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Conair of Abbotsford, British Columbia announced this week that its six flight training devices (FTDs) have been certified by Transport Canada to Level 4 standards, meaning they can be used to train pilots and the […]

Bearhawk Aircraft has been sold by its founder Mark Goldberg to Virgil Irwin, one of its clients and builders. The missionary pilot plans to base an expanded builder-assist program in Fairview, Oklahoma. Bearhawk offers five […]

  Hynaero, a French company based in Bordeaux, announced this week that it has contracted Montreal-based Altitude Aerospace to assist with the design and engineering of their Fregate-F100 amphibious water bomber, a clean-sheet design that […]

ITTC (International Tactical Training Centre) has been training a pair of Ukrainian Air Force instructors at their London, Ontario-based training centre since last October. The training is done in collaboration of the Ukraine’s Ivan Kozhedub […]

Bell Textron has appointed Chinook Helicopters of Abbotsford, British Columbia as an authorized dealership of its Canadian-manufactured Bell 505 Jet Ranger helicopter. “As a premier rotorcraft and fixed-wing training academy in British Columbia, Canada, Chinook […]

Today (Friday, February 23) marks the 115th anniversary of the first powered heavier-than-air flight in Canada. It took place near Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia in 1909. The aircraft was the Silver Dart, whose project leader […]

Federal defence minister Bill Blair announced on Monday (Feb. 19) that the government will donate over 800 SkyRanger R70 drones to Ukraine to use in its defence against Russian aggression, now in its third year. […]

The president of the Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Association (CATCA) is calling for the release of an audit report issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that reportedly rated Canada’s oversight of aviation safety […]

Mirabel, Quebec-based airline Nolinor has announced that it is reintroducing a Boeing 737-200 to its operating fleet in response to demand in Canada’s northern regions for large aircraft capable of landing on gravel runways. “The […]

A former RCAF pilot who flew Lancaster bombers during the Second World War was presented with the insignia of the Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour on Wednesday (Feb. 7) by France’s ambassador to […]

De Havilland Canada (DHC) announced on Thursday (Feb. 8) that it has acquired the Calgary-based aircraft parts manufacturing assets and ongoing business of Field Aviation Company Inc. This comes on the heels of DHC’s 2023 […]

Metropolitan Montreal Airport, until last week known as the Montreal Saint-Hubert Airport (CYHU), has announced funding of $90 million from the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a federal Crown corporation. The loan is to Toronto’s Porter Aviation […]

In the wake of a fatal helicopter crash in Northern British Columbia that claimed the lives of two Italian tourists as well as their guide (from New Zealand) and their pilot (from Kelowna) on January […]

Transport Canada (TC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Amendment to the CARs (NPA 2024-001) that would change the definition of “ultra-light aeroplanes”. According to TC, the proposed change would “increase clarity and improve enforceability,” […]