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Mark Brooks, advocate, General Aviation pilot and Flight Instructor talks about the need for a new airport in the Greater Toronto Area, located in Pickering Ontario. With over 18,000 acres of land, set aside by the Liberal government in the 1970’s, an unfulfilled promise and dream has the ear marks of a TV soap opera. Mark discusses the challenges with the airport’s political climate.

Recorded on location at the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ), at the York Regional Police media event ushering in their region’s newest addition to the Air Unit’s helicopter fleet. An interesting chat with the Police Air Unit’s pilots and observers.

Recorded live at SUNnFUN 2023, Philippe de Segovia, Director TBM Sales Promotions and chief historian at DAHER, talks about the rich aviation history of DAHER and the companies like Morane Saulnier which preceded DAHER. An interesting chat looking backwards and forwards in time.

Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer with dire consequences in an aircraft’s cockpit. Founders Jim Ruttler and Dr James Runnels talk about the advancements in aviation focused healthcare infomatics. Aithre Aviation was founded with the goal of saving lives using advanced technology providing an early warning system for aircrew.

Aircraft battery technology has not changed a great deal in the past 50 years. Lithium aircraft batteries have been certified for a few aircraft makes and models. Hoga Holck, Vice President at Concorde Battery chats about Concorde’s journey during both the Pandemic and Lithium Batteries

Mark van Berkel, the Canadian Owners and Pilots Assoc’s (COPA) new President and CEO, started his next career chapter in 2023.   Mark chats about his journey to become an aviator, successful entrepreneur, and the newest leader at COPA. Operating in an industry, where General Aviation is under attack from many sides, listen to Mark discuss how COPA will be navigating these chall...

Recorded on site at the Edenvale Airport, at the Civil Air Search and Rescue Associations, during a Search and Rescue weekend training event. With CASARA and RCAF personnel on-site for this event, the SAR teams honed their skills in executing searches for downed aircraft and aviators. 

The electrification of aircraft is an energetic area of Research and Development with many hurdles to be overcome. Dr. Anita Sengupta, CEO and Founder of HydroPlane discusses their journey to create an Hydrogen Fuel Cell to power a General Aviation aircraft. With the technology installed in a Piper Cherokee aircraft, Anita discusses their journey to certification. Recorded on locati...

Recorded on location in Elixir Aircraft’s pavilion at AirVenture 2023. Cyril Champenois, Co-Founder and Mike Tonkin, Head of Global Sales discuss the development of their forth generation oneshot carbon fiber aircraft. Using technology from the sailing industry, oneshot is a proven technology delivering complex components, like wings, without the need for complex structural assemblies. C...

Recorded on location at AirVenture 2023, a fireside side chat with AirEV CEO and Co-Founder Rani Plaut. Rani discusses his journey over the past four years of development and testing of a state of the art electric VTOL. With eight motors, ballistic parachute, folding wings and state of the art software, Air One is designed to be transported between home and airport with their Air One Tra...

Founded in 2023 by husband wife team Lisa and Matt Hutton, AirSpace Auctions delivers a platform designed to revolutionize the purchase and sale of aircraft. With expertise in the auction industry, Lisa and Matt chat about their journey to launch their new website and service. Recorded on location at AirVenture 2023.

Recorded on location at the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ), Shahin Moshtagh discusses his journey to become a licensed pilot, after immigrating to Canada. With English as a second language, aviator’s mysterious language filled with acronyms, Shahin was able to navigate the challenges of ground and flight schools, both financially and from a language perspective. Shahin pers...

A fireside chat with Canadian Flyer’s Chief Flight instructor and Founder about the challenges of operating a Flight Training unit in Canada. Recorded at the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport before the closure.

In October 2023, Ray Frank and Kendall Horst, of Lancaster Aero Aircraft, travelled from Pennsylvania to dismantle and transport a damaged VANs Aircraft RV6. The RV6 was damaged after a hard landing. Working on the ramp at the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport before the closure of the airport, Ray and Kendall had their hands full taking the aircraft wings, tail and landing gear off...

A fireside chat with Plane Sights founder Michael Moore. Discussing the need for high quality high visibility aircraft markers to protect the aircraft on the ramp and in the hangar from “hangar rash”. Michael chats about the founding of the Plane Sights.

World famous YouTuber, Don Joyce discusses everything RPAS, inclusive of the changes to the CARs which impacted the Radio Controlled (R/C) model aircraft industry.

Chuck Wrights discusses his journey dealing with municipally owned airports and his need to renew the land lease on the hangar he owns at a local airport in Massachusetts. Getting nowhere fast and with the end of his land lease rapidly approaching, Chuck ran against the incumbent during the Mayoral race in the hope to bring the municipal airport’s issues to the forefront.

RCAF Capt. Mort Lightstone (Retired) discusses his journey entering into the military, his aircrew training, leading to a career as a RCAF Navigator. Flying to the world’s continents (with the exception of Antarctica), Capt Lightstone discusses his experiences during the Korean Conflict and as a part of the Canadian peace contingent at the end of the Vietnamese war.

RPAS pilots (Radio Control Model Aircraft) Mark Satin and Frank van Beurden, members of the Toronto Electric Model Aviation Club, discuss the history of R/C model aircraft and the transition from Internal Combustion Engines to leading edge electric engines and battery technologies.  

RCAF Capt. Mort Lightstone (Retired) discusses his experiences using World War II navigation technology called Consol, which was a precursor to the LORAN system and satellite delivered GPS. Console was created by the Germans to aid U-Boats in their navigation when celestial navigation was not useable due to cloud cover.

The Model Aeronautics Association of Canada was successful in 2019 in obtaining a waiver from CARs Section 9’s requirements for Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) regulatory requirements. In 2023, the exemption was lost requiring members of the hobby to obtain their RPAS Basic or Advanced licenses. Some MAAC sanctioned flying fields were closed due to the loss of the exemption. ...

Recorded at the Bose Pavillion at SUNnFUN 2024, Chris Wuerfl, Business Development Manager, Bose Aviation Group, discusses the history of Bose, leading to the introduction of their newest headset, the A30 and their ProFlight Series 2. The A30 represents the transition to a fully digital headset, with upgradeable firmware, allowing Bose to deliver new audio features over the Internet.

Recorded at SUNnFUN 2024, ForeFlight’s Ryan McBride, Head of Community, ForeFlight (now VP of Product Design, Flight Deck) discusses his experiences at ForeFlight, with over 11 years of seniority. The conversation runs the gamut from the early days at ForeFlight to the utilization of innovative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) using technologies lik...

Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer which can impact a pilot’s or flight crew’s cognitive skills and if left unchanged during flight could lead to a loss of consciousness. Jim Ruttler SR of Aithre, a CO alerting technology evangelist discusses their technology and their latest oxygen generation system.

How would not want a SIRI or Alexa digital voice assistant in the cockpit. Goose, developed by Miralou Aero LLC, delivers an AI voice assistant for pilots.  Recorded at SUNnFUN 2024 with founder Mirko Hahn, the creation and use of this innovative technology is discussed in depth. As Mirko says, “be a Maverick and fly with Goose”.