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As we reported in our March 29, 2024 newsletter, the Hawaii Mars, one of only two remaining Martin Mars flying boats, is destined for full retirement at the British Columbia Aviation Museum later this month. […]

University of New Brunswick historian Greg Marquis is searching for witnesses of Canada’s first aircraft hijacking. But first the backstory. It was on September 11, 1968, that Charles Lavern Beasley attempted to hijack an Air […]

The government of Ontario is purchasing five new helicopters to serve with police forces within the province. At least two of the choppers will be Airbus H135s operated by the Ontario Provincial Police and will […]

Once again Canada is experiencing a shortage of 100LL Avgas. We first became aware when Pitt Meadows-based fuel supplier Aero Club of British Columbia sent out a notice to customers and stakeholders on July 18 […]

One of the announcements related to Canada at AirVenture this year was that Tecnam has received Transport Canada approval for the Italian company’s P-Mentor, a two-place trainer that had already received EASA (European) and FAA […]

Once again, the Department of National Defence is talking about getting rid of the RCAF’s fleet of Canadair CT-114 Tutor jets. The aircraft, used by the military’s iconic Snowbirds, are now in their 7th decade, […]

A Noorduyn Norseman bush plane, suspended inside the atrium of Suncor’s office building in downtown Calgary for the last 40 years, is moving out. In fact, it is returning to a home it once knew […]

A glitch in the certification of a new storage tank at an Edmonton refinery has led to a scarcity of avgas across western Canada. Many fuel facilities at airports around B.C.’s Lower Mainland began running […]

A rare occurrence in Canadian skies to be sure, but a mid-air collision did take place this week not far from Alberta’s Villeneuve airport (CZVL), and remarkably no one was killed or even injured. At […]

Joby Aviation has announced the completion of a 523-mile flight with its eVTOL using a combination of batteries and an on-board hydrogen fuel cell. The only emission the aircraft produced during the flight was water […]

Although wildfire activity across Canada is noticeably lighter this year than in recent years, the risk associated with fighting them remains. Last week a Bell 212 helicopter belonging to Great Slave Helicopters crashed near Fort […]

PAL Aerospace pilots have ratified their first collective agreement on Wednesday (July 3), according to a press release issued by their union, the Air Lines Pilot Association, International (ALPA). The three-year contract includes pay hikes, […]

This year’s Canada Day celebration in Ottawa will include a larger than usual display by the Royal Canadian Air Force, not unexpected given this, their 100th anniversary. While the Snowbirds can always be counted on […]

The national charity Hope Air is the recipient of over $170,000 in donations that have been raised by Give Hope Wings (GHW) in three separate flying expeditions across Canada in June of this year, with […]

KF Aerospace founder and current board chairman Barry Lapointe was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada on Thursday (June 27). Originally established in 1970 as Kelowna Flightcraft, the company is now Canada’s […]