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It’s not every day someone witnesses a plane crash but Linda Aboulian sprang into action when a Cessna 185 on floats flipped on the river in front of her house. Aboulian, a candidate in a […]

An RCAF accident report says the pilots of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter didn’t know the aircraft would fight back when they briefly overrode the flight director on a training flight over the Mediterranean on April […]

The Abbotsford International Airshow was added to the short list of shows scheduled for this year in Canada. Like the London Airshow, which pioneered the concept in 2020, patrons will watch the show from their […]

Dave Curtis, who took a maintenance shop specializing in Beavers and Otters to one of Canada’s largest aircraft manufacturers is retiring as chairman of Longview Aviation Capital, the company that Viking Air grew into. “Dave […]

A Cougar helicopter crew became the latest in the long list of all-female flights earlier this month but theirs may have been the most rare. While the cockpit demographics in the airlines and most other […]

Horizon Aircraft, a Canadian eVTOL developer, has been acquired by Dallas-based Astro Aerospace. Horizon created the Cavorite X5, a hybrid electric aircraft that the company claims will cruise at 300 knots with a range of […]

Air Canada is recalling 2,600 employees as it responds to a surge in air travel demand buoyed by the increasing level of vaccination against COVID-19 by Canadians. The company also received $5.9 billion in loans […]

The private owners of Okotoks Air Ranch in southern Alberta have told tenants that the facility will be closed to fixed wing operations later this year. Okotoks Today is reporting that the owners got tired […]

Nav Canada has announced that “surplus notices” issued to 41 air traffic controllers at area control centres in Gander, Moncton, Montreal and Edmonton have been cancelled. A few weeks ago the company announced that it […]

Hope Air, Canada’s only national charity providing free travel and accommodations to those in financial need who need to obtain medical services far from home, named Spirit of Hope award recipients at their virtually annual […]

One of Canada’s most celebrated aviators has a big birthday coming up and his hometown of Comox, B.C. is rolling out the red carpet, in a COVID-safe way, of course. Stocky Edwards a Second World […]

Transport Canada says it is working on a fix for a maze of confusing regulations that was cited in a runway excursion in Nunavut last year but the Transportation Safety Board wants it to hurry […]

The first long-haul flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made in France landed at Montreal-Trudeau airport on Wednesday, May 18. Air France’s flight AF342 left Paris-Charles de Gaulle with SAF made in France by that […]