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COPA
General Aviation pilots, COPA Flight 176 Edmonton and COPA go beyond their call of duty to assist!
An effort is being organized in conjunction with the Red Cross to provide relief supplies and fire crew changes, by utilizing Edmonton area general aviation. We are looking for approximately 20 G.A. pilots and airplanes to fly personnel and supplies into the Fort McMurray Fire. Due to conditions this may involve flying as far as Lac La Biche or some other airport. http://www.copaedmonton.ca/ymmrelief.htm
COPA member and pilot in Fort McMurray — (report from The Magnes Group)
Spoke to Johan Bouwer, he was happy to get a call. He said that he's had so many people reach out to him and his family and that it's brought a tear to his eye knowing everyone cares so much. He said he's using his aircraft to fly medical supplies to a spot nearby and that he and his family are safe!
Proving once again, the importance and added value that General Aviation and aerodromes bring to every Canadian community!
http://www.copanational.org/
Pentiction Western News
Having flown from Belgium to Canada, Rotary exchange student Eleonore Wirtz already had plenty of air miles but nothing like she experienced recently.
Scrunching into the passenger seat of Penticton Flying Club member Don Hudgeon's single-engine kit plane, adjusting the headphones and strapped in, she was ready to head off into the wild, very blue yonder.
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Skies
A legendary international organization of women pilots is heading to Ottawa this summer for its annual conference.
The Ninety-Nines Inc., founded in 1929 by 99 women pilots—including aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart as its first president—is hosting its annual conference July 5 to 10 at the Delta Ottawa City Centre hotel.
The conference will feature award presentations, a tradeshow, seminars on topics of interest to members and guests, and the opportunity to visit a vibrant city with scheduled tours.
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Digital Journal
Airbus completed a test flight of a glider set to eventually travel to the edge of space, in a pioneering step into the stratosphere.
The Perlan 2's flight, from an airstrip in the western U.S. state of Nevada, took place two hours after the planned 1:45 start time due to heavy rain.
It lasted just a few minutes — instead of 30 minutes to two hours as scheduled — because the aircraft is considered more efficient in dry weather, according to chief pilot Jim Payne.
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CBC.ca
A blue laser beam was pointed at an Air Canada plane as it passed over Guelph, police say.
Police received a call from the air traffic control centre at Pearson International Airport after Air Canada Flight 372 to Toronto reported seeing a blue laser beam pointed at the aircraft. The plane was at an altitude of 2.1 kilometres at the time and the beam appeared to come from the area around Clair Road East and Gordon Street.
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Victoria Lookout
There's no expectation for air cadets to join the military when they finish the Cadet Program, but for some it's a dream come true.
Captain Ave Pyne, Snowbird 2 and the Training Officer for 431 Squadron, knew he wanted to be a pilot since childhood.
With a father in the Canadian Armed Forces, some of his earliest memories are running through airports gazing at planes on the ramp.
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FLYING Magazine
Specialized flight training has long been part of the typical transition process for pilots moving up to ever-faster and more capable airplanes. A rash of fatal SR22 crashes in 2012, however, forced Cirrus Aircraft to go back to the drawing board and completely rethink its approach to training. Nothing was out of bounds, from the extra emphasis Cirrus decided to place on flying technique to the greater attention to operations that demand special attention, such as engine management, to the way pilots are taught to react to emergencies.
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General Aviation News
The Cessna 150 departed on the local night flight in instrument flight rules conditions with 7 miles visibility and overcast clouds at 300 feet above ground level (agl).
Radar data showed it departed the runway, made one flight around the traffic pattern, and landed six minutes later.
It departed again to the west, did not remain in the traffic pattern, and reached an altitude of 740 feet agl. It made a left turn, which tightened as it descended about 1,900 feet per minute.
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AVweb
Hydrogen fuel cells have long been discussed as a potential power source for vehicles, including aircraft, and researchers at the German aerospace center, the DLR, believe that technical barriers can be overcome in the near term to make hydrogen a practical fuel source. Speaking at the first annual Sustainable Aviation Foundation symposium in Redwood City, California, the DLR's Josef Kallo told attendees that research on practical hydrogen cells is much further along than many people realize.
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