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COPA
Keep your eyes open for red and white C-172F, C-FSQK. It was stolen from a fellow COPA member on Sept. 16, 2015, in Mascouche (CSK3) Québec. Should you be aware of its whereabouts, please call your local authorities.
COPA
In September during the election campaign COPA sent the Conservative, NDP and Liberal parties three questions concerning general aviation in Canada to find out where they stand on issues threatening our freedom to fly.
The NDP and the Liberals were the only parties who responded by our deadline.
Click "Read More" to read what they had to say.
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Airdrie Echo
Airdrie, Alberta, veteran Jack Hilton, 96, received the French Legion of Honour Medal for his service in the Second World War, Oct. 9.
The special ceremony took place at the Alliance Francaise in downtown Calgary.
A roomful of people came out to witness Hilton, along with two other veterans, receive medals.
"I feel wonderful," said an elated Hilton. "I'm not used to accolades, and I don't deserve all this attention."
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COPA
Take part in COPA's national membership campaign starting April 1, 2015, and you could win a 5-day trip for two to Whitehorse in the Yukon. All you have to do is refer a new or renewing member and for every renewal your name will be entered into a draw for the grand prize.
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The Nugget
It's a rush like no other.
It doesn't take long to understand why pilots say flying is their first love.
The view from hundreds of feet in the air and the adrenaline rush of being in control captures potential pilots at a young age.
And you quickly understand why, once you experience a flight in a glider.
Cadets from 547 Canuck Squadron Air Cadets in North Bay, Ontario, got a taste of the opportunities in the air that are available to them.
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Chatham Daily News
Much of Mac Mazurek's workshop is taken up by a 70 per cent scale Spitfire plane he spent 25 years designing and building.
But the aircraft is worse for wear after the veteran pilot with 45 years experience made a "forced landing" recently in a cornfield less than a kilometre from Ontario's Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport.
The high performance aircraft is the third airplane the 66-year-old Thamesville-area man has built. And, the recent forced landing is the sixth Mazurek has been through — five as a pilot and one as a passenger.
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Toronto Star
Transport Canada has postponed implementing new rules to restrict how long commercial pilots can be on duty as a fierce dogfight plays out over the potential cost of the legislation and its impact on the country’s aviation sector.
Commercial pilots say the changes are long overdue to reflect the latest science, bring Canada up-to-date with international standards and reduce the risks of an accident brought on by fatigue.
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AVweb
According to author Rowe Larson: Every pilot is inspired to fly for different reasons — personal and technical challenge, freedom and new perspectives, civilian or military professional career paths.
But the obstacles that arise between us and that goal are just as varied. Medical problems, family priorities, geographic inconvenience and financial obligations can all get in the way.
The latter is what stopped my prop. In 2007, my wife and I moved to a new city.
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By Mark Huber
 Robert Sumwalt has been a member of the National Transportation Safety Board since 2006. Prior to that, he worked for Piedmont Airlines, US Airways, Air Line Pilots Association and NASA. There are few people who have this guy's chops when it comes to aviation safety. This summer, he delivered the keynote address at the Flight Safety Foundation's annual dinner where he took aim at what he considers the number one cause of aviation accidents: leadership failure.
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BBC News
Ferry flying is a lucrative but high-risk industry. Elite pilots deliver small planes across oceans and continents — distances these aircraft were not designed to fly.
Flying alone across the Atlantic Ocean in a tiny, single-engine plane at low altitudes, sometimes in extreme weather conditions, is not for the faint-hearted. Things can and do go wrong.
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