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Gear Down Landing Wrecks Icon
One of a handful of Icon A5 aircraft in Canada was destroyed in a landing mishap on Okanagan Lake earlier this week. The aircraft, a U.S.-made Light Sport amphibious design, was landing on the lake […]
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Bombardier Exits Airliner Business
A year ago, Bombardier was the fourth largest airliner manufacturer in the world and earlier this week it ceased to be one. The company announced it had sold its CRJ business to Mitsubishi for $550 […]
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Record Crowds At Bagotville
By Jean-Pierre Bonin A total of 143,409 aviation aficionados attended the Bagotville International Air Show last weekend. There was no admission charged and the caused an unprecedented crush of more than 93,000 on Saturday so […]
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‘Flying Sucks’ Says New Airline
As it continues to announce its imminent launch, ultra low cost carrier Canada Jetlines has unveiled a marketing slogan that doesn’t raise too many expectations of the onboard experience. The Vancouver-based airline, which will charge […]
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Second Off-Airport Landing In A Week
For the second time in a week a training aircraft made an off-airport landing in metro Vancouver. The Cessna 152 with an instructor and student on board landed in a bushy area next to a […]
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Basler Dunked In Northern Ontario
Both North Star Air crew members escaped unharmed when their empty Basler BT-67 ended up in the shallow water of Eabamet Lake near the Eabametoong First Nation early Friday morning. Early reports suggest the turboprop […]
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CL-515 Promotional Video
Viking Air is heavily promoting its proposed CL-515 multipurpose firefighting aircraft at the Paris Air Show and this video outlines the program.
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Air Canada Teams With Drone Company
Drone Delivery Canada is planning extensive services in rural and urban areas of Canada using drones that can carry up to 400 pounds.
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Bombardier, Mitsubishi Talk CRJ
Bombardier is reportedly in talks to hive off the last of its commercial aircraft business. The CRJ program used to be the bread and butter of the company’s aviation division but it’s now losing money […]
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De Havilland Nameplate Returns
The De Havilland name returned to aviation earlier this week as Longview Aviation Capital Corp. formally took ownership of Bombardier’s Dash-8 program and immediately went back to the aircraft’s roots. The current iteration, the Q400, […]
TSB Incidents
Province of Ontario – CL-415 water bomber – Water scoop issue
2019-05-29 C-GOGZ, a Bombardier CL-415 water bomber aircraft operated by the Province of Ontario, was conducting fire suppression operations near Pikangikum (CYPM), ON with 2 pilots on board. While scooping water on a lake, the […]
TSB Incidents
Privately registered Maule M-5-210C aircraft on floats-fuel issue
2019-05-28 C-GORG, a privately registered Maule M-5-210C aircraft on floats, was on a local solo training flight out of Watson Lake, BC. During the return back to Watson Lake, the aircraft ran out of fuel. […]
TSB Incidents
Privately registered Aeroquest Everest Basic Ultra-light aircraft-lost control on landing,
2019-05-27 C-IJAI, a privately registered Aeroquest Everest Basic Ultra-light aircraft, was on a local pleasure flight from Erickson Muni (CKQ6), MB with only the pilot on board. Just prior to the touchdown during the landing […]
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Video-Based Flight Recorder Unveiled
A young Kelowna inventor has come up with an affordable video system that serves as a flight data recorder for light aircraft. Ephraim Nowak, 26, has created a “computer vision system” that records readings from […]