My Canadian Adventure – Life as a Pilot with the RCMP New release – A Canadian Aviation Autobiography by Colin MacLeod Colin was born on a Canadian Military Base in 1953, a prairie boy. At the ripe old age of 20 years, he began his career with the Edmonton Police Department. Quickly determining that for […] read more
It’s a decent bet that every pilot and owner in Canada will know Aircraft Spruce. It’s almost impossible to fly here and not know a company which has been in the business of supplying pilots, mechanics and builders for over fifty years. At the outset, it’s worth explaining the name “Aircraft Spruce”. In 1965, following […] read more
From the Garmin news release: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 10:55 am CDT Garmin is pleased to announce expanded availability of our comprehensive obstacle database to now include Canada for select Garmin portables and certified avionics. Man-made structures such as towers that are greater than 200 feet AGL are included within this database. Additionally, an obstacle […] read more
Save these dates: October 16-18th: Rotax 4-stroke Series Sept 24, 2015, Midland, ON – Plane-Crafters is a new Builder-Assistance Center dedicated to helping aircraft kit builders with the completion and proper maintenance of their self-built aircraft. The group has a new hangar facility on the Huronia Airport where it offers accelerated “Two-Week-Wonder” programs, introductory kit-building […] read more
Well, it happened again. According to the Calgary Sun, 22 September 2015 – “Drone flies too close to Calgary airport, sparks police investigation“. This not long after a Facebook post from our friends at Georgian Bay Airways stating that a drone was flying too close to their seaplane base – also reported to the police. // […] read more
We love both innovation and all-Canadian content for GA. We also love anything that makes getting into GA easier and appealing to the masses. It’s not hard to understand then that we were pretty excited to find pstarexamapp.com recently. The PSTAR is a Transport Canada written examination which must be passed with a grade of 90% or higher in order […] read more
The journey to Canadian soil has been an interesting one for Fisher Flying Products. Originally founded in Ohio, USA by Michael E. Fisher, the company had a quick ownership change and flourished for 20 years before arriving in Woodbridge, Ontario in 2009 under new ownership. In 2014 Dave Hertner of Dorchester, Ontario (close to the city of London, ON) […] read more
Having a pilots license is a privilege. It is that document which you work hard for and entitles you to take the air and fly the Canadian skies. Your personal pilot license (PPL) guarantees you untold adventure in itself, but it is also a gateway to much more. One of the most popular post types […] read more
Let’s, right off the bat, clear up who Zenair is. Officially named “Zenair Limited“, it is the original Canadian company founded by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz in the seventies that, still today, makes the world-renowned and highly regarded 600/700/800 CH-series of all-metal kit aircraft; Kits for well-known aircraft such as the CH 701 “Sky-Jeep”, the […] read more
FltPlan, you may be aware, is an online flight planning system allowing for route planning, weather and more. The main reason we like this system is because – you guessed it – it’s free. Actually, it’s a bit more than that. There are several systems out there, capable of planning a flight and tracking it […] read more
