Category: Interesting Things

The Transportation Safety Board has launched a “Watchlist” and Calls For Action for nine critical safety issues troubling Canada’s Transportation System. Of these nine, five

Hot of the presses! CYTZ (Toronto City Cent… eerr I mean Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) tower is now available for streaming on LiveATC.net. This

The weather in Southern Ontario has been awesome this past week. It’s a shame I haven’t been up in the air to take advantage of

(Update, some users may have had issues playing the clips. It has been resolved). Captain Sully is no longer flying, as he has retired from

Ars Technica has a great article on the Science and Technology of ATC. It is a good primer on everything from transponders, radar, ADS-B, even

PBS has a pretty good documentary called Flying Cheap. It is a look at regional airlines, specifically Colgan Air who was responsible for the Dash

Operation Yellow Ribbon is the name of the operation that Transport Canada created to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights following the September 11

I was going to do a write up about the Dash 8 Crash that happened a year ago. The NTSB has released their final report

National Aviation Day was declared in 2009 by the Honourable John Baird, MP, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. This yearly celebration will allow us

I just discovered this online today. The Canadian Air Pilot are approach plates from Nav Canada for all airports in Canada with IFR approaches. The