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In February we reported that Defence Minister Anita Anand and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne met with Boeing officials in Washington, D.C. to discuss the eventual procurement of P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft to replace the RCAF’s […]

The inaugural Canadian International Air Racing Championships will be held in conjunction with the Red Deer International Airshow on July 29 and 30 at that city’s airport. What the city is billing to be an […]

The last gravel kit-equipped Boeing 737 ended its four-decade-long career in Canada’s North this week with a round-trip flight between its Yellowknife, NWT base and Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Boeing provided an optional kit for the […]

Two RCAF generals joined NORAD commanding officer in marking the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s 65th anniversary at the organization’s base at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. Joining USAF General Glen VanHerck were retired […]

The RCAF’s fleet of Canadair CT-114 Tutor aircraft, used by Canada’s famed Snowbirds air demonstration team, will receive a major avionics upgrade from U.S.-based L3Harris. The work forms part of the federal government’s CT-114 Tutor […]

A sophisticated drone from DJI, known for their line of consumer-oriented drones, is being credited with saving not one, but two lives in the past week in an isolated community near James Bay in Northern […]

After a nearly year-long search, the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association has finally hired a new president and CEO to replace Christine Gervais, who lasted only two years in the job. Former Calgary resident Mark […]

It was just a few weeks before the COVID pandemic descended upon the world that Vancouver’s Harbour Air (HA) revealed its battery-operated de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver to the public during a highly publicized flight that […]

In a surprise announcement on Thursday (April 27), the board of directors of the entity that organizes the annual Webster Memorial Trophy competition has cancelled this year’s competition, citing financial challenges. This year’s competition, which […]

The Search and Rescue (SAR) service of the RCAF is now able to use cellphone signals to geolocate people in distress. This comes after the acquisition of eight ‘Lifeseeker’ units supplied by Spanish company Centum. […]

On Tuesday of this week (Apr. 18), Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced that his department has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that seeks to identify qualified aviation consultants who can advise the department on […]

Bill Blair, the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, announced this week that the federal government will fund the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) to the tune of $558,903 for a three-year project that aims to […]

The federal government’s series of recent announcements of new military equipment purchases, including for the RCAF, is considered by many to be “too little and too late”, but the situation may become even worse as […]

In our newsletter issued on January 6 of this year we reported on what appeared to be a suspension of the requirement to file the Annual Airworthiness Information Report (AAIR) as required by CARs section […]