The Long Drive North

The Long Drive North Back when I began my aviation career doing roads trips looking for work was pretty normal amongst new pilots. Two years previous I had spent many…

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Video: Flying from YYC – YVR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXuXTWdCd5Q Cockpit view flying over the Rocky Mountains from Calgary to Vancouver

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New X- Prize “Freedom Flight Prize”

Carbon Footprint Ltd announced a competition similar to the X-Prize that promoted private space travel. The Freedom Flight Prize is a competition to cross the Atlantic Ocean from New York…

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A350 cockpits must have ‘liquid free’ zone after spill incidents

Airbus A350 operators have been ordered to define a “liquid prohibited” zone in the cockpit, after two incidents in which beverage spillages on the centre pedestal led to in-flight shutdown…

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United Airlines Purchases Flight School

United Airlines has signed an agreement to buy Westwind School of Aeronautics, a flight school located in Phoenix, Arizona. According to United, the purchase makes it the only major carrier…

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737 Slides Off Runway In Istanbul

A 737-800 operated by notorious Pegasus Airlines as Flight 2193 slidoff the runway at Turkey’s Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) on Wednesday February 5th. The aircraft crashed down an embankment…

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Tailwind element present before Pegasus 737 overrun break-up

Weather data from Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport indicates rain and a strong tailwind component at the time when a landing Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 overran the runway and broke up.…

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Record 26.4 million passengers at Vancouver International Airport in 2019

News provided by the Daily Hive – link to full story and updates Kenneth Chan|Feb 3 2020 Vancouver International Airport terminal building. (Shutterstock) Vancouver International Airport (YVR) marked yet another record-breaking year…

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De Havilland Canada Team on the Way to Singapore Airshow 2020 to Showcase Product and Service Offerings for Customers in the Asia-Pacific Region

Provided by De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited/CNW TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2020 /CNW/ – De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (De Havilland Canada) is ready to reaffirm its commitment to customers in…

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