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Lancaster FM104
A Toronto group is trying to keep a city-owned Lancaster in the city but the city wants to donate it to a Victoria museum. This video encapsulates the aircraft’s history to date.
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Delta CSeries Deliveries This Year
Delta Airlines will start taking delivery of Bombardier CSeries airliners later this year with an eye to putting them in service in early 2019. This will be the first use of the aircraft in revenue […]
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Lanc May Move to B.C. Museum
A Second World War Lancaster bomber currently in storage in southern Ontario could soon be undergoing restoration in Victoria, B.C. over the wishes of a Toronto group that wants to see it remain in […]
TSB Incidents
Flying Club Cessna 172 – Runs off end of Runway
Incident Date: 2018-03-19 C-FRFO, a Cessna 172M aircraft operated by Bancroft Flying Club, was conducting a flight from Brantford, ON (CYFD) to Kirkfield/Balsam Lake, ON (CKD8) with one pilot on board. During the landing at […]
TSB Incidents
Air Canada Boeing 767 – Risk of Collision
Incident Date: 2018-03-27 C-GHLV, a Boeing 767-300 aircraft operated by Air Canada rouge, was conducting flight ROU1981 from México City/Benito Juárez Intl, México (MMMX) to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl, ON (CYYZ) with 8 crew members […]
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Eyes in the Sky
The Ontario Provincial Police was an early adopter of drone technology and is hoping to expand that use.
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Drone Tests Permitted
Transport Canada is allowing testing of drones flying beyond line of sight by first responders to assess the safety of the practice. First responders are among dozens of potential users of the technology who are […]
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Father-Daughter Pilot Team
A father and daughter became the first captain and first officer with that relationship to fly a transcontinental route for Air Canada. Jenni Olafson occupied the right seat of a Boeing 787 commanded by her […]
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ADS-B Mandate for Canada?
AOPA is predicting that Canadian aircraft will require ADS-B out by 2021 as Nav Canada moves to the system for air traffic management. However, the requirements will be different from those in the U.S. in […]
TSB Incidents
First Air – Oil Pressure Issue
Incident Date: 2018-03-24 C-FIQR, a First Air ATR 42-300 aircraft, was flying IFR between Iqaluit, NU (CYFB) and Pond Inlet, NU (CYIO) with 2 crew on board. The crew noted an abnormal oil pressure indication […]
TSB Incidents
Jazz – DHC-8-400 – Flapless Landing
Incident Date: 2018-03-27 C-GJZG, a Bombardier DHC-8-400 aircraft operated by Jazz Aviation LP, was conducting flight JZA8936 from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl, ON (CYYZ) to Greater Moncton/Roméo Leblanc Intl, NB (CYQM). During cruise, the flight […]
TSB Incidents
Air Canada 319-100 – Smoke in Cabin
Incident Date: 2018-03-20 C-GBIP, an Airbus 319-100 aircraft operated by Air Canada, was conducting flight ACA715 from New York/LaGuardia, NY (KLGA) to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl, ON (CYYZ). During the climb after the departure from […]
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Vanderhoof Airshow
The B.C. show punches above its weight for a small community and is looking for financial help to overcome a government funding shortfall.
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Servo Transparency Cited
The Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of a heliskiing helicopter fell victim to a well-known quirk of the Airbus AS 350. All seven occupants walked away from the crash near the base of a […]