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incidents

Student Flips 172 At Kelowna

Oct. 4/13-The student pilot of a Cessna 172, C-GHYG, was performing touch and go exercises on runway 16 at Kelowna airport when the aircraft departed the runway about mid-field, and crashed inverted in a ditch […]

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Smoke Evacuates RJ At Pearson

Sept. 28/13-The Jazz Aviation LP Bombardier CL-600-2D15 (JZA8859, C-GLJZ) was on the landing roll on runway 05 at Pearson Airport in Toronto when the crew received a “RIGHT PACK OVERHEAT” caution message. Shortly after, the […]

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News

CSeries Flies

Bombardier flew the first example of the CSeries Sept. 17 and everything seemed to go well. The aircraft departed Mirabel just before 10 a.m. local time and the aircraft was flown to 12,500 feet. Bombardier’s […]

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Trouble on Takeoff

Sept. 1/13-An amateur-built privately registered Pitts S1C, C-GYUM, was on the take-off run on Runway 03 at Yorkton. After the tail became airborne the pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the aircraft departed […]

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310 Runway Overrun

Aug. 28/13-The Cessna 310Q (registration C-GZUV) aeroplane was landing at South Shore Regional Airport (CYAU). The aircraft landed long and fast and departed the end of runway 25 by about 20 feet. The nose gear […]

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Glider Tragedy

Aug. 25/13-The privately operated Pioneer II glider (C-GFJW) was being towed at the London Soaring Club 3 nautical miles W of Embro, ON. The glider began to oscillate laterally shortly after takeoff. The glider released […]

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News

Hirose Webster Winner

Canada’s best amateur pilot for 2013 is Takashi Hirose, an Algonquin College student who flies out of the Ottawa Flying Club. He was one of nine finalists taking part in the Webster Memorial Trophy Competition, […]

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Air Canada Interested in CSeries

Air Canada is considering buying Bombardier CSeries aircraft to replace its aging fleet of short-haul planes. During a ribbon cutting at Air Canada’s new operations centre in Brampton, Ont. Tuesday, Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu […]

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Homebuilt Crash Kills Pilot

Aug. 18/13-The privately operated Kitfox V homebuilt aircraft was carrying out low and over flights on the pilot’s newly constructed airstrip near Barss Corner NS. During the third flight, the aircraft was on a left […]

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industry

FLYHT Gets 767 STC For AFIRS

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (“STC”) for activation of its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (“AFIRS(TM)”) 228 on the Boeing 767 – 200/300 series aircraft from Transport Canada. FLYHT had […]

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Landing Accident at Stanhope

Aug.18/13-The privately operated Cessna 172R (C-GTAZ) was landing on Runway 08 at Stanhope (CND4) after completing a flight from Brampton (CNC3). While aborting the landing after touchdown the aircraft struck a bush at the end […]

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Pitts Damaged in Forced Landing

Aug. 8/13-The privately operated Pitts S1S (C-GEWW) was returning to the Brampton Airport (CNC3) after a local aerobatic flight when the engine began to run roughly before quitting. The pilot performed a forced landing in […]

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Wheels-Up Landing for Amphib

Aug. 17/13-The Superior Airways, Cessna 208 Caravan, C-FYMT was operating on amphibious floats from the runway at CYRL, Red Lake. The aircraft had departed Red Lake and was en route to South Trout Lake. The […]