Summit Aviation Group will use an Avro RJ85 to fly staff of the Diavik Diamond Mine between Edmonton and the mine starting later this year. The company is supplying the aircraft in a partnership with […]
Air Canada has suspended its thrice-weekly flights between Toronto and Caracas, Venezuela citing the civil unrest that is gripping the South American country. “Due to ongoing civil unrest in Venezuela, Air Canada can no longer […]
A Sunwing 737 hit severe turbulence over Montana early Sunday Two Sunwing flight attendants were slightly injured and 181 passengers significantly inconvenienced when the Boeing 737 hit “extreme turbulence” east of the Rockies and made […]
A top U.S. Air Force general says he will “fight to the death” to ensure the U.S. Air Force buys enough F-35 fighters but at the same time Gen. Michael Hostage appeared to cast doubt […]
It didn’t take long for the Vietnam Navy’s first Series 400 Twin Otter to see some high profile action. The amphibious version of the new-build Twin Otter was among the first aircraft to search for […]
An Italian design that pushes the envelope for tiny airplanes has been approved by Transport Canada in the advanced ultralight category. Aircite Aviation-Aviasport, based at the increasingly active Lachute Airport in Quebec, has been appointed […]
Bombardier has frozen the wages of about half of its employees, clapped limits on travel and instituted various measures to conserve cash as the delays of a couple of high-profile development projects threaten to eat […]
At events all over the country last week, Canadian women aviators encouraged other women to consider aviation as a pastime or vocation. It was Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, founded and led by Canadian Aviator […]
WestJet Pilot Responds to Sexism The well-chronicled story of the WestJet captain who was told by a passenger to metaphorically take command of a mini-van full of kids came at an ironic time for those […]
Some high-level intervention has ensured the Snowbirds will fly south this summer. Photo by Ken Lin In a news release last week, the RCAF announced the schedules of both the Snowbirds and the CF-18 demo […]
Canadian Red Bull Race pilot Pete McLeod, right, came third in the first race of the season behind Hannes Arch, left, and Paul Bonhomme. Photo by Naim Chidiac Canadian Red Bull race pilot Pete McLeod […]
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Mynarski Memorial Lancaster will cross the pond in August for a formation flight not seen in 50 years. The CWH Lanc was a popular attraction at Wings Over Gatineau last […]
No one will ever know for sure if Marko Misic killed himself and three of his friends by intentionally spinning a Cessna 172 at near gross and close to its aft C of G limit […]
The federal government has taken the first legislative steps to establish the multi-crew pilot’s licence in Canada. Changes to the Aeronautics Act were published in the Canada Gazette on Wednesday and will become law in 60 days. […]
An experienced B.C. hang gliding instructor will go to jail for his role in the death of a young Mexican woman who fell to her death from his tandem aircraft in 2012. Hang gliding instructor […]
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