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Twin Otter Stranded On Ice
RCAF engineers are on the ice north of Inuvik preparing a 440 Squadron Twin Otter to be rescued by a heavy lift helicopter. One of the squadron’s four ski-equipped Twin Otters suffered nose gear damage […]
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Museum Raising Saskatchewan Wreck
The Saskatchewan Aviation Museum plans to raise a Saskatchewan Government Airways Cessna 180 that went down in Peter Pond Lake in August of 1959, killing pilot Ray Gran and Conservation Officer Harold Thompson. The two […]
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Cirrus On A Dashcam
Dashcam video normally captures vehicle mishaps but when a Cirrus crosses the road, it makes for a spectacular video. The accident occurred at Buttonville and there were no serious injuries.
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Snowbank Damages 747 Engine
A Boeing 747 cargo plane will need engine and cowling repairs after an outboard engine hit a snowbank at Romeo Leblanc Moncton International Airport earlier this week. Damage will likely approach $2 million in the […]
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Cirrus Highway Mishap At Buttonville
A spectacular mishap captured by a vehicle dash cam is highlighting the recent change of operations at Buttonville Airport. A Cirrus SR20 flown by a student and instructor was attempting a touch and go at […]
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Carriers Absorb MAX Grounding
Air Canada and WestJet flight schedules appear to have recovered from the grounding of their Boeing 737 MAX fleets in the wake of the fatal crash in Eithiopia last Sunday. The grounding on Thursday took […]
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Give Hope Wings
Here’s the promo video from the 2018 Give Hope Wings fundraiser and Dave McElroy and two other pilots are heading to the other extreme of the Americas to accomplish much the same thing this summer.
TSB Incidents
Missinippi Airways – Beech 200 King Air – Engine Issue – Emergency Landing
2019-02-25 C-GOGT, a Beech 200 King Air aircraft operated by Missinippi Airways, was conducting flight MA03 from Thompson (CYTH), MB to Norway House (CYNE), MB with 2 crew members and 1 passenger on board. While […]
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Harbour Air – DHC-3T – Engine Power Issue – Forced Water Landing
2019-02-24 C-GOPP, a float equipped de Havilland DHC-3T aircraft operated by Harbour Air, was conducting sightseeing flight HES305 from Vancouver Harbour (CYHC), BC with 1 crew member and 9 passengers on board. During cruise flight, […]
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206 Door Issue
The Cessna 206 is a workhorse bush plane but it has a design issue with its rear cargo doors that the Transportation Safety Board has flagged in its investigation of a fatal crash last year […]
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Aussie Hornet Cost Difference Explained
An apparent disconnect between the accountants at the Department of National Defence and the Parliamentary Budget Office has resulted in a disparity in the cost estimates for DND’s recent purchase of used F-18 Hornets from […]
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Close Call With Pearson Snowplows
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a runway incursion at Pearson International Airport that led to an aborted takeoff by a regional jet in late January. The Sky Regional Airways E170 was on its takeoff […]
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206 Door Design Flagged By Fatalities
The Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety advisory on a long established design issue with Cessna 206 aircraft that can make emergency escapes difficult. The TSB issued the advisory as part of its investigation […]
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Flair Rebrands
Flair Airlines unveiled a new brand strategy last week and also announced cancellation of service on some U.S. routes. It’s buying five Boeing 737-800NG aircraft and painting them like this.
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Flair Rebrands, Drops Some Routes
Flair Airlines has dropped service to Palm Springs, Tampa and Miami because of low demand and trouble with a third-party airline it contracted to handle some of the flights. The fledgling ultra low cost carrier […]