The Alberta Aviation Museum is selling off surplus items to make way for new exhibits. Tools, equipment, display cabinets, airline seats, models and even some surplus airplane parts (non-airworthy.) Viewing Friday, July 15th 2016 11AM - 4PM and Saturday July 16th 9AM - 10AM. Sale starts at 10AM. In...

Gatwick Express from Gatwick to Victoria Station is 19.90 GBP or 17.70 GBP if bought online ($49.50 CAD or $44.25 CAD @ a 2.5 exchange rate) Heathrow Express from Heathrow to Paddington is 17.00 GBP or $42.50 CAD @ 2.5 exchange rate. Believe me, $27.50 CAD for UP EXpress is only 11 GBP @ 2.5 exchang...

av8ts wrote:I'm also amazed that this new train in 2015 has diesel engines. The rest of the world has been using electric for years

Believe the line is still used by freigh for certain sections thus overhead electric not possible at this time, but in the future.

I don't think Adam Vaughan has even consulted with his leaders before speaking like that, a bit premature in my opinion. Day 2 and he's speaking on behalf of the entire liberal government regarding this issue which is a few hundred million dollars worth in terms of jobs and economics. Easy there Ad...

. I wonder though, since Porter has already stepped pretty far outside their original business plan what's preventing them from setting up in Pearson with both the Q and C Series? If they get stuck with the jets, maybe what they could do is keep the Q's at YTZ and operate the jets from Pearson and ...

The Alberta Aviation Museum has launched a Kickstarted campaign to help fund the transportation of Lancaster Bomber KB882 to Edmonton. Back in March, the City of Edmunston, New Brunswick voted to give the Alberta Aviation Museum this rare artifact. The museum now needs to raise the money to get the ...

I once flew on an A319 from LHR to YYT. It was weird being on this little plane surrounded by wide bodies at LHR. But the flying time was no different than a jaunt from BC/AB to Toronto really in the grand scheme of things so I figured it must be safe. Then there was the time I was on an A330 from Y...

http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/15m-bid-to-purchase-entire-alberta-aircraft-fleet-rejected-says-bidder Bidder says PC government rejected $15M offer for province's aircraft fleet Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald Jim Prentice’s PC government rejected a $15-million offer to purchase all four planes...

Don't forget the Discovery Air Alpha Jets and Westwind 1124s under contract to DND and 414 Squadron of 3 Wing Bagotville

http://www.discoveryair-ds.com/

(i.e. any military software/technology developed/produced in the US is forever controlled by the US so not modifiable by foreigners - ITARS legislation).

ITAR, is this what is holding back Canadian companies from going to Tuscon AZ and buying surplus P-3 airframes for converison to air tanker ops?

Something missing here. Was 08 or 31 not available. Why would you go downwind to land with a quartering tailwind. winds 100 degrees off for rwy 13 winds 100 degrees off for rwy 26 winds 40 degrees off for rwy 08 winds 50 degrees off for rwy 31 The logical choice would have been Rwy 08, the departur...

Plane fighting fires near Cold Lake crashes By Bryan Passifiume, QMI Agency Friday, May 22, 2015 11:12:12 MDT PM CALGARY -- A 37-year-old pilot is dead after a plane fighting wildfires crashed about 100 km from Cold Lake, Alberta. An official at Conair Aerial Firefighting confirmed late Friday nigh...

In March 2015, the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was chosen to be the recipient of historic Avro Lancaster Bomber KB882 from over 4,100 kilometres away in the City of Edmunston, New Brunswick, Canada. Fundraising efforts are now underway to transport Lancaster KB882 from Edmu...

This is a property rights issue and the property rights folks are going to go bonkers over this. This all came up because of the stink that arose in Parkland County when a new "Aerodrome" decided to set up shop. Why did they set up shop? The owners wanted to own their hangars on owned land, not leas...

Has the future of the Alberta Aviation Museum at YXD been secured or does the city still want them out? Sources tell me: The AAM is undergoing a rather large transition right now. A new interpretive plan is underway, and now that the Lancaster can be confirmed and announced, plans are underway for ...

Now how many of you thought I was talking about a strip bar in northern Ontario?
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The CT-114 Tutor turns 52 years old this year.

So what aircraft will the Snowbirds replace it with?

Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu, who raked in $9.5 million the same year, justified Air Canada’s actions by placing the blame squarely on AVEOS for not being “cost competitive”. Calin's salary seems a bt excessive, but I like the cut of his jibb. AVEOS not cost competitive. The Attorney General of C...

Air Canada had a very simple plan to increase its profits. Step 1: Spin the airline’s heavy maintenance unit off as a separate entity OK, sounds good, like this, section off the business, concentrate on your core operating and farm out the rest Step 2: Starve the spin-off of work and bankrupt it um...

'The crew got out, closed the door and it’s sat there like that ever since.'- Lech Lebiedowski, Alberta Aviation Museum curator CBC Story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rare-lancaster-bomber-returns-home-to-edmonton-1.2999368 Radio Canada: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2015...

So a buddy of mine wants to raffle off a flight in his aircraft for charity.
He is a private pilot. His aircraft is private.

Is this doable? Or would he have to be a commercial pilot or would his aircraft have to be commercially registered, or both?

Alberta sells three planes from its fleet February 26, 2015 Media inquiries Alberta is closer to being out of the airline business with the sale of three of four planes in the government air fleet. Fargo Jet Centre Inc. of Fargo, North Dakota was the successful bidder by offering nearly $6.1 millio...

Reports coming in the Gov't of Alberta has sold their KingAir200s and KingAir350 for $6.1 million. 11% above asking price.

Dash-8 did not sell, it is back on the market.

We fly one minute circuits left hand, right hand repeated for half hour lessons. However they do not get to leave the ground until they can control the machine on the ground. First they must be competent in recovery from controlled ground loops at taxi speed. Then they must demonstrate they can rep...

I must of been spoiled. Learned to fly at airports that only had control towers or a FSS. Cross countries were to places with towers or FSS. Yet the vast expanse of the Prairies, so many airports, so little control.

Thanks for the help.