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Registration is now open for Aireon Alert, a free global tracking system that can provide up-to-the-second position reports of any airline aircraft equipped with 1090mHz ADS-B. Aerion, which is majority owned by Nav Canada, is […]

Crews have recovered the first model of the Avro Arrow from Lake Ontario. The models, which were used to record the flight characteristics of the CF-105 in free flight tests in the 1950s, were propelled […]

Bombardier now builds the largest capacity turboprop airliner after Transport Canada approved a 90-seat interior configuration for the Q400. “With increasing growth in the number of passengers per departure in the turboprop market, we are […]

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 […]