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Viking Air is not ruling out resuming production of the CL-415 amphibious water bomber. In recent interviews, Viking CEO Dave Curtis has said that resuming production remains a possibility and the company is able to […]

Ottawa Aviation Services has announced a deal with Nav Canada to use its training campus at Cornwall, Ontario for a large flight training centre. The Nav Centre used to be where all air traffic controllers […]

Performers at the Wetaskiwin Air Show were scheduled to pay tribute to Calgary air show pilot Bruce Evans during the show which was set to go on Wednesday night. Evans died when his T-28 Trojan […]

Two Air Transat pilots remain in jail in Scotland after they were pulled off the A330 they were scheduled to fly to Toronto on Monday. The pilots were already in the cockpit when police arrived […]

Well known vintage aircraft collector Kermit Weeks will be at the controls of the Martin Mars flying boat on its trip to EAA AirVenture this week. Weeks owns a large collection of aircraft at a […]

Competition for airline passengers just got more intense as New Leaf Travel announced it will allow bidding for unsold seats. The company, which hasn’t flown yet, is teaming with Calgary-based Jump On Flyaways for the […]

Bombardier is hinting a “large European carrier” will be next to order its CSeries airliner. In an interview with the National Post at the Farnborough Air Show Fred Cromer, the head the company’s commercial aircraft […]

A 22-year-old aerial application pilot died last week in an accident in southern Saskatchewan. Colby Becker died when the aircraft he was flying went down near Moosomin. He was apparently spraying at the time and […]

Lockheed Martin is now officially back in the running to supply a replacement for Canada’s CF-18 fighters. Officials of the Fort Worth company took part in a conference call with four other contenders for the […]

Buffalo Airways founder Joe McBryan has added another splash of colour to the Yellowknife aviation scene. The colourful aviation icon recently bought a rare Naval Aircraft Factory N3N. The aircraft was built with conventional gear […]

Local officials in Strathcona County near Edmonton are looking at ways to improve response time after an injured pilot waited more than four hours for rescue after crashing in Cooking Lake. Ed Boychuck had engine […]

An Air Canada Express pilot used his personal credit card to order pizza for famished passengers stuck on the ramp of a Wyoming airport. High winds forced the aircraft, operated by Sky Regional, to divert […]

The consortium of companies promoting the C-27 Spartan as Canada’s next search and rescue aircraft have upped the ante. The company has pledged to build a 72,000 square foot training centre in Comox if its […]

A Beech Musketeer that crash landed on a B.C. glacier last month has been flown back to its home airport under a helicopter. Owner Vern Hannah said he and his partners have a sentimental attachment […]

Paul Armstrong had some interesting choices to make as he prepared to land his Cessna 206 on amphibious floats at Toronto’s Buttonville Airport last Saturday. The experienced floatplane pilot had gear deployed on his right […]