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NAV CANADA announces ratification of agreement with CAW Local 2245 - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T18:06:02-08:00

NAV CANADA announces ratification of agreement with CAW Local 2245
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NAV CANADA has announced the successful conclusion of collective bargaining with the Canadian Automobile Workers Local 2245, which represents approximately 725 employees working primarily in Flight Service Stations and Flight Information Centres.

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Air Canada Confirms Business as Usual Following IAMAW Vote - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T15:53:22-08:00

Air Canada Confirms Business as Usual Following IAMAW Vote
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Air Canada confirmed it is business as usual for the airline and that its customers can continue to book Air Canada flights with confidence, following the announcement today of results of a vote by members of the International Association of Machinists ...

Canadians Having Their Say on the Future of Airfare Price Advertising Regulations - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T09:39:02-08:00

Canadians Having Their Say on the Future of Airfare Price Advertising Regulations
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Consumers have five days left to let the Canadian Transportation Agency know what they would like to see in air services price advertising regulations. Since February 13th, the Agency has been hosting an online consultation at airservicesadvertising.ca ...

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Toronto Port Authority Continues to Deliver on Community Commitments - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T09:39:02-08:00

Toronto Port Authority Continues to Deliver on Community Commitments
Aviation.ca (press release)
The Toronto Port Authority (TPA) today announced that it has implemented a key recommendation outlined in the 2010 Jacobs Consultancy Report with the installation of a state-of-the-art aircraft noise barrier at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

Canada briefs United Nations Security Council on mission in Haiti

2012-02-22T09:19:03-08:00

The current Chief of Staff at the headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, recently briefed members of the United Nations Security Council on reconstruction efforts in Haiti after the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010.

GMIAA Reaches Settlement With Employees - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T08:57:02-08:00

GMIAA Reaches Settlement With Employees
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The Greater Moncton International Airport Authority (GMIAA) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached a five-year contract agreement. The settlement follows several months of negotiations. The Union of Canadian Transportation ...

CC-130 Hercules flight safety emergency - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T08:16:38-08:00

CC-130 Hercules flight safety emergency
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Nine Canadian Forces personnel are safe after evacuating from a CC-130 Hercules aircraft that caught fire during take-off while training at the Naval Air Station Key West in the United States Monday. The aircrew successfully conducted an emergency ...

YQB VOTED BEST AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T08:16:38-08:00

YQB VOTED BEST AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA
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For a second year in a row, the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) has been voted Best Airport in North America in the 0-2 million passenger category according to Airport Service Quality (ASQ), a world-wide survey lead by Airports ...

Aveos signs 5-year engine service contract with Snecma (Safran group) - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T08:16:38-08:00

Aveos signs 5-year engine service contract with Snecma (Safran group)
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Aveos announced today that it has signed a 5-year agreement for the repair and overhaul of Snecma's CFM56-5 platform engines and Line Replaceable Units (LRU's), supporting the OEM with its additional capacity. "Aveos has been providing MRO engine ...

Royal Canadian Air Force supports northern disaster response exercise - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-22T08:16:38-08:00

Royal Canadian Air Force supports northern disaster response exercise
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The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) recently deployed its search-and-rescue (SAR) and air mobility capabilities to Northern Ontario in support of a major disaster response exercise. Approximately 50 RCAF personnel are present around Cochrane, ...

CC-130 Hercules flight safety emergency

2012-02-22T06:18:33-08:00

Nine Canadian Forces personnel are safe after evacuating from a CC-130 Hercules aircraft that caught fire during take-off while training at the Naval Air Station Key West in the United States today.

Herc Crew Escapes In-Flight Fire

2012-02-21T20:46:02-08:00

All nine RCAF personnel aboard a C-130 Hercules escaped without injury after an in-flight fire forced an emergency landing at U.S. Navy base.

The crew was taking part in an exercise at NAS Key West when the fire occurred. Cause has not been released.

The pilots made an emergency landing and all on board got out. Crews responded but damage to the aircraft is described as extensive. The aircraft was from 435 Squadron based at 17 Wing in Winnipeg. The aircraft was a tanker providing support for CF-18 fighters from Cold Lake.

Fog on the Flight Deck Led to F-16 Overrun at AirVenture 2011

2012-02-21T15:10:17-08:00

Extreme fogging on the flight deck of an F-16C led to a 300-foot runway over-run that caused $5.4 million in damage to the aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2011, according to an Air Force investigation released today.

Air Canada Confirms Ratification of New Collective Agreement by Flight Dispatchers - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-21T14:31:17-08:00

Air Canada Confirms Ratification of New Collective Agreement by Flight Dispatchers
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Air Canada said today that it has received confirmation from the Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) that the airline's flight dispatchers have ratified a new collective agreement. The agreement has also been approved by the Air Canada ...

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IMP Aerospace wins the Snowbird maintenance services contract - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-21T14:31:17-08:00

IMP Aerospace wins the Snowbird maintenance services contract
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IMP Group Limited, Aerospace Division announced today that it has been awarded a contract to conduct maintenance activities on the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) fleet of 25 CT-114 Tutor aircraft. The CT-114 Tutor is the aircraft flown by Canada's ...

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Black Buffalo

2012-02-21T13:26:02-08:00

February is Black History Month in Canada. What better way to contribute to the collective knowledge of what black Canadians have accomplished in the face of intolerance and repression, than to tell the story of the courageous man who was the first black combat pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. And what a story it is. While most students of aviation history, and indeed North American history, are aware of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and their determined struggle just to be allowed to fly combat missions alongside white combat pilots of the United States Army Air Force, it is almost unknown that one black Canadian officer pilot flew on operations with the RCAF in Europe in an integrated front line squadron. That man was Flying Officer Allan S. Bundy and that squadron was 404 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, “The Buffaloes”, flying the powerfully armed coastal strike fighter, the Bristol Beaufighter and later the de Havilland Mosquito. In searching the web for information about Bundy and his fellow Second World War “negro” airmen, one comes across a number of spurious and apocryphal histories of Canada's pioneer black aviators. More than likely written from a relative's memory of stories oft embellished, they do not bear comparison to the individual's service files, squadron records or even RCAF policies, traditions and processes. The best way in which we can honour these heroic barrier breakers, is to offer the facts as accurately as we can. There exists some definite confusion (oxymoron?) about what “firsts” Bundy should be credited with. Some say he was the first black man in the RCAF, or the first black officer, or the first black combat airman or first black combat pilot. Thanks to dedicated researchers like Jim Bates, Mathias Joost and Terry Higgins, we are certain of a few things though. Bundy was not the first black airman in the RCAF – that honour goes to men like E.V. Watts and Gerald Bell. He was not the first black man to be commissioned in the RCAF either – that accomplishment goes to Pilot Officer Tarrance Freeman of Windsor, a navigator, who was commissioned on July 9th, 1943. Nor was he the first black Canadian combat pilot, as that honour goes to a Canadian in the RAF. He was indeed, we are sure, the first Canadian-born black pilot in the RCAF and his combat record speaks for itself. The RCAF's first black commissioned officer was Pilot Officer Tarrance Freeman, seen here sitting at right, with his bomber crew. Photo courtesy of The Collection of James Allen, Windsor Mosaic, African Canadian Community Pilot Officer Tarrance Freeman (at right), the first black commissioned officer in the RCAF, poses with his Lancaster crew during the war. Photo courtesy of The Collection of James Allen, Windsor Mosaic, African Canadian Community. Sergeant Gerald Bell, was one of a few black Canadians to be accepted into the RCAF before the arrival of Bundy. Photo: McMaster University The man who broke this important colour barrier, Allan Selwyn Bundy, was born in 1920, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia across the harbour from Halifax, where much of Canada's black population resided in the early part of the twentieth century. Bundy's father, William Henry Bundy served with No. 2 Construction Battalion during the First World War, a time when blacks were only allowed to serve in service, transport or manual labour units. Allan Bundy had three siblings; two brothers named Carl and Milton as well as a sister, Lillian. The family had a strong interest in aviation, as, in addition to Allan's service in the RCAF, Carl joined the Air Force in 1943, while youngest brother Milton, too young to serve in the war, was a member of No 18 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Dartmouth. Two photographs of Bundy from his Second World War service. On the left a photo of him in uniform with his new pilot brevet. On the right, a civilian photo of him taken for future need for escape documents. Hiding anonymously in a crowd behind German lines, should he need to evade capture would have been far more difficult for a man of colour in Nazi-held territory. One thing for sure, he was a better dresser than most pilots of the day. Photos via Jim Bates Bundy and his brothers were champion track and field athletes in high school. Also an excellent and hard working student, Allan was awarded an I.O.D.E. (Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire) Scholarship to attend Dalhousie University, where he studied chemistry and continued to excel in sports. A 1943 article in the Toronto Star about him and his new status as Canada's first black military pilot states that he expected to become a doctor, though he goes on to say in the same article that if things go well with flying “I’ll give up the idea of becoming a doctor.” Like many Canadian men during the Second World War, he wanted to serve and fight for his country. However, upon visiting an Air Force recruiting office in Halifax, his white friend “Soupy” Campbell, who had accompanied him, was accepted into the RCAF, while he was rejected without a a satisfactory explanation. Though he felt it as a personal racist initiative by the recruiter, and though the Halifax Recruiting Centre was known to be a place where blacks were turned away if they wished to join the RCAF or other services, it was a more insidious service-wide racist policy of the RCAF at the time to deny blacks service as air crew. Prior to March 31st of 1942, the RCAF had a policy of not allowing visible minorities to enlist as aircrew or even support-related trades for aircraft, such as airframe tech, aero-engine mechanic. They were only allowed to enlist in general duty trades such as cook, driver, clerk or labourer. At his first attempt to enlist, Bundy could have been accepted for General Duty, but was not denied a pilot or air crew spot because the recruiting officer decided he would not accept him, it was because the policy did not allow it. About a year later, Bundy ignored an army conscription notice, which resulted in a visit from an RCMP officer. Bundy related in a 1997 Toronto Star article that, “I told him that I had gone to join the air force in 1939 and if the bullet that kills me is not good enough for the air force, then it is not good enough for the army either - so take me away.” Apparently this was enough for the Mountie, who did not arrest him. Even after the policy change that allowed blacks to enlist as true airmen, some recruiting officers across Canada made it hard for visible minorities to enlist. So when Bundy was finally accepted, it was because the policy had changed and the recruiting officer was doing his job properly. After enlistment, he was put on leave for a couple of weeks as there were no training billets available immediately. In July of 1942, he was assigned to No. 5 Manning Depot in Lachine, Quebec for induction into the RCAF. After Manning Depot, he was assigned to pilot training at No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School at St. Catharines, Ontario where he soloed on the Tiger Moth. From his EFTS, he graduated to training on more powerful Harvards at No. 14 Service Flying Training School at Aylmer, Ontario in the heart of farming country. He received his wings and his commission as a Pilot Officer on September 3rd, 1943. Bundy must have been an excellent student and pilot, for only the top graduates on any course were awarded a commission. Considering the general attitude toward “negroes” in general even in Canada, his skill level must have been exceptional for him to be granted a commission right out of the gate. As a newly winged and commissioned officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, being black and fit, Bundy must have cut a striking figure in a blue uniform on the streets of nearby Toronto. He was then posted to 1 General Reconnaissance School in Summerside for further training. Here, pilots trained for nine weeks and navigators for four weeks in the art of operating long distances over open water and along coastal areas. The first students flew in the twin-engine Avro Anson Mark I, which were gradually replaced by the Mark V. Over 6000 airmen trained at the No. 1 GRS during the war. Upon graduation most were assigned to Coastal Command, which operated nearly every type of aircraft that engaged in anti-submarine warfare. Bundy, like most graduates of 1 GRS, was indeed destined for coastal duties - but in Europe. Following Summerside, he was posted overseas on December 11th 43. "On arrival in Great Britain he reported to 3 Personnel Reception Centre at Bournemouth. From here, was sent to the Advanced Flying Unit (Pilot) and on from there to a Beaufighter Operational Training Unit; most likely 132 OTU given his eventual posting. Equipped with Beauforts and Beaufighters at the time, 132 OTU was tasked with training long range fighter and strike aircrew. In July 1943 it extended its training to complete crews and added torpedo and dive bomber training to its tasking. Viewing records, Mathias Joost states “He appears to have been promoted to Flying Officer on August 5th, 1944, but I cannot say with certainty what month as the record is quite poor”. For Bundy to be promoted at OTU before arriving at his squadron speaks volumes about the man and his abilities, as well as speaking volumes about the man who promoted him. It would appear that strike crews – pilots and navigators – teamed up at the Beaufighter OTU before their final squadron assignment. Upon completing type conversion training and role specialization, Bundy was informed that none of the white navigators wanted to fly with him. This was a problem since the next phase in the syllabus at strike OTUs of the period was to pair up pilots and navigators as complete crews before shipping them off to operational squadrons. That left Bundy with no option but to transfer to a fighter squadron. However, during the pendency of the transfer, Flight Sergeant Elwood “Lefty” Wright agreed to be his navigator. Beaufighters were truly two-man aircraft with the the pilot and navigator acting as a team. Flight Sergeant Elwood Cecil Wright (RCAF service no. R70344) enlisted at Galt, Ontario on April 20th, 1940 and was selected fro training as a wireless operator/airgunner. After gettiing his WAG brevet, he was selected as an instructor in the BCATP until his application for navigator was accepted. He then began training at No. 5 Air Observer School (AOS) in Winnipeg on May 10th, 1943. He was sent overseas on October 29th, 1943, on completion of his training. When he met up with Bundy he was a Flight Sergeant but was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on October 14th, 1944 and subsequently promoted to Flying Officer on on April 14th, 1945. Flying Officer Allan Bundy and Flight Sergeant Elwood Cecil Wright arrived, together with one other crew from their OTU, at 404 Squadron on September 27th 1944. They were declared operationally ready on October 8th and flew their first op on October 15th, against shipping near Kristiansand. On the October 15th op, Bundy and Wright participated with the squadron in the sinking of two enemy ships in Norway. This was the first of either 42 or 43 operations (sources vary) that Bundy and Wright flew as part of 404 Squadron in Beaufighters, and later Mosquitos, from Banff and Dallachy, Scotland. On December 7, 1944 Bundy and Wright, flying Beaufighter NE800 “EE-N”, were part of a strike on Norway which was bounced by 25 German Fw-190 ands Bf-109s. Their Mustang escort was able to deter the attackers, but the strike was aborted, and all members of 404 Squadron returned home, with only one navigator receiving minor wounds. A group photo of 404 Squadron pilots, navigators and personnel pose on a squadron Beaufighter with Pilot Officer Allan Bundy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, sitting on the wing next to the starboard engine nacelle. The last two missions flwon by Bundy in Beaufighters were in fact in the Beaufighter depicted here - EO•V. Photo via Jim Bates A close up from the previous photo shows Bundy sitting proudly on the wing of a 404 Squadron Beaufighter A good look at the Bristol Beaufighter coastal strike fighter. Flying Officer Bundy would go on to fly many successful operations in Beaufighters and Mosquitos from northeastern Scotland, interdicting enemy shipping along the Norwegian coast. For a full narrative on Allan Bundy's excellent yet typical career with 404 Squadron, we will be publishing a story later this week which outlines Bundy's service with 404 Squadron, op by op, from the time he arrived in squadron, through his Beaufighter ops and on into Mosquito ops. This thoroughly chronicled story, written by historian and artist Terry Higgins, demonstrates Bundy's committed service and clearly shows that he was not token of any kind, but rather a fully accepted part of one of Canada's most vaunted squadrons. At the squadron level, courage and professionalism trumped social status, race or religion. Another “visible minority” 404 Squadron member, 90-year old Chinese-Canadian Ed Lee, was part of the ground crew organization at 404 during the period that Bundy was with the squadron. He and Bundy met on the squadron but later, after the war, became friends. By Ed's recollection, he had very few encounters with any "serious" racism once he got on squadron. He had a few on joining up back in Canada similar to Allan Bundy's, but once overseas, "nothing you can't handle with a sense of humour or, barring that, a measure of hawkishness." Terry Higgins recently spoke with Lee about his remembrances of Bundy. Higgins says "Ed recalls that Bundy seemed to do okay on squadron, had no trouble – in fact was welcomed – going to the officers mess"with no aversion to it (which a racist undercurrent might imply). By all appearances he and Wright were a well respected crew; total professionals all the way. From the distant view of a LAC groundcrewman, Ed had no distinct recollection that the pair were close friends (don't forget, they came from OTU together as F/O and NCO), but also none that they were anything but a good professional pairing (the longevity of their being fellow aircrew implies same). Ed relates that if there was something particularly negative there, it would have came out in conversation during his postwar friendship with Bundy.” Higgins, in the process of writing and publishing a book about 404 Squadron, has many friends who saw service with the Buffaloes including electrical technician Grant Mountain. Speaking to Mountain, Higgins tells us that the veteran technician remembers Bundy (who he had little direct contact with) as a "hot dog" (whatever that may mean in the vernacular of the day) and "very quick with the wit." Upon flying his last mission in 1945, Allan Bundy ceased operational flying and returned to Canada to live in Toronto. Bundy returned home in July of 1945 and was released from service on August 17th 1945. Like all of his squadron mates, he did exemplary service, but he also helped to break down notions that blacks were not fit for combat flying operations. Allan Bundy endured a terrible family tragedy in December of 1950, when his father and younger brother Milton were both killed in the famous disastrous Kay's department store fire in Halifax. The obituary in the Halifax Mail Star indicates how much respect the Bundy family enjoyed in the Halifax area: William Henry Bundy, 51, 118 Creighton Street, a disabled veteran of World War I, was a familiar figure in both Halifax and Dartmouth. He was greatly respected for his Christian Principles. He formerly resided at Crichton Ave., and at Cherrybrook, on the outskirts of Dartmouth. Mr. Bundy, with his youngest son, Milton, decided against having supper at home and proceeded downtown to open an account at Kay's. For some years he was fireman for the Department of National Defence, caring for the R.C.E. Stores at Young St. His eldest son, Allan, was an outstanding athlete of the Dartmouth high school and Dalhousie University. Allan became the first negro boy to win a commission in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War Two. Another brother, Carl Bundy, also served in the Air Force. He is survived by one daughter, Lillian, 208 Creighton Street, and two sons, Carl, 208 Creighton Street, and Allen, Toronto, who were well known athletes during their school years at Dartmouth. Allen was the first commissioned officer of his race to serve overseas with the R.C.A.F. in World War II. He is also survived by three sisters, Susie Smith, Preston; Lillian Turner, Halifax, and Lena Grosse, Boston. Milton Bundy, 21, 118 Creighton Street, perished in the fire with his father. For the past few years he had been employed at the Victoria General Hospital. During his schooling at Dartmouth he was respected for his athletic abilities. He was formerly a member of the No. 18 Dartmouth Air Cadet Squadron. A double burial will be held for the Bundys with interment in Camp Hill Cemetery. Rev. W. P. Oliver of the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church will officiate. (From the Halifax Mail Star Newspaper, published Friday, 1 December 1950, page 6.) Allan Bundy would forever look back on his days flying with the “Buffaloes” as did all squadron members - with fondness and a poignant longing for the heady days when they roamed like wolves along the deep-cut coasts of Scotland and Scandanavia. He was quoted in a 1997 Toronto Star article as saying “I go to sleep every night flying a Beaufighter. I take off and I land every night. I was scared to death, but I loved it.” Allan Bundy passed away on December 9, 2001, in Toronto. 404 Squadron and the Banff Strike Wing - a photo album Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. This photo clearly shows why some wags have described the powerful attack fighter as "A fusalage in hot pursuit of two engines.” Four 404 Squadron RCAF Bristol Beaufughters form up nicely while thundering down the coast of Scotland during an operation.This is clearly the same flight as the previous photo of the breaking Beaus. Photo: RCAF The front office of a Beaufighter offered exceptional views forward, but side views were restricted by the massive engines reaching out ahead of the aircraft. The front office of a Beaufighter offered exceptional views forward, but side views were restricted by the massive engines reaching out ahead of the aircraft. This is the cockpit of a later model Beaufighter similar to that Bundy would have flown. A Beaufighter TF.X - a completely redesigned glazing /framing design, radio altimeter scabbed on to the left of the main panel, more comprehensive radio "repeater" controls for pilot along the left sill, R/P and strike camera controls along the right sill, and extra fuel gauges behind the heater duct beside where the pilot's right arm would be. Composite photo by Ed Lee, 404 Squadron veteran Banff-based Beaus strike hard at enemy shipping. This photo was in mid-August 1944 when IIRC the Squadron was based at Strubby. The visible a/c is reportedly EE•M with CO Gatward in the cockpit. He flew this one quite frequently through July and August. An enemy coaster struggle up the coast of Norway while being rakes by fighters of the Banff Strike Wing A phenomenal image that shows just how close attacking Beaufighters get to each other as the converge from all directions on enemy shipping - an image both frightening and chaotic. The airfield, runways and dispersals at RAF Banff in Northern Scotland. More attacks on shipping along the enemy coast. This image is one of a series of strike camera images taken by Beaufighter O/144 during the 24 March Egersund Harbour action on which the Christison and Aljoe crews were lost. Of the four Dallachy Wing squadrons participating that day, the ten a/c of 144 were the last ones into the target. Bundy and the other three surviving 404 aircraft were already on their way back to Dallachy by the time this frame was taken. A 144 Squadron Bristol Beaufighter retracts its gear as it lifts off from its base at Dallachy Scotland between January and March of 1945. DND Photo PL43242 via 404 Squadron website This is likely one of the most famous photos of a Canadian Beaufighter taken during the War. It is likely the Commanding Officer's (W/C Gatward) aircraft and was taken well after D-Day, even though the invasion stripes still adorn the plane. She had an odd history on 404 and was still wearing these markings on 9 March 1945! S/404 in the background would be flown by Bundy much later. The photo is most probably taken at Strubby in mid August '44. Gatward may have flown this a/c once or twice. (PL 41049)

TSB releases report into Engine Power Loss and Autorotation Landing of a ... - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-21T08:38:02-08:00

TSB releases report into Engine Power Loss and Autorotation Landing of a ...
Aviation.ca (press release)
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today released its final investigation report (A10C0214) into the December 2010 engine power loss and autorotation landing of a Forest Helicopters Inc. Eurocopter AS 350 B2 near Pickle Lake, Ontario.

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Discovery Air subsidiary Great Slave Helicopters acquires Northern Air Support - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-21T07:53:02-08:00

Discovery Air subsidiary Great Slave Helicopters acquires Northern Air Support
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Discovery Air subsidiary, Great Slave Helicopters Limited (GSH) announced today that it has expanded into British Columbia with the purchase of its newest subsidiary Northern Air Support (NAS) pending approvals from the regulatory authorities.

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Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW200 Family Surpasses 5 Million Flying Hours - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-20T18:58:31-08:00

Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW200 Family Surpasses 5 Million Flying Hours
Aviation.ca (press release)
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.'s (P&WC) PW200 turboshaft engine fleet recently flew its 5 millionth hour, further confirming the engine series' leadership position in the global light-twin helicopter markets. P&WC is a United Technologies Corp.company.

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First of Two New Series 400 Twin Otters Delivers to Papua New Guinea - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-20T16:53:34-08:00

First of Two New Series 400 Twin Otters Delivers to Papua New Guinea
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The Singapore International Air Show marked the delivery of the first of two new Series 400 Twin Otter aircraft sold to Ok Tedi Development Foundation of Papua, New Guinea. Despite a fleet of legacy Twin Otters operating within the country, ...

Ex Maple Flag 45: The countdown begins - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-20T14:15:03-08:00

Ex Maple Flag 45: The countdown begins
Aviation.ca (press release)
Maple Flag is an international air combat exercise held annually at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta., provides Canadian and international aircrews with realistic training in a simulated air combat environment. The first flying day of the exercise is scheduled ...

Series 400 Twin Otter Sales Expand Internationally - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-20T14:15:02-08:00

Series 400 Twin Otter Sales Expand Internationally
Aviation.ca (press release)
In addition to the prior announcement of delivery to Papua, New Guinea, Tahiti, Turkey, Nigeria, Chile, and Panama have all been added early in 2012 to the growing international list of Twin Otter Series 400 sales, totaling fifteen aircraft amongst the ...

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Chorus Aviation Inc. finishes 2011 with positive results - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-20T13:36:32-08:00

Chorus Aviation Inc. finishes 2011 with positive results
Aviation.ca (press release)
Chorus Aviation Inc. ("Chorus") (TSX: CHR.B CHR.A CHR.DB) today announced its fourth quarter and year end 2011 earnings, with a fourth quarter net income of $22.7 million or $0.18 per share, and adjusted net income1 of $19.6 million or $0.16 per share.

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Bombardier Confirms Ethiopian Airlines as Buyer of Five Q400 NextGen Airliners - Aviation.ca (press release)

2012-02-20T10:54:01-08:00

Bombardier Confirms Ethiopian Airlines as Buyer of Five Q400 NextGen Airliners
Aviation.ca (press release)
Bombardier Aerospace has confirmed that Ethiopian Airlines is the customer that placed the firm order for five Q400 NextGen airliners announced on February 13, 2012. Two of the five aircraft will be operated by Ethiopian Airlines and three by its ...

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Premiers to create national health plan without federal government

2012-02-20T10:03:36-08:00

The premiers will involve groups including the Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Nurses Association. “It's a step in the right direction,” said Dr. John Haggie, president of the Canadian Medical Association. “We're trying to put the patients ...
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