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CBC.ca
Officials at the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, airport said a flight from Halifax landed safely despite coming in with a flat tire.
Charlottetown Airport Authority CEO Doug Newson said emergency crews were ready for a worst-case scenario, but the landing went off without a hitch.
"City of Charlottetown fire department, Charlottetown Police Services, EMS did respond," said Newson. "Fortunately the plane did land safely without incident on the runaway, and even by the time they arrived the plane had already landed safely."
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Brandon Sun (Subscription)
Plans for the 75th anniversary celebration of Brandon, Manitoba's 82 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron have sparked the interest of Brandon resident, Ron Finley, who is an alumnus of the squadron from 1945.
Upon reading about the celebration in the Brandon Sun earlier this fall, Finley contacted the journalist to share his memories of his graduation day 72 years ago when he, and his fellow air cadets, acquired their gliding licenses.
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AVweb
Every year structural icing claims a small but steady number of airplanes. Many of the accidents are on approach in clear air — after the airplane has already collected a load of ice. We look at them afterward and wonder — the airplane had been doing fine — why did it crash well after it escaped from icing conditions?
Full-scale airframe ice flight testing and our ability to reconstruct icing-related accidents have gotten more sophisticated.
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General Aviation News
Officials at Bearhawk Aircraft report the first flights of two Bearhawk Light-Sport Aircraft built by customers from Quick-Build kits.
Owner/builders Bruce McElhoe of California and Bob Way of Alabama completed, certified and flew their Bearhawk LSAs, the first two completions, in November 2016.
The Bearhawk LSA was designed, built and tested by Bob Barrows, maker of the original Bearhawk four-place aircraft.
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Hamilton Spectator
Never climb into an airplane cockpit in winter without your best military-grade arctic boots, rated to minus 51 degrees Celsius. Green, cocky pilots fresh from the lower 48 states tend to forget that rule just once. Knowing when not to climb aboard the plane at all is harder and comes only with deeper experience.
"If my gut tells me this is not good, we don't go," said Matt Anderson, 55, who has spent more than 25 years flying small planes across Alaska's wild, empty and hazardous landscapes.
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FLYING Magazine
After a fitful production start for the A5 light-sport aircraft, Icon Aircraft has regrouped. The company has built a composite factory in Mexico to "improve and control the manufacturing process while simultaneously reducing cost," says Icon's founder and CEO, Kirk Hawkins. While the new Tijuana-based composite shop is getting up and running, Icon has opened two training facilities for its A5 amphibian — one at its headquarters in Vacaville, California, and one in downtown Tampa, Florida. A third facility is expected to open soon at an undisclosed location in Texas.
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MetroNews Canada
Four people survived without major injuries after their small plane crashed just before it made the runway at the airport in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
RCMP responded to the crash site.
The plane had been flying from Camrose, Alberta, to Fort McMurray when it's believed the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing.
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AVweb
Garmin's G1000 integrated flight deck helped pave the way for the demise of round gauges in general-aviation cockpits, and Garmin said it's announcing a successor to the popular suite, the G1000 NXi. The new product is faster and offers a "superior feature set," the company said. The new system is available as an upgrade for current users or as an all-new installation.
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