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Patrick Campbell clearly remembers the day more than 75 years ago when he climbed into the open cockpit of a two-seater Curtiss-Reid Rambler and took off from Cartierville airport.  “It was a tremendous thrill,” Campbell said, recounting the flight over the Bois-Franc neighbourhood in the Saint-Laurent borough. … Continue reading →

While Uber to most of its users is a convenient way to get across town, the ride-hailing behemoth is more like a blank canvas to young entrepreneur James Bellefeuille. And on that canvas, right there on the tablet he wants … Continue reading →

The day is almost here! Large corporations in the aerospace and defense industry are building real airplane parts that are fully functional. The aerospace industry is gravitating towards 3D printing not only because of the associated government funding, but because … Continue reading →

At a time when much of the talk about business aviation growth in China has focused on larger, long-range jets, Textron Aviation’s greatest sales success has come from smaller jets and, even more so, from its turboprop-powered Cessna Caravan and … Continue reading →

Iranian airlines have some 60 Boeing airplanes in service, but most were purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamists to power. Out of Iran’s 250 commercial planes, about 150 are flying while … Continue reading →

You’re landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the “expressway” approach – so called because you come in low enough to buzz the Grand Central Parkway and Mets’ Citi Field before quickly dropping down on a runway perched over a … Continue reading →

By chance last week I tuned in to a TV newscast as the announcer said, “A study has concluded 30 per cent of MRIs contribute nothing to the treatment of a patient.” I was stunned. An MRI (or magnetic resonance … Continue reading →