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Pilot Killed On Family Flight
It’s been a tough weekend at the tiny Sechelt-Gibsons Airport on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast. On Friday, the pilot of a Piper Cherokee died in a crash about 1.5 km from the field. There were three […]
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First Female Aurora Pilot Gets Stamp
The 99s Eastern Division has honoured Canada’s first female CP-140 Aurora pilot with a postage stamp. Although female military pilots are commonplace now, Capt. Mary Cameron-Kelly overcame sexism and social pressure and a reluctant military […]
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Airbus Has Big Plans For CSeries
Airbus says it will have order announcements and maybe a name change for its newly-acquired CSeries airliner program when the commercial and military aviation world meets at Farnborough starting July 16. Airbus took a […]
TSB Incidents
Cessna 182 – Crash Near Hope B.C. – Two People Confirmed Dead
2018-06-30 Update: It has now been confirmed that two people are confirmed dead as a result of a plane crash that occurred about 30 kilometers northeast of Hope B.C. Ken Umbach, a geophysicist from Calgary […]
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Flying the Coquihalla
This short video was shot in the same area where searchers are looking for a downed Cessna 182 and shows what they’re up against.
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Hall of Fame Induction
By John Chalmers, Historian, Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Four new Members were inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame at the annual dinner and ceremonies, held this year at the Sunwest Aviation hangar at […]
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CF-18 Demo to U.K.
Canada’s CF-18 demonstration team will cross the Atlantic next week for a series of shows commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. The mission will begin Jul. 3 and will involve midair refueling […]
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Weather Frustrates Searchers (Update)
Update: It has now been confirmed that two people are confirmed dead as a result of a plane crash that occurred about 30 kilometers northeast of Hope B.C. Ken Umbach, a geophysicist from Calgary along […]
TSB Incidents
Piper PA-11 Float Plane – Landing Mishap – Aircraft Sunk
2018-06-18 C-FSMR, a privately registered, float-equipped Piper PA-11 aircraft, was conducting a VFR flight from Vermillion Bay, ON (CKH6) to Big Canyon Lake, ON. Upon landing at Big Canyon Lake, the aircraft’s left float struck […]
TSB Incidents
Aviat Sky Intl A-1C-200 (Husky) – Engine Failure – Ditch in Lake
2018-06-17 C-FJKS, a privately operated Aviat Sky Intl A-1C-200 (Husky) aircraft, was on a local pleasure flight in the vicinity of Joseph Lake, AB. When the aircraft was at 300 feet above the lake, the […]
TSB Incidents
Hy-Ridge Helicopters – Mistaken Load Release
2018-06-15 C-GNIX, an Aerospatiale AS350 B3 aircraft operated by Hy-Ridge Helicopters, was on a VFR flight with a slung load of camp food provisions from Coleman, AB to a field 20 nm to the South […]
TSB Incidents
Maule M-5-210C Float Plane – Landing on glassy water – overturned
2018-06-14 C-GVBI, a privately operated, float equipped Maule M-5-210C aircraft, was landing at Geraldton/Hutchison Lake, ON (CNE6). While on final approach to the glassy water surface, the pilot found the throttle to be stuck when […]
TSB Incidents
Jazz Aviation – Bombardier DHC-8-102 – Nose Gear Issue
2018-06-01 C-GONJ, a Bombardier DHC-8-102 aircraft operated by Jazz Aviation LP, was conducting flight JZA8327 from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl, ON (CYYZ) to Sault Ste. Marie, ON (CYAM) with 3 crew members and 33 passengers […]
TSB Incidents
Rans S-6ES Coyote II Ultra-light – Landing Mishap -Flipped
2018-05-13 C-IGOC, a Rans S-6ES Coyote II Advanced Ultra-light aircraft, was inbound to land on Runway 12 at Omemee, ON (CME2). While the aircraft was approaching the threshold of the runway, a sandhill crane encroached […]
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T-33 Flight
In 1956, the T-33 was a frontline aircraft for the RCAF and the discovery of a wing from a T-Bird that crashed in 1956 prompted a search for videos on the venerable aircraft that was […]