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Centreline Elusive

March 20/15-The Jazz Aviation LP (dba Air Canada Express) Bombardier DHC-8-402, C-GGOF, was operating as flight JZA8374 from Ft. McMurray, AB (CYMM) to Calgary, AB (CYYC). During touchdown on Runway 17R, JZA8374 struck the right hand runway […]

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COPA Urges Action on Airport Regs

  The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is asking all Canadian pilots to let Transport Canada know that its Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to aerodrome regulations will “place undue hardship on small aerodrome and […]

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Crash Airplane ‘Came Apart in the Air’

A Piper Lance flown by a Sudbury lawyer disintegrated in midair, likely due to extreme aerodynamic forces, before it crashed in the Northern Ontario wilderness according to a Transportation Safety Board investigator. Leo Arseneau. 64, […]

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RCAF Pilots Blamed for Chinook Crash

Pilots of an RCAF Chinook helicopter were blamed for the loss of their $45 million aircraft in a landing accident that also injured nine soldiers in Afghanistan in May of 2011. “The investigation concluded that […]

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Rescue Pilot Gets Medal of Bravery

Helicopter pilot James Kitchen was awarded the Medal of Bravery by Governor General David Johnston on Monday. Kitchen and his colleague Will Ward were in Iqaluit on March 13, 2011 when they heard that a hunter […]

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Crash Plane May Have Been Misfueled

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating whether a Canadian aircraft that crashed in Spokane, Washington last Sunday, eventually killing the pilot, was misfueled at a local airport. Michael Clements was pulled from the […]

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Floatplane Regs A Year Or Two Away

Transport Canada Director General Martin Eley says his department is committed to making personal flotation devices mandatory for floatplane passengers and crew but finding the right fit isn’t easy. In an interview with the Vancouver […]

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CS300 Ready To Fly

Bombardier says the flight test aircraft of largest CSeries model, the CS300, has been cleared for takeoff by Transport Canada and could have its first test hop as early as Friday (Feb. 27/15). The company had […]

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Super Cub On Ice

A Brampton Flying Club Piper PA-18 aircraft (C-FKDD) was landing on Runway 15 at Brampton (CNC3) when a gust of wind caused the aircraft to drift to the east side of the runway. The pilot applied power […]

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Gear Door Left Behind

Feb 18/15-The Jazz Aviation LP (DBA Air Canada Express) Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (CRJ), C-FDJA, was operating as flight JZA517 from Winnipeg (CYWG) to Edmonton (CYEG). After arrival, the flight crew became aware of the missing left main landing […]

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Buffalo Out of the Running

There will be no made-in-Canada option for the RCAF’s new fixed wing search and rescue aircraft. Viking Air, of Victoria, B.C. has confirmed it has withdrawn from the competition and is no longer offering to […]

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Garmin Sponsors McLeod

Canadian Red Bull racer Pete McLeod has announced he’s now being sponsored by GPS and avionics giant Garmin. The announcement was made on the eve of the first Red Bull race of the season in […]