Aspiring commercial pilots in the Northwest Territories may be eligible for financial aid to obtain a private pilot licence (PPL) under new funding regulations passed by the Territories’ Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Previously, […]
Mere metres from where the legendary Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was conceived, and subsequently built, over 70 years ago, an aluminum replica of the supersonic interceptor was unveiled on August 27. Design work for the […]
This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during […]
The federal government announced on Monday (Aug. 31) a grant of $11.6 million for runway, taxiway and apron improvements at Wollaston Lake airport (CZWL) in northern Saskatchewan. The existing 3,793’ x 75’ runway consists of […]
Federal transport minister Steven MacKinnon was in Prince Rupert on August 26 to announce over $23 million in grants to several British Columbia regional airports. The funds came from the Airports Capital Assistance Program (ACAP). […]
The Ottawa International Airport authority has implemented a new instrument approach procedure for particular low-visibility situations. Referred to as the Instrument Landing System Special Authorization CAT II (ILS SA CAT II) procedures, Nav Canada says […]
The Antonov An-124 belonging to Russian airline Volga Dnepr Airlines remains at Toronto-Pearson airport over four-and-a-half years on. The giant airplane was initially grounded at the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February […]
Using funds from the Arctic Infrastructure Fund (AIF), the federal government will provide up to $49.5 million to upgrade the existing runway and access road at the Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport. This is in addition […]
This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during […]
The government of Ontario has delivered to first of five Airbus H-125 single-engine helicopters to the Peel Regional Police in Southern Ontario in the first phase of the Joint Air Support Unit, a provincial initiative […]
At a press conference held in front of Cascade Aerospace’s hangar at Abbotsford airport in British Columbia on August 7, Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, announced that 10 surplus RCAF CC-130H Hercules […]
In an announcement made today (May 19) at CFB Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan, Defence Minister David McGuinty confirmed what has been rumoured for weeks – that the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are being grounded at the […]
CANADIAN NORTH PILOTS’ UNION REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA-I), the union representing the pilots of Canadian North, have reached a tentative agreement with the airline’s management. The deal was six months […]
CANADIAN COMPANY WINS CONTRACT TO TRANSITION TO F-16s Top Aces Inc., the Montreal-based private organization whose mission is to train fighter pilots worldwide, announced in March the awarding of a contract to train Argentine air […]
Alberta’s government has announced it has ordered five CL-515 “Super-Scooper” water bombers from De Havilland Canada (DHC). Delivering the announcement on February 17 in the company’s Calgary, Alberta office were Alberta premier Danielle Smith and […]
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