BCAC- BCIT- CAMC Partner to offer a Quality Assurance Workshop

[ May 19, 2010 9:00 am to May 20, 2010 11:45 am. ] The purpose of this workshop is to help aviation and aerospace workers understand the importance of auditing and documentation to meet the requirements of Safety Management Systems.
 
CAMC has developed a 2 day test project workshop based on the Quality Systems Auditor Occupational Standard in response to requests from industry concerns regarding the implementation of [...]

BCAC Annual General Meeting

[ May 20, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Following the BC Aviation Council’s luncheon event with featured speaker on 20 May,  details ,  it will hold its Annual General Meeting followed by a networking reception.
 
Location: Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, 3500 Cessna Drive, Richmond
Meeting Room:  Ballroom
Time:   AGM-1400; Reception–1500
 
Information on call for nominations and further AGM information will be sent to members in due course.  REGISTRATION FORM
 
For those from out [...]

BC Aviation Council Lunch and Guest Speaker

[ May 20, 2010; 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. ] Directly following the BCAC-BCIT-CAMC Workshop on May 20th, details , BCAC will be holding a luncheon event with a featured guest speaker who is a leader and innovator in aviation in British Columbia and you don’t want to miss this outstanding opportunity to hear his story first hand!
 
Location:  Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, 3500 Cessna Drive, Richmond [...]

Paralympic Airspace Modification Notice

March 3, 2010
Since the last Communiqué (January 2010), the 21st Winter Olympic Games have come and gone without significant airspace incidents.
Olympic designated airspace went live on January 29, 2010 at 0001hrs with full airspace
control measures becoming mandatory to operate within the controlled or restricted
airspace. To date there has been in excess of 60,000 aircraft movements [...]

Martin Mars - The World’s Largest Flying Tanker Visits Richmond

[ February 23, 2010 9:00 am to February 24, 2010 5:00 pm. ] For further details, visit website   http://www.richmond.ca/news/city/martinmars.htm

First Viking New Production DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter Takes Flight

For Immediate Release     
 
  
Calgary, AB, February 16, 2010:  In advance of Transport Canada certification, the first new-production DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter has taken its initial flight from Viking’s final assembly facility in Calgary, Alberta.
 
Aircraft, manufacturers serial number (MSN) 845, Canadian registration C-FMJO is the first new production Twin Otter since de Havilland Canada ended [...]

Centennial of Licensed Woman Pilots Event — March 8 — Worldwide

[ March 8, 2010; ]

On March 8, 1910, Raymonde De Laroche (1886 – 1919), an experienced French balloonist, was the first woman to earn a pilot license worldwide. She was the first but certainly not the last (click here for more). One century later, the woman pilot population has grown tremendously and women pilots are making breakthroughs each and [...]

CHC Selected as Preferred Bidder for 25-Year UK SAR Contract

CHC Helicopter Corporation

Feb 09, 2010 11:36 ET

Win reinforces CHC’s position as global leader in civilian search and rescue

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Feb. 9, 2010) -
Key messages

CHC is committed to working with the UK government towards successful contract signature
Preferred bidder status was won on value, safety record, and reputation
Reaching this step reinforces CHC’s reputation as [...]

Aerospace Industry Association of BC Sign Management Contract

The Aerospace Industry Association of BC has recently signed a contract with an Association Management company, Support Services Unlimited (SSU), to undertake the operation of the Association. SSU was founded in 1958 and has provided management and administrative support to non-profit organizations for over 50 years. They offer a wide variety of services customized to [...]

Aveos Controlled By Lenders

Thursday, January 28, 2010
BRENT JANG
Transportation Reporter–Globe and Mail
A group of lenders is taking majority control of a company that repairs planes for Air Canada and other carriers, converting debt into equity in a deal that casts aside two U.S.-based private equity firms.
Aveos Fleet Performance Inc., formerly named Air Canada Technical Services, had been facing a [...]