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RCAF Pilots Blamed for Chinook Crash
An RCAF after a dynamic rollover accident in Afghanistan in 2011. Pilots of an RCAF Chinook helicopter were blamed for the loss of their $45 million aircraft in a landing accident that also injured...
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Crash Airplane ‘Came Apart in the Air’
Leo Arseneau’s Piper Turbo Lance. A Piper Lance flown by a Sudbury lawyer disintegrated in midair, likely due to extreme aerodynamic forces, before it crashed in the Northern Ontario wilderness...
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COPA Urges Action on Airport Regs
The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is asking all Canadian pilots to let Transport Canada know that its Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to aerodrome regulations will “place undue hardship...
View ArticleCentreline Elusive
March 20/15-The Jazz Aviation LP (dba Air Canada Express) Bombardier DHC-8-402, C-GGOF, was operating as flight JZA8374 from Ft. McMurray, AB (CYMM) to Calgary, AB (CYYC). During touchdown on Runway...
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Engine Loss On Landing Caused Crash
The loss of an engine on final approach caused the crash of a Bearskin Metroliner. The Transportation Safety Board has concluded that the loss of power in one engine led to the crash of a Bearskin...
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Toronto Wants To Regulate Hobby UAS
Toronto wants to regulate hobby UAS use. Toronto City Council’s executive committee is hoping the city will be able to pick up where Transport Canada has left off in regulating the use of unmanned...
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Class Action Suit In Halifax Crash
A $12 million lawsuit has been launched in the Halifax Air Canada crash. A Nova Scotia law firm has launched a $12 million class action lawsuit on behalf of 133 passengers aboard an Air Canada A320...
View ArticleFloatplane Flips
The Amber Airways Ltd. float equipped Cessna 180B, C-FJOD, was departing Keele Lake, YT to return to Whitehorse, YT. Shortly after lift off, the pilot evaluated the winds coming down the valley towards...
View ArticleCorn Causes Ground Loop
The privately owned Luscombe 8A aircraft (C-FAEU) was landing on a private strip nearPeterborough, ON. After touchdown, the left wing contacted mature corn adjacent to the runway and the aircraft...
View ArticleEight Injured in Manitoba Crash
The Keystone Air Service Piper PA31-350, registration C-FXLO and operating as flight KEE208, departed Thompson, MB (CYTH) on an IFR flight to Winnipeg, MB (CYWG). Shortly after takeoff on Runway 06,...
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CS300 Ready To Fly
Thursday’s planned first flight of the CS300 was postponed due to weather. Bombardier says the flight test aircraft of largest CSeries model, the CS300, has been cleared for takeoff by Transport Canada...
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Floatplane Regs A Year Or Two Away
All on board survived the crash of this Beaver but six of eight drowned. Transport Canada Director General Martin Eley says his department is committed to making personal flotation devices mandatory...
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Crash Plane May Have Been Misfueled
Michael Clements, of Stony Plain, Alberta, died two days after this crash in Spokane. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating whether a Canadian aircraft that crashed in...
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Women of Aviation Week Flies Thousands
Brisk conditions at Lachute. Photo by Jean-Pierre Bonin A beautiful day for flying at Abbotsford, B.C. Mike Leudey photo Thousands of girls and women all over the world (including at least 11 events...
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Rescue Pilot Gets Medal of Bravery
Pilot James Kitchen received Medal of Bravery from Governor General David Johnston. Helicopter pilot James Kitchen was awarded the Medal of Bravery by Governor General David Johnston on Monday. Kitchen...
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McLeod In Top Form
Things continue to look up for Red Bull Race pilot Pete McLeod of London, Ontario. The Red Lake native came second behind American Kirby Chambliss in a race in Budapest last weekend and improved his...
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Global Odyssey Launches
The father-son team of Bob and Steven Dengler are looking to become the first Canadians to circumnavigate the globe in a helicopter. They’re doing it to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, and...
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Duty Rules Criticized
New flight and duty day restrictions being proposed by Transport Canada are being criticized by those on both sides of the contentious issue. TC published its proposed regulations in the Canada...
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Zenair To Build ‘Electric Bush Plane’
Solar Ship and Zenair Ltd announced the agreement to convert the existing Zenair STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) CH750 aircraft into an electric bush plane. This new aircraft will provide extreme...
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Class Action Noise Suit Approved
A group of neighbours living near Montreal’s Pierre Trudeau Airport have been granted class action status for a lawsuit against Montreal’s airport authority, Transport Canada and Nav Canada. The suit,...
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