Month: June 2011

The Department of National Defence (DND) and Nav Canada are decommissioning approx 30 VORTACs and TACANs over the next two years. The ones being turned off in 2011 are: Sydney  25 April 2011 Moncton  2 May 2011 Gander  6 June 2011 Stephenville  13 June 2011 Fredericton  August 2011 Sioux Narrows  5 September 2011 London  3 October 2011…

The CBC has reported on a Goodyear blimp crash in Germany this past week. The item that caught my attention was the following fact: The pilot yelled “We had an accident!” followed by “I crashed the airship!” as the smell of fire crept through the blimp, Storch told the DAPD news agency on Monday. Storch…