If theres anything im sure this entire board can agree on is it will be very sad if a number of flyers select the last option...

I like the concept, but dont think it would work, and heres why. For starters, Bombardier is a big player in this country. Toss them out of Downsview and you can be sure they'll send their other manufacturing jobs in Ontario (Thunder Bay..) down to Mexico. Agreed however that downsview sits on PRIME...

To the original poster. While yes, the owners of that land do have deep pockets, given the state of the airport as is and some of the feedback from others on here, I question their committment to the aviation industry and therefore to put any money towards development. Now I hope that somewhere, som...

Not wanting to beat this topic to death but as a pilot based in the GTA, just wondering....

Assuming no other major airport development takes place in the GTA. Where do you plan on moving to once Buttonville is shut?

You again?

lol

Just flashed on CP24.

No details yet, other than the station reporting a "Beech 33" is down in the 407 and ??? area. Sounded like the eastern part of the GTA. Reported that 3 people were on board. No details on their condition.

Anyone have additional details?

If the aircraft perform as expected, for an FTU you could recover the installation cost in as little as 2 years which is a very quick payback period (Math on that: $50/hr in savings of electric power vs fuel) times 500 hours per year of airtime at an FTU, = $25,000 savings per year. Install cost is ...

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Is this the new reality for private airports? All the owners selling out to ride off into the sunset !?

Seems like the only facilities remaining will be publicly owned facilities...

Just thought I'd add this bit of info and question to the thread. Here's my situation. I co-own a Piper Warrior with 3 other individuals. They all just recently obtained their PPL. I am (trying to) train for PPL. Insurancewise - no problem. We are working with a freelancer (Class 2) Heres where I'm ...

Although I'm very sad to hear that Buttonville will be blown up because losing airports and places to fly is never a good thing, but years of piss poor management, subpar aviation schools that have incomptent flight instructors whos sole purpose was to suck as much as they could out of students, a ...

Although I'm very sad to hear that Buttonville will be blown up because losing airports and places to fly is never a good thing, but years of piss poor management, subpar aviation schools that have incomptent flight instructors whos sole purpose was to suck as much as they could out of students, a ...

The plane almost hit the GOBUS, so it was a near tragedy. I would like to have a clear understanding of the cause of the engine failure from the investigation, one accident after another out of Buttonville these days, and I live at the 407 and Markham (Northeast corner), and with the increase incid...

From a cost/performance perspective, LSA is purely a marketing gimmick in the US. There is no advantage to it, other than what has been stated above by BPF. Rich old guys can still fly around without potentially losing their medicals. One of the goals of LSA was originally to have a MAX price of $10...

good news... No mention on whether the ELT was activated.. ----------- The Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2010 8:20AM EDT The search for a man and woman who went missing along with their small aircraft in northern Quebec has a happy ending. A Hercules military transport and a helico...

To my second point about having to save... and before I get blasted by boomers... Saving for school/house/retirement isn't the problem per se, the problem is: a.) education costs have sky rocketed over the last decade and continue to do so. Additionally, people must remain in school longer (minimum ...

I would say the #1 contributing factor to the decline is cost. Additionally, young people have more which they need to save for that the boomer generation didnt. Post-secondary education, saving for a house (difficult when you have school loans), then saving for your own retirement, then putting asi...

As said above.. 5 parachutists and a pilot in a 182 !?!!?

The Globe and Mail reported the plane was purchased by a CEO of a Calgary based energy company who picked up the plane, however hired an experienced pilot to fly him to N.S. The plane is actually still listed on APEX Aviation's website as someone has already posted. Someone mentioned there were repo...

The decision to become a public company doesnt mean a company is failing and on the contrary, it is usually the result of management needing access to more debt or equity capital beyond what they can access from the private ownership. Companies usually go public before they enter a period of growth ...

The decision to become a public company doesnt mean a company is failing and on the contrary, it is usually the result of management needing access to more debt or equity capital beyond what they can access from the private ownership. Companies usually go public before they enter a period of growth ...