The Future of Aviation
Airline emissions make up more than three per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, slightly less globally. We are more often seeing news articles and headlines about the…
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The Importance Of Being Grounded
The importance of being grounded has recently been highlighted by Transport Canada and the FAA. The latest Feedback for Canadian Aviation Service Difficulty Reports, highlighted the importance of correct assembly of electrical terminals.
What’s Your Poison – Glass Cockpit or Round Dials?
Are glass cockpits for everyone? Traditionalists will maintain that using round dials is essential to excellent stick and rudder skills, but glass cockpits are now a fact of life.
ADS-B What is all the talk about diversity?
Unlike the FAA in the United States, where ADS-B ground stations to cover the majority of their landmass. Nav Canada invested in Aireon, a space-based ADS-B solution to cope with our vast and sometimes inaccessible geography.
Missing NBAA, Oshkosh and Heli-Expo Industry Trade Shows
Is this a concern, a non-event, a mixed blessing?
Digital Autopilot for Twin Otter Aircraft
Digital autopilot for Twin Otter aircraft is here. Final flight testing was completed last month in Calgary, using one of Rocky Mountain Aircraft‘s Twin Otters.
Twin Otter Ingenuity and Adaptability
In these unsettling times, we have found that focusing on ingenuity and adaptability has kept us strong and positive.
Don’t Just Kick the Tires and Clean the Windscreen
The reactivation of aircraft that have been parked for the past three of four months needs to be addressed.
Is Age a Factor in Aircraft Safety?
What keeps an aircraft safe, is its robust safety systems to manage Design, Operation, and Continued Airworthiness.