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March 2020
Overview Home at Last – A220 Takes Off In Canada Autistic Pilot – Aviation is carefully Inclusive Chronic Pain – Pilot Friendly Treatments Available Waiting it out – Weather Will Win If you Risk it […]
January 2020
Overview Harbour Air’s Silent Flight – Electric Airlines coming SOON Call of the Bell – Airline Pilot Revisits Rotary Roots Keep Practicing – Winter Flying Offers New Opportunities Fuel; Cap Catastrophy – The Smallest Things […]
De Havilland Sells First Dash 8 400
The De Havilland nameplate is officially back in business thanks to the newly-resurrected company’s first firm order for a Dash 8 400 aircraft. Air Tanzania has ordered a single aircraft configured with 78 seats and […]
Snowbirds Ground Tutors After Ejection
The RCAF Snowbirds have cancelled their last show of the season in Houston while they determine the cause of the loss of a CT-114 aircraft in Atlanta last weekend. Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier, the second line […]
Two Weeks Left To Bid On Manitoba Aircraft
Prospective bidders have just a couple of weeks to submit their offers for what’s left of the Government of Manitoba’s once comprehensive fleet of aircraft. There are about a dozen classified ads for surplus aircraft […]
Obstacle Shuts Down Instrument Approaches at Penticton
Key instrument approaches for Penticton Regional Airport are at least temporarily unavailable after a Transport Canada audit resulted in the threshold of Runway 16 being displaced 470 feet. The audit flagged the ventilation equipment of […]
Fruit Stench Turns Back 767
A shipment of fruit prompted an Air Canada Rouge crew to turn around shortly after taking off from Vancouver for Montreal in September. The consignment of Durian, an Asian fruit known for its aggressively pungent […]
Balloonists Rescued Near Hudson Bay
The emergency rescue team from a remote Northern Ontario diamond mine was called to rescue a couple of balloonists who won their competition but could have lost their lives in the process. Polish pilot Krzysztof […]
Air Canada To Sell Drone Delivery
Air Canada is getting in the drone delivery business but it won’t be flying the aircraft. Air Canada Cargo, instead, will be offering its marketing and sales muscle to the rollout of Drone Delivery Canada. […]
May 2019
Overview Going Commando – Grandfather’s Example Leads to Northern Career Necessary Equipment – How a Chalk Board Helps Ugly Performer – Bristol Freighter A Heavy Hauler Four New Product Reviews and lots more
Pizzas Ease Ramp Delay
Flying anywhere in Canada in winter can be a crap shoot and when circumstances piled up on Halifax-bound passengers last week, their captain made sure they were fed. The unidentified Air Canada skipper bought 23 […]
Air Canada’s Diversity Recognized
Air Canada has been named as one of “Canada’s best diversity employers” for the fourth year in a row by Mediacorp Canada Inc. “We are very proud to be recognized for cultivating diversity and inclusion […]