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The pilot of the 1930s vintage biplane that crashed shortly after  the Abbotsford Airshow last week has been identified as John Sessions, the founder of the Historic Flight Foundation and an experienced pilot. He and […]

Heavy smoke from forest fires have disrupted airline schedules and virtually ended most general aviation traffic in much of B.C.  Smoke blanketed the interior of B.C. late Friday and many GA airports were reporting visibility […]

The newly-formed Canadian Warbird Operator Conference (CWOC), a not-for-profit organization based in Ontario, aims to fill a void in Canada by organizing a conference in Ottawa from October 18 to 20 that brings together Canadian […]

An associate professor at the University of Waterloo says aviation in Canada faces an “existential crisis” because of the unsustainable absorption of fresh pilot graduates by labour-short airlines. In an opinion piece in MacLeans Magazine, […]

Fuel mismanagement was the cause of a forced landing by a Piper Navajo on a Calgary street earlier this year. The Transportation Safety Board found the pilots neglected to switch from the outboard to inboard […]

Air Georgian is inviting “Canadian aviation industry leaders” to attend its Canadian Pilot Recruitment and Development Workshop sometime in the fall of this year to tackle the pilot shortage. The open letter to other companies […]

With the legalization of marijuana just a couple of months away, Canada’s aviation industry is looking for guidance on how to deal with what pilots, technicians and air traffic controllers might be doing on their […]

Viking Aircraft brought a CL-215 waterbomber to AirVenture 2018 as part of the aggressive marketing campaign to resume production of the CL-415 EAH, the modernized version of the aircraft. The bright yellow amphib attracted a […]

The Webster Trophy finalists for best amateur pilot in Canada have been announced. Representing B.C. is Daniel Shim, of Coquitlam; Alberta, Carolyn Spence; Saskatchewan, Sara Voth, of Saskatoon; Manitoba, Mark Joseph P. Dizon; Western Ontario, […]

One of the major surprises at AirVenture 2018 was the unveiling of a cleverly designed multicopter design that has been quietly under development somewhere in northern Canada for the past seven years.  Blackfly is an […]

A California teen has applied for a Guinness world record as the youngest and least experience person to fly solo but it didn’t happen as fast as he wanted it or before it should have […]

One of two flying B-29 bombers has landed in Canada for an extended tour. Fifi, the Superfortress owned by the Commemorative Air Force has spent the last week at St. Hubert, outside Montreal, giving rides […]

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has stepped in to try to keep an historic aircraft in Ontario. For decades, a retired Lancaster bomber stood on a pedestal near Ontario Place but it was removed and […]

By John Chalmers Historian, Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame On Tuesday, July 9, 2018, western Canada’s first air mail flight of July 9, 1918, was re-enacted with a WestJet flight of a Bombardier Q400 aircraft. […]