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Citation Brake Fire

Jan. 2/15-The Provincial Aerospace Cessna S550, registration C-FABF, was conducting high speed taxi runs on Runway 29 at St. John’s, NL (CYYT) as part of a post-maintenance burn-in procedure carried out following the replacement of […]

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Tire Comes Apart on Q400

Dec. 31/14-The WestJet Encore de Havilland DHC-8-402, C-FHEN, was operating as WEN3256 from Calgary International Airport (CYYC) to Grande Prairie, AB (CYQU). WEN3256 experienced a #3 tire cap separation on the take-off roll and once […]

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Air Canada Reconsidering Billy Bishop

After fighting tooth and nail for the right to resume service to Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport, Air Canada now says it’s considering leaving. After a couple of court fights Air Canada Express began […]

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UAS Licencing Urged

A Winnipeg man who wants to start a “national” pilot school for unmanned aerial systems operators is asking Transport Canada to licence UAS pilots. Dale George, CEO of Buoyant Aircraft Systems, a company trying to […]

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First Air, FLYHT in Spotlight

First Air earned some world media attention this week after the Toronto Star reported that its fleet of aircraft are equipped with a flight tracking system made by FLYHT, of Calgary. In the three days […]

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Canada Buys Fifth C-17

  Canada has bought another C-17 and increasing the fleet by 25 percent will add exponentially more capability to the RCAF’s transport command. Defense Minister Rob Nicholson made the announcement early Friday at CFB Trenton […]

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I’m A Canadian Aviator Winner Drawn

  by Ken Lin, Social Media Editor Newmarket, Ontario pilot Gaetan Boudreau arrived at Brampton Flying Club Dec. 16 anticipating a “safety briefing” with his flight instructor Madeline Koby. Boudreau, who soloed earlier this year at […]

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Hall of Fame Inductees Named

Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame has selected four new inductees and there’s a military flavour to this year’s crop. The inductees are Arthur Roy Brown, Jim McBride, O.B. Philp and George Miller. Brown was best known for […]

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COPA Announces Psutka’s Retirement

COPA President Kevin Psutka will retire in 2015 and the search is on for his replacement. COPA announced the move on Thursday and noted Psutka’s service. “Kevin’s extraordinary vision and leadership guided COPA through times […]

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Burlington Airpark Hangars Blown Away

The wind storm that blew through southern Ontario on Monday heavily damaged Burlington Airpark but amazingly spared most of the airplanes. The 60-knot winds blew nine hangars up and over the row of hangars immediately […]

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WestJet Flight Attendants Push Back

WestJet flight attendants, who are not unionized, nevertheless have rejected a new deal from the airline and the airline says it will work to resolve the impasse. More than 90 percent of flight attendants voted […]

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TC Service Improvements Coming

Transport Canada is working through service delays and implementing internal measures to try to speed up the various approvals, exemptions and certificates that keep the aviation industry running. In a question-and-answer session at the 80th […]

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Red Light Means…

Nov. 21/14-The privately operated Piper PA-28R-200, C-GGDB, departed the Calgary/Springbank (CYBW) airport on a local sightseeing flight. Not too long after departure, the aircraft’s electrical systems began to fail. Eventually all radio communications were lost […]

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Ice Issues

Nov. 20/24-The crew of C-FAAF (a Transwest Air Piper PA31-350 Chieftan) was planning a flight from Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan to Fond Du Lac. They noted 3 pilot reports that indicated no icing below 4000 ft […]