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As you know, the RCAF Association delivers RCAF Association News direct to your inbox each Friday, briefing you on the latest industry news that impacts your practice. But we know you are busy and may have missed an important article or two. To that end, here's your monthly recap of the top five stories your peers accessed last month. For more articles, or to see what's trending now, visit the RCAF Association News portal. To unsubscribe from this monthly recap, click here.
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Hamilton Community News
Bill McBride couldn't be happier.
The 75-year-old pilot and 43-year member of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum was "absolutely delighted" when a Stinson 105 arrived at the Mount Hope museum in a trailer recently, after it was acquired from an estate in Connecticut for about $10,000.
McBride was the last person to fly the museum's previous Stinson that was lost in a 1993 fire at the old number 3 hanger.
"It was a wonderful little airplane," said McBride, who is also special projects manager at the museum. "I call it a hoot because it's so easy to fly; it has slotted wings which mean that it's almost impossible to stall."
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Ottawa Citizen
The retirement of the RCAF's 28 Sea King helicopters is ongoing and on schedule to conclude by December 2018, according to the Department of National Defence. To date, six aircraft have been removed from flying status, department spokeswoman Ashley Lemire told Defence Watch.
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Skies Magazine
In a report that could foreshadow the Canadian government's next steps to replace its CF-188 Hornet fighter jets, a House of Commons committee has recommended the government conduct a review of all operational capability requirements for the jet and, within the next 12 months, select a replacement that is able to operate effectively in the high Arctic while making pilot safety "a key consideration," be interoperable with key allies, and "work to a high degree with Canada's existing infrastructure."
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National Post
Canada could withdraw from the F-35 stealth fighter jet program on short notice by paying a little more than $300 million, according to an analysis prepared by the defence department soon after the Liberals won the federal election.
The government could leave after only 90 days' notice, although it would still need to pay the remaining fees the previous Conservative government committed to the F-35 program, according to the Department of National Defence documents obtained by Postmedia.
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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 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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