EVERETT, Wash., – Boeing will resume flight test activities on the 787 Dreamliner later today. The company has installed an interim version of updated power distribution system software and conducted a rigorous set of reviews to confirm the flight readiness of ZA004, the first of the six flight test airplanes that will return to flight. (more…)

OTTAWA – A copy of a flight plan filed with NAV CANADA for a cargo flight departing the North Pole has been leaked to the media by an undisclosed source in that far Northern location. (more…)

19 WING COMOX – A Cormorant crew from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, at 19 Wing Comox, evacuated a young man from the backcountry at Cypress Provincial Park last night. (more…)

WASHINGTON – Federal Aviation Administration safety inspectors at the North Pole certified Santa One, the reindeer-powered sleigh piloted by Santa Claus, for its Christmas Eve round-the-world delivery mission. (more…)

CALGARY – WestJet has announced its intention to operate a leased Boeing 757-200 to provide non-stop service between Calgary and Honolulu and Maui, and between Edmonton and Maui, subject to Canadian government approval. (more…)

SEATTLE – Boeing today announced its production rate for the 777 program will increase to 8.3 airplanes per month in the first quarter 2013. (more…)

MONTREAL – CAE and CHC Helicopter, a global leader in helicopter transportation for the offshore oil and gas industry, announced today that they have signed an agreement pursuant to which CAE will acquire CHC Helicopter’s helicopter flight training operations including four full-flight simulators (more…)

CARAQUET, N.B. – Search and rescue officials have located a small plane that went down in northeastern New Brunswick on December 14. (more…)

ST. LOUIS – The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system sits atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747, as it takes off at 1:40 p.m. Central time for today’s test flight at Lambert International Airport. (more…)

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – In an unprecedented opportunity The Pacific Coast Air Museum has been awarded the honor of providing the home for a historic national treasure – the very first aircraft to respond on the scene to the World Trade Center twin towers attack in New York City on September 11, 2001. (more…)