WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that deteriorated locknut inserts found in the highly modified North American P-51D airplane that crashed during the 2011 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, allowed the trim tab attachment screws to become loose, and even initiated fatigue cracking in one screw.

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HAIDA GWAII, BC – Pacific Region System Safety reported that C-GHJT, a twin engine Sikorsky S-76 helicopter operated by Helijet International Inc, experienced an engine failure near the North Island Fishing Lodge, Langara Island, Haida Gwaii, BC. on Monday.

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19 WING COMOX, B.C.— The crew of an RCAF Cormorant helicopter successfully evacuated two men who were forced to make an emergency landing along the shoreline of Pitt River, near Pitt Lake, Thursday evening, August 9th.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that a new customer, which has requested to remain unidentified at this time, has placed a conditional order for five CS100 and 10 CS300 jetliners.

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CINCINNATI, OHIO – Field Aviation Company Inc. has been acquired by privately held U.S. company, Amavco Inc., from Field’s parent firm, Hunting PLC. Established in 1947 in Calgary, Alberta, Field Aviation is an international aircraft modification and parts manufacturing company with locations in Toronto, Calgary, Seattle and Cincinnati.

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PRINCE GEORGE, BC – Before student pilots in Canada can go on their first solo flights, the Transport Canada PSTAR (Pre-Solo Test about Air Regulations) exam must be completed.

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HALIFAX – Police have received reports of a fraudulent airline scam occurring in Nova Scotia.
On March 14th, 2012, two suspicious males entered a business in Lower Sackville selling promotional flights for Porter Airlines at $50.00 each for a trip to one of four destinations in Canada.

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RICHMOND, BC – Richmond’s Helijet International celebrated its two millionth passenger today, a major industry milestone the scheduled helicopter carrier has achieved after 25 years in business and flying more than 22 million kilometres.

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SAYWARD, B.C. – On April 27, a small aircraft en route from Bellingham, Washington to Alaska was reported missing after it was lost on air traffic control radar near Sayward B.C.

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GOLDEN, B.C. – This afternoon at approximately 12:15 pm, the Golden RCMP were made aware of an overdue aircraft possibly in their area which was flying from Southern Alberta to the central interior of British Columbia.

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