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COPA
Planning on coming to this year's COPA Convention and Tradeshow 2017 in #Kelowna? Our friends the Kelowna Flying Club, Flight Chops, Bradley Friesen, and the BC General Aviation Association produced this video for our convention with some informative tips and tricks about flying through the mountains!
To check out the video, Click Here.
COPA
To our valued customers:
It gives me great pleasure to announce an extension to the closing date of the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport. After extensive discussion and review, an agreement has been reached with the Buttonville Airport land ownership partnership, to continue airport operations here at CYKZ until October 31, 2018, and possibly beyond this date, if circumstances with the airport redevelopment dictate.
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Innisfail Province
Innisfail and area children can learn about the world of aviation thanks to a volunteer program with the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA).
The COPA for Kids program provides children between eight and 17 the opportunity to learn about aviation and experience flying first hand. The local chapter, COPA Flight #130 in Innisfail is hosting a rally at the Innisfail Airport on April 29.
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St. Albert Gazette
A former St. Albert woman is among the 17 finalists to be one of Canada's next two astronauts.
Nathalie Sleno has been selected from a field of more than 3,700 people who applied to the Canadian Space Agency.
The official announcement came when the Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced the 12 men and five women finalists during a press conference in Toronto.
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CTV News
Canadian fighter jets have intercepted Russian bombers off Canada's northern coast for the first time in more than two years, as relations between Moscow and the West continue to worsen.
Two CF-18s were scrambled after North American early-warning air defences spotted two TU-95 Bear bombers approaching Alaskan and Canadian airspace from the west.
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SKIES Magazine
In spite of the fact that his pilots are currently grounded, the commander of 12 Wing Shearwater in Nova Scotia remains optimistic about the future of the CH-148 Cyclone as Canada's new maritime helicopter capability. Col. Peter Allan told Skies that both Cyclone manufacturer Sikorsky and BAE, which built the helicopter's flight control system, are "fully engaged" in the ongoing investigation into a March 9 incident that saw a Cyclone experience a "momentary change in the descent rate" during a training mission.
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COPA
COPA and APBQ are setting up a joint fishing and trekking expedition in northern Quebec, from July 5 to July 9 (4 days, 5 nights), at Mirage Aventure- CPM3 (N53 48, O 072 50.5), accessible by helicopter, float and wheel-equipped airplanes.
Rooms are available for $600 - $700 per person including all meals , or 6-person cottage s at $800 for the four nights, meals extra. Guides available, other lakes accessible with your own plane or the outfitter's.
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Vox
Flying cars have long been a staple of science fiction, but until recently the technology to build small, versatile flying vehicles hasn't really existed. But that may be about to change.
John Markoff of the New York Times has given the world its first look at a single-person flying vehicle created by Kitty Hawk, a startup funded by Google billionaire Larry Page.
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Daily Caller
The proliferation of unmarked wind turbines in recent years poses a huge risk to thousands of pilots flying over farms every day, according to a top lobbyist for crop-dusters.
Crashing into wind turbines has killed at least four crop-duster pilots in the U.S. since 2003, including one in Minnesota last August. The spinning blades of the turbines poses several risks for pilots, the problem will likely get worse as wind power continues to expand, fueled by government subsidies.
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AVweb
Lilium Aviation, of Munich, says it has flown a prototype of its all-electric VTOL tilt-engine aircraft that the company says will fly 160 knots in horizontal thrust configuration with a range of 180 miles. A video provided by the company of the first flight shows the aircraft, with what looks like a spacious automotive-style cabin, autonomously taking off vertically, turning tightly and transitioning to aerodynamic flight before landing vertically.
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