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The Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC), based at Breslau, Ontario’s Region of Waterloo International Airport, announced earlier this week that it has broken ground on a 3,300-square-foot (307 m2) expansion that will house its new […]

In an announcement posted on Van’s website Friday (Oct. 27), founder and principle designer Dick VanGrunsven cited a serious cash flow situation that will cause shipment delays and the suspension of kit orders, refunds and […]

Lightning struck and severely damaged the tail rotor assembly of a Helijet Sikorsky S-76 helicopter midway between Vancouver and Victoria on Tuesday. The aircraft was cruising in IMC at around 4,000 feet ASL when lightning […]

In a study funded by Canada’s Department of National Defence, a highly regarded British think tank specializing in defence and security matters concludes that Canada’s CF-18 force “is in crisis,” citing low morale, high rates […]

“In a country like Canada, with the natural resources that it has, with the competences in the industry that it has, with the many players of the industry…it would be really bizarre in my view […]

Six cities spread across the western U.S. have submitted reams of supporting documents in their bids to be the new home of the National Championship Air Races (NCAR), previously known as the Reno Air Races. […]

Bombardier made the announcement this past week at the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) annual conference in Las Vegas. “It was like yesterday that we started the deliveries,” said Bombardier CEO Éric Martel on Monday. […]

Northern Ontario’s Sault Ste. Marie airport is to receive $660,000 in funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor), the federal government’s entity used to channel funds for the economic development of […]

Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association (ACADA) honoured four companies with 2023 Industry Excellence Awards. Black Arcs Inc., Duxion Motors, Genoa Design International and IMP Aerospace & Defence were recognized for their respective contributions to […]

Pratt & Whitney Canada, the quasi-independent division of U.S.-based Pratt and Whitney, has recently obtained a type certificate for their new PW127XT-L, a turboprop engine designed for regional airliners. The first type certificate issued to […]

A Piper PA-34-200 Seneca crashed near Chilliwack airport shortly after 2 pm PT Friday afternoon (Oct. 6) killing all of the three people on board. The crash site was about 300 metres south of the […]

The British-based firm AOG Technics has been identified as the source of aircraft engine parts with false certification that have found their way into airliners around the world and now in Canada. WestJet was informed […]

The first of Canada’s new fleet of Airbus CC-330 Husky Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft to be painted in military grey has exited the paint shop – in Malta, a small island nation in the […]

Submitted by Gord McNulty, Vice President, Canadian Aviation Historical Society Family and friends of renowned aviation photographer Eric Dumigan gathered at Tillsonburg Regional Airport on Sept. 23 to celebrate his life as he would have […]

In 1948 the Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers won a gold medal in that year’s Winter Olympics in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. In honour of the RCAF and its upcoming centennial, the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets unveiled […]