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Canadian Aviator publisher Steve Drinkwater with A.J. Flying Ranch (CAJ7) owner Elizabeth Murphy-Bahlsen. Ms. Murphy-Bahlsen supplied several GHW aircraft with avgas at $1.50/l, then donated $1,000 to Hope Air. Although smoke and poor flying weather […]

A fixture in Labrador aviation has been named to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador to the delight of the thousands of people he’s flown over the past 50 years. Labrador Airways Capt. Lester Powell […]

The pending closure of Okotoks Air Ranch has resulted in a blizzard of legal documents over the demise of a flight school that was based at the private airport. Earlier this year, the owners of […]

Quebec-based OWG, which is a division of Nolinor, is gearing up for the eventual return to normal for the sun destination market with the purchase of its first Boeing 737 NG. The company successfully operated […]

Unifor, the union representing workers at De Havilland Canada are calling on the company to find a new place in the Greater Toronto to build the Q400. De Havilland has already started dismantling the factory […]

Canada could put a dent in the RCAF’s pilot shortage by answering the impassioned pleas of some enterprising Afghan Air Force officers. A total of 12 combat-seasoned pilots and a crew chief packed into a […]

A Cessna 172 was significantly damaged after hitting a police drone while on approach to Buttonville Airport in Toronto on Aug. 10. A CADORS report said the aircraft had an instructor and student on board […]

The fourth Give Hope Wings (GHW) expedition is about the take off. GHW has as its mission the raising of funds for Hope Air, the national charity that assists those in financial need get to […]

The Rockcliffe Flying Club is on the ropes financially and is looking for donations from members and the public to keep operating. The club, a non-profit that operates Rockcliffe Airport on the east side of […]

The RCAF says it’s reconfigured two C-177 Globemasters to ferry people escaping Afghanistan but they’re taking less than half the number of people on each trip than U.S. C-17s out of safety concerns. On the […]

A 34-year-old Leroy, Sask. pilot is facing a charge of dangerous operation of an aircraft after he landed his Robinson R-44 in the business district of Tisdale, Sask. at the end of July. The aircraft […]

The federal government has mandated that all airline workers and passengers be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the new regulations will be in effect by the end of October. The sweeping mandate also includes all government […]

The number of bidders for the RCAF’s new aircrew training program has been narrowed to two with the partnership formed by two of the bidders. Babcock and Leonardo’s Canadian subsidiaries have joined in a united […]

Barry Marsden, a founder and former CEO of the Conair group died July 29. Marsden was universally respected as one of the pioneers of modern aerial firefighting and his impact is felt through the whole […]