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Ski Flying Season
Flying on skis is a fun challenge and a few lessons can get you going. FlightChops got a firsthand look.
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Australian F/A-18 Deal Complete
Canada and Australia reached a final agreement on Canada’s purchase of 25 used F/A-18 Hornets in November but news of the formal deal didn’t leak out until last week. The first planes should be added […]
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Enerjet Attracts Investment Weight
A well-financed bid by one of the founders of WestJet could upset the increasingly crowded budget airline market in Canada in 2019. Enerjet, a Calgary charter that has traditionally served the oil patch market, will […]
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A220 Order Book Grows
Bombardier’s big gamble is finally paying off but it’s doing so for Airbus. The CSeries airliner will become the financial success Bombardier always hoped it would be but as the A220. Last week, Airbus announced […]
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Nicholas Jay
Flight Date: 08/20/2018 Flight School: Sea Eagle Aviation Flight Instructor: Paul Tymstra Comment: I had often heard many other pilots say their first solo flight is one of their most memorable moments in life and […]
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Canadian Know-How
When we lost our aircraft carriers, we didn’t lose ship-borne aviation capability thanks to a device known as the bear trap. The winch system could recover a Sea King on a tiny deck in the […]
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January 2019
Overview Training the World – Gatineau Flight School Prospers Prairie P-51 Mustang Roars In Saskatchewan CrossRoads of the World – Newfoundland Aviation Celebrates Heritage A New Finch in the Fleet – Historic Trainer at Home […]
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Sikorsky Tribute to Canadian Sea Kings
The RCAF’s retirement of the Sea King prompted a tribute from none other than Sergei Sikorsky, the son of the inventor of the modern helicopter and Sea King designer Igor Sikorsky. The Sea King has […]
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Small Airport Projects Funded
Transport Canada had some Christmas cash for small airports across the country. Although the money was budgeted months ago, the announcements were nonetheless good news for the individual airports and a good sign that the […]
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West Wind Fixes De-Icing Deficiencies
The airline whose possibly icing-related crash in northern Saskatchewan last year prompted an unusual warning from the Transportation Safety Board says it has vastly improved its de-icing capabilities at the airports it serves. West Wind […]
TSB Incidents
Beaver Air Services – Beech A100 King Air – Smoke in Cockpit
2018-12-08 C-FSKA, a Beech A100 King Air aircraft operated by Beaver Air Services (dba Missinippi Airways), was conducting a flight York Landing (CZAC), MB to Thompson (CYTH), MB with 2 crew members and 2 passengers […]
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SkyWest Airlines – Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (CRJ900) – Gear Warning
2018-12-06 N813SK, a Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (CRJ900) aircraft operated by SkyWest Airlines, was conducting flight SKW4718 from Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson Intl (CYWG), MB to Minneapolis-Saint Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (KMSP), MN. Shortly after the departure from CYWG, the […]
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Air Canada – Embraer 190-100 – Severe Turbulence
2018-12-19 C-FMZU, an Embraer 190-100 aircraft operated by Air Canada, was conducting flight ACA592 from Houston/George Bush Intercontinental (KIAH), TX to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON with 4 crew members and 65 passengers on […]
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Air Transat – Boeing 737-800 – Smoke in Cockpit
2018-12-12 C-GZEH, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by Air Transat, was conducting flight TSC041 from Paris/Orly (LFPO), France to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON with only 2 flight crew members on board. Just before […]
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CF-100 Canuck
Everyone remembers the Avro Arrow but fewer acknowledge its predecessor, the CF-100 Canuck. Almost 700 Canucks were built by Avro and it remains Canada’s only indigenous fighter. Brad Gordanier did a nice job encapsulating its […]