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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 […]

A paperwork issue closed Kelowna and Penticton Airports in B.C. to airline traffic for more than three days because of a major forest fire raging to the west of the airport. Provincial government officials imposed […]

Viking Air and PAL Aerospace have partnered to create firefighting modifications for the Twin Otter 300 and 400 Series aircraft. The system is expected to be certified in 2022 and the launch customer has already […]

Unionized workers at Bombardier and DeHavilland Canada’s plants at Downsview in Toronto have gone on strike. There are 1,500 members of Unifor at the Bombardier plant, which builds Global series business jets, and 700 at […]

Andrew Carswell, a Second World War veteran who helped make Canadian aviation among the safest in the world died last week in care in Toronto. The 19-year-old Carswell bailed out of his crashing Lancaster over […]

A company that started in Ontario became the first to conduct crewed flights of an eVTOL aircraft this week. Opener Inc. flew its Black Fly aircraft numerous times at EAA AirVenture showing its unique all-terrain […]

Air Canada says it has enough current pilots to get back to normal business now that the federal government has eased border restrictions. On Aug. 9, U.S. travellers with proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 […]