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A Justice of the Peace in Brockton, Ontario has ruled in favour of a local pilot whose escalating dispute with local airport officials led to him being effectively banished from the airport. The ruling by […]

The Transportation Safety Board says the combination of poor visibility in snow and gusty winds resulted in a runway incident that caused the nose gear to collapse on a WestJet Encore Q400 in January of […]

Porter Airlines is going Brazilian with a fleet expansion that could include as many as 80 Embraer E195-E2 airliners. Porter, which grew to its current status flying Canadian-built Q400s from its hub at Billy Bishop […]

USA Today’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice Award Contest has picked last fall’s groundbreaking Airshow London Skydrive airshow as the best air show in North America for 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic closing virtually every major […]

De Havilland Aircraft and Pratt and Whitney Canada have partnered to build a test bed hybrid commuter aircraft using a legacy Dash-8-100. The companies announced the partnership this week and it’s unique in the world. […]

An analysis of the performance of uAvionix’s tiny ADS-B OUT transmitter in Canadian airspace confirmed that it meets current international standards* and performs very similar to traditional diversity transponders. The study was performed by Capital […]

Operators of certain Bell 212, 204 and 205 helicopters were ordered to inspect the main rotor hub pin straps on each of those aircraft and change them if they have a specified family of serial […]

Bombardier had a good week with a made-in-Canada moment for its flagship Global 7500 and a hefty order for a mix of aircraft to an undisclosed customer. The company, which now builds only business jets, […]

The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada in Winnipeg has announced it will be the new home of a lovingly restored CF-104 Starfighter. The Canadair-built “Widowmaker” will be the centrepiece of the museum’s Military Skies […]

The combination of fatigue, an improperly set throttle and some confusion about the landing conditions the crew of a Sky Lease Boeing 747 faced were cited as contributing factors in a runway overrun that destroyed […]

The District of Sechelt led British Columbia in obtaining provincial government funding to improve its airport infrastructure. The $1,348,108 grant, when combined with a provincial grant from the year before, allowed for the repaving of, […]

Once again, a group of intrepid pilots led by Give Hope Wings founder Dave McElroy have gotten together to plan another cross-country expedition to raise funds for Hope Air, the national charity that raises funds […]

It’s not every day someone witnesses a plane crash but Linda Aboulian sprang into action when a Cessna 185 on floats flipped on the river in front of her house. Aboulian, a candidate in a […]

An RCAF accident report says the pilots of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter didn’t know the aircraft would fight back when they briefly overrode the flight director on a training flight over the Mediterranean on April […]