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Weekly Update - Issue 528 - June 08, 2024

Nolinor Solves Its Pilot Shortage Problem

Nolinor Aviation, a privately owned charter air operator based in Mirabel, Quebec, has taken a novel approach, at least in Canada, in addressing pilot shortages. In 2020, the company purchased a Cessna 172 to be used for training existing and future employees who want to become pilots. The company refers to the initiative as their Become a Pilot program. All training costs are borne by Nolinor. The program has proven so successful that it has recently added a second 172 to its training fleet. . more

Harvards Celebrating RCAF Centennial

The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association (CHAA) is celebrating the 100^th anniversary of the RCAF by stepping up its displays, both static and aerial, of the storied training aircraft that served both the RCAF and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in support of the Second World War.... more

Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief

Strike action by CBSA employees has been put off until at least Wednesday (June 12), according to an announcement late Friday afternoon (June 7). The union representing the workers, the Customs and Immigration Union (affiliated with the Public Service Alliance of Canada), has threatened strike action unless a solution is found with the employer. Although long queues at border entry points would be an obvious result, it is not clear how any strike action might affect Canpass and Canpass-Private Aircraft programs, both of which depend on timely phone calls by pilots for border crossing clearances........more

Featured Magazine Article

An Islander for the Island

BACK WHERE SHE BELONGS?

by JACK SCHOFIELD

Back in 1969, a successful logging
company owner, Donald E.
Braithwaite, of Campbell River,
British Columbia bought out his
accountant partner in Trans Mountain
Airlines (TMA), changed the name to
Gulf Air and relaunched the popular
Class 4 Vancouver Island air service.
That same year Braithwaite purchased
a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander from
the Isle of Wight factory in the United
Kingdom and gave it the Canadian
registration of his initials, CF-DEB............................more

Featured Reading

Into The Abyss

by

Carol Shaben

In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm comes the riveting account of a deadly plane crash in northern Canada and its aftermath. Written by an award-winning journalist who is the daughter of one of the survivors, Into the Abyss is a dramatic true story of survival, and a compassionate account of four men's journey from the depths of tragedy to the riches of lives begun anew. ....more

Video of the Week

An Overview of The Harvard

An Overview of The Harvard

The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association (CHAA) owns and operates a number of North American Harvard training aircraft, used extensively by the RCAF and the Commonwealth Air Training Plan in support of the Second World War. In collaboration with Rogers TV, the CHAA produced a 4-1/2-minute video featuring CHAA team members describing this historic aircraft and its place in Canadian culture. Some great video images of the Harvard in flight are included.

Click the above image to view the Video.

Airport of the Week

Resolute Bay Airport (CYRB) is located at Resolute, Nunavut and is operated by the government of Nunavut. It is one of the northernmost airfields in Canada to receive scheduled passenger airline service (Grise Fiord Airport, which is served from Resolute, is the northernmost airport with airline service in Canada while Alert Airport is the northernmost airport in Canada and the world).

The airport has served as a major transportation hub in the Canadian Arctic. Today the airport is an important refuelling stop for aircraft passing through to other places in the high Arctic such as CFS Alert, Eureka and Mould Bay. Unlike some airports in Nunavut, Resolute is equipped with an ILS precision landing system, allowing for large commercial aircraft operations. The VOR/DME is located atop a hill near the airport. The airport is not equipped with radar; however, during 2011's Operation Nanook, a temporary radar installation was used for the duration of that exercise.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is considering a major expansion of the airport to transform it into a key base for Arctic operations. The expansion would include a 3,000 m (9,843 ft) paved runway, hangars, fuel installations and other infrastructure.

The airport has a 6504 by 197 foot lighted gravel runway (17/35).

Source: Wikipedia Skyvector

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