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WestJet and Disney Pair Up

In early December, WestJet and Walt Disney World unveiled a flying mural for the Orlando theme park that is the foundation of an extended partnership between the two. WestJet and Disney have partnered on vacation […]

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Student Leaves Runway

Nov. 26/13-The student-pilot of the Cessna 152, registration C-GAUB, was in the circuit for touch and go’s on runway 24L at CYHU Montreal/St-Hubert airport. This was the student’s fourth solo flight. Upon touching down on […]

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Stick Shaker Activated

Dec. 1/13-The DHC8-400, registration C-FSRJ, operated by Sky Regional Airlines as flight AC7512 was on final approach runway 24L at Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl airport when the aircraft encountered a significant wind shift which resulted […]

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Hadfield Hits Talk Show Circuit

Retired astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield entertained and informed a Hollywood audience on late-night television Monday as he matched veteran host Conan O’Brien joke for joke and double entendre for double entendre during a refreshingly civilized […]

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Five Dead, Two Survive Metro Crash

A Bearskin Airlines Metroliner (C-FFZN) crashed near the Red Lake, Ontario airport late Sunday. Five people have been confirmed dead and there were two survivors. The flight originated in Sioux Lookout. Kenoraonline.com reported that the […]

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Judge Bans RC Aircraft on B.C. Farmland

What started as a neighbourhood noise complaint has become a B.C. Supreme Court decision that could have far-reaching implications for the fledgling drone industry. Justice Frank Cole effectively ruled in late October that remote control […]

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Pilot Killed in Ultralight Crash

Oct. 10/13-The privately operated Delisle C.A.D.I. advanced ultra-light (C-FSLO) collided with terrain 11 nm NE of Belleville. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured.

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Cracked Nut Found

Transport Canada continuing airworthiness received a service difficulty report from an operator in Thunder Bay, Ontario who found a cracked MS210424 nut in their stock after complying with Civil Aviation Safety Alert CASA 2013-04 and […]

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Engine Smoke Evacuates Dash-8

Oct. 10/13-The Jazz LLP (doing business as Air Canada Express) de Havilland DHC-8-301 (C-GKTA) was operating as flight JZA8486 from Edmonton, AB (CYEG) to Saskatoon, SK (CYXE). Ramp personnel observed smoke coming from the inboard […]