The Canadian AeroVolo team led by Todd Reichert that won the elusive $250,000 Sikorsky Prize for human-powered helicopter flight last June has been nominated for the Collier Trophy, one of the most prestigious aviation awards. […]
Former Bearskin Airlines co-owner Harvey Friesen died suddenly while on vacation in Palm Springs, Calif. last Sunday. Harvey Friesen, left with brother and partner Cliff. Friesen also served as president of the Air Transport Association […]
STOL competitions are synonymous with Alaska but at the other end of the world they’re popular, too and a pair of Canadian-designed Zenith advanced ultralights have taken the top two spots in their class. Deane […]
Nominations are now being accepted for the Elsie McGill Northern Lights Award honouring the outstanding contributions of women to Canadian aviation. Nominees are being accepted in six categories: Flight Operations/Maintenance; Government; Business; Education; Pioneer and Rising Star. […]
An RCAF student pilot and his or her instructor ejected from a CT-156 Harvard II training aircraft near CFB Moose Jaw Friday. The aircraft apparently had a landing gear problem and, after an aircraft was […]
A new membership-based private aviation company that uses King Air 350i aircraft will be represented in Canada by Skyservice. Wheels Up was launched last year in the U.S. by Marquis Jet founder Kenny Dichter. Wheels […]
A former Calgary man says he took his aircraft manufacturing business to the U.S. because of indifference by Canadian authorities about his plans. Eric Giles moved his aircraft plant from Alberta to Tennessee. For almost […]
Bombardier has pushed the first delivery date of the CSeries airliner back by several months to sometime in 2015 because it says the aircraft needs more testing. Bombardier’s CSeries airliner took its first flight in […]
COPA President Kevin Psutka says a proposed wording change in Aeronautics Act may fundamentally change the federal government’s role in the approval of airports and give some of that authority to local and provincial jurisdictions. […]
A WestJet flight from Phoenix to Winnipeg made a “rapid descent” and emergency landing in Rapid City South Dakota on Friday night after a pressurization problem aboard the 737. The nature of the problem was […]
One of the more successful kit aircraft companies in the world is looking for a new owner to “take it to the next level.” Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing, of Chilliwack, B.C. has sold more than 2,000 […]
Women of Aviation Week is coming together and is set for the week of March 3-9. Organizer (and Canadian Aviator columnist) Mireille Goyer said at least 10 events on three continents have been announced and […]
Rafale in the Fight RCAF Commander Lieut. Gen. Yvan Blondin got a first-hand look at one of the contenders for Canada’s new fighter when he got a ride in a Dassault RAFALE during a joint […]
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 […]
Air Canada will get the first of 37 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in March but while the aircraft is mainly designed for medium and long-haul routes, passengers on milk runs between Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto will […]
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