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The CARs became law on October 10, 1996, replacing the former Air Regulations and Air Navigation Orders. The authority for the establishment of the CARs is the Aeronautics Act. Both the Act and the CARs are the responsibility of the Minister of Transport and his department, Transport Canada. [2] [3]
A-2 (French: Loi sur l'aéronautique) is the legislation that governs civil aviation in Canada. The Act consists of a lengthy interpretation section which defines many key terms: [2] Part I deals with Aeronautics in general. Part II deals with military investigations involving accidents between civilian and military aircraft.
At the end of 2008 there were 64,932 Canadian licences and permits held, [1] giving Canada the second largest population of licensed pilots in the world. [2] The first Canadian private pilot's licence was issued to James Stanley Scott on January 24, 1920, and the first Canadian transport licence was issued to Douglas G. Joy on April 1, 1939. [3]
Under Canadian federal law, the release of maintenance work performed on aircraft in Canada – especially "transport category" fixed-wing aircraft or turbine-powered helicopter aircraft must be accomplished by a person with specific training and licensing. These persons are individually licensed by the Canadian Federal Government through TC ...
This will allow more aircraft to fly at optimum altitudes and to benefit from the prevailing winds such as the jet stream, further saving fuel and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Aireon CEO Don Thoma estimated that this would result in an average fuel savings of $400 per flight for the three-and-a-half-hour trip across the North Atlantic.
The Canadair CP-107 Argus (company designation CL-28) is a maritime patrol aircraft designed and manufactured by Canadair for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). [3] The Argus served throughout the Cold War in the RCAF's Maritime Air Command and later the Canadian Force's Maritime Air Group and Air Command.
The Curtiss factory built 20 aircraft with pontoon float landing gear, exported to Spain; this was the first export of Canadian-built aircraft. The company was soon purchased by the Canadian government and operated as Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. The Curtis factory was also associated with an aviation school, which graduated 129 pilots. [15]
COPA was the Canadian partner in the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program between 1992 and 2008. Young Eagles was started in 1992 with the goal of flying more than 1,000,000 young people between ages 8 and 17 by the December 2003 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight. The goal was met with COPA's members ...