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De Havilland Canada will go ahead with building a next generation amphibious firefighting aircraft and is calling it the DHC-515 Firefighter. The factory will be located in Calgary and employ about 500 people to start. […]

The 12-year quest for a new RCAF fighter that began with the F-35 predictably ended with the F-35 being chosen to replace the CF-18s that have served since the early 1980s. Earlier this week, the […]

In response to an accident that killed a young student glider pilot and his instructor in 2019, an Alberta MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill that would require most gliders and all tow aircraft […]

After a couple of decades of a seeming transition to a Boeing fleet, Air Canada announced last week that it will acquire as many as 40 Airbus A321neo airliners. The airline said it will buy […]

An Indian airline has ordered five De Havilland Twin Otters and taken an option on five more. flybig will use the aircraft to do what it does best: get into tight places with short and […]

A Vancouver family of five is embarking on the ultimate family vacation by flying their Gippsland GA8 Airvan around the world and then some. Ian Porter, his wife Michelle and their kids Christopher, 14, Samantha, […]

It would appear a full schedule of “normal” airshows will go ahead in Canada this summer with all the usual Canadian and international performers. According to the International Council of Airshows (ICAS), there are at […]

The Transportation Safety Board says a communications breakdown led to the tragic accident that killed a young woman on a lawn tractor at a private airport near Montreal last summer. A Nanchang CJ6 landing on […]

A Russian cargo jet that was contracted by the federal government was impounded by the federal government when it landed in Toronto two weeks ago. The Volga Dnepr An-124 flew a load of COVID tests […]

A busy flight training airport on the outskirts of Montreal is closing on May 22 leaving Laurentide Aviation, a major flight school, without a home. l’Aéroport Les Cèdres is privately owned and is reportedly up […]

The RCAF says it is inspecting Cormorant helicopters at 9 Wing Gander after an accident on Thursday destroyed one of the aircraft and sent four of six crew members to hospital. One was kept overnight […]

WestJet has bought Sunwing and will expand its vacation destination offerings. “The transaction will bring together two distinctly Canadian travel and tourism success stories to deliver new travel options and greater value for travellers in […]

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame is moving to Calgary after 25 years at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin. The Hall’s new home will be at the Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary. Last week 15,000 artifacts […]

A Russian billionaire and his fellow adventurer may still be in Yellowknife after Transport Canada kicked their chartered Falcon 900 out of the country and fined them, the pilots and the owner of the plane […]

A wild conspiracy theory burned up social media in North Bay, Ontario last week thanks to a Dash-8 and a CRJ parked innocently on the ramp outside Voyageur Airways at Jack Garland Airport. Someone posted […]