada was forced to move out […]

A follow-up search funded by members of a missing pilot’s family found the wreck of his Piper Comanche with his and the body of his friend inside. The wreckage was spotted May 21 about 60 […]

U.S. pilots are starting to realize that Canada will be off limits to most of them when the space-based ADS-B equipage mandate comes into full effect as early as 2026 and their national organization is […]

The CC-295 won’t be flying search and rescue missions until at least 2025 the RCAF has confirmed. The Air Force issued a statement earlier this month saying getting the new platform up and running is […]

The RCAF has reached a final deal with the U.S. and Textron to buy three King Air 350ER surveillance aircraft for a total price of $247 million. The aircraft will be equipped with a suite […]

Relatives, friends, colleagues and military representatives gathered in Courtenay, B.C. on Friday to bid Godspeed to James “Stocky” Edwards, a Second World War fighter ace whose contributions to aviation, his community and his family continued […]

A Canadian aviation legend hung up his headset on a high note with a cross-country flight from B.C. to New Brunswick where he donated his well-known 1947 Ryan Navion to a museum. George Miller, 86, […]

The pilot of a Piper Cherokee 140 that crashed in Ontario in late April, killing all four onboard, had been reported to Transport Canada for allegedly operating an illegal charter service. Abhinav Handa died along […]

Lineups at major airports are testing the patience of flight crews as they endure hours of what is effectively unpaid overtime. Although security delays and the effect on passengers have dominated the news, Customs bottlenecks […]

B.C. pilots will be taking part in an emergency response exercise in Washington State on June 18. The 20 or so pilots will be lending their expertise earned in a volunteer effort to carry supplies […]