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Brant News
Local air cadets were flying high during a two-day aviation program at the Brantford Municipal Airport on Tuesday and Wednesday.
About 28 members of the 104 Starfighter Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron aged 12 to 18 had an opportunity to get up close and personal with aircraft and pilots while camping out on the grounds of the airport.
The program was a joint effort of the 104 Starfighter Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, the Brantford Flying Club, the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) and businesses like Brant Aero, Solarship and Gilbert Custom Aircraft that operate at the airport.
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Calgary Herald
After three quarters of a century, a former Calgary-based air cadet finally got to take to the skies in a glider.
After navigating two wars, a 75-year long career in aviation, and adding a helping hand to one of western Canada's biggest aviation innovations, Westjet, 93-year-old Herb Spear finally got to pilot one plane he's been waiting his whole life try.
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Oliver Chronicle
It was pretty easy for diners to notice they were in the company of pilots at the recent "Fly-in" breakfast at British Colubmia's Oliver Municipal Airport.
"It's all about throttle position," one aviator could be heard saying.
"What have ya got for a headset?" asked another.
"Things sure have changed up there since I..."
Volunteers from the airport spent three hours feeding dozens of hungry customers at the annual celebration when local residents are invited to join the broader flying community for a traditional breakfast with pancakes, bacon and eggs.
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Tri-City News
Port Moody Air Cadet Sydney Ko of the 754 Phoenix squadron won the title of top cadet in 31 Platoon in the first intake of the three-week basic drill and ceremonial course at Vernon Cadet Training Centre this summer.
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CBC News
A famous landmark in Gimli, Manitoba, was temporarily taken down.
The town's retired T-33 fighter jet was removed from its mount after one of the plane's fuel tanks was accidentally clipped by a construction vehicle working nearby.
The plane is now sitting in storage while the town figures out how to go about fixing the decades-old aircraft, said Gimli Mayor Randy Woroniuk.
"It's a piece of our aeronautical history here," said Woroniuk.
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County Live
For 20 years, the Prince Edward Flying Club has hosted the COPA (Canadian Owners and Pilots Association) for Kids Program to introduce youth ages eight through 17 to the joys of flight — free of charge.
Enthusiasm for flying is the main reason the PEFC is in existence and the members are hoping to instill the joy into each of the young participants — 20 of them at the event.
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Bloomberg via Financial Post
Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede.
More than 3,300 have signed up to take the test on the first day it's available, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration estimates the number of drone operators-for-hire may exceed the nation's 171,000 private pilots within a year.
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General Aviation News
Ten years ago on Aug. 29, 2006, Steve Fossett set a gliding world record that still stands today.
Flying with former NASA test pilot Einar Enevoldson, the pair hit an absolute altitude of 15,460 m while flying in mountain wave above the Andes in Argentina.
The flight was the successful culmination of the Perlan Project, which had been set up by Fossett and Enevoldson in 1999.
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Air & Space Magazine
The aircraft has always intrigued aviation fans. But after a 2009 National Geographic Channel special aired, touting the Horten Ho 229 V3 flying wing's "stealthy" characteristics and claiming it was stored in "a secret government warehouse," Internet forums went wild.
The "secret" warehouse was simply the National Air and Space Museum's storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. The U.S. Army Air Forces had captured the flying wing prototype — along with hundreds of other German aircraft — near the end of World War II.
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Plane & Pilot
According to author Robert Goyer: It's no secret that Piper recently earned FAA certification for its new M600, the next-generation PA-46 featuring an all-new wing and a more powerful Pratt & Whitney turboprop engine installation. I traveled down to Piper's Vero Beach, Florida, headquarters, situated at busy KVRB on the beautiful Atlantic Coast, to learn more about the new model and to be the first journalist to review it.
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General Aviation News
In a story by Tom Snow on the largest-ever gathering of Spartan Model 7W Executives at AirVenture 2016 to celebrate the type's 80th anniversary, Spartan Executives shine at Oshkosh, there was a photo of a 1940s re-enactor exiting one of the airplanes.
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