Canadian Aviator Magazine

Calgary’s airport authority (Calgary Airports) announced on Wednesday (Sep. 9) the breaking of ground for the next phase of their YYC AeroNex project, the Alberta Training Centre of Excellence for Aviation and Aerospace. Occupying a purpose-built facility, it will train pilots and cabin crew. Calgary Airports said in a press release that they will build the centre by 2028.

Ninety years ago, on September 6, 1936, a plane crash-landed in a bog alongside Baleine Road, near Louisbourg in eastern Cape Breton Island. It had taken off from Abingdon, England 20 hours earlier. At the controls was 36-year-old Englishwoman Beryl Markham.

Although her destination was Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, her flight was nevertheless record-se...

This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during the Second World War, these are annual awards given by the Northern Lights Aero Foundation, an organization whose vision is “To be the Premier organizatio...

Aspiring commercial pilots in the Northwest Territories may be eligible for financial aid to obtain a private pilot licence (PPL) under new funding regulations passed by the Territories’ Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Previously, a candidate for a commercial pilot training program, which is eligible for financial aid, had to first obtain PPL at their own exp...

Mere metres from where the legendary Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was conceived, and subsequently built, over 70 years ago, an aluminum replica of the supersonic interceptor was unveiled on August 27.

Design work for the Arrow began in 1953 and the first prototype rolled out of Avro’s factory in 1957. The first test flight was in 1958, and the aircraft’s performance met...