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Departments

4 President’s Corner Aviation Day On The Hill

6 Mailbox Airports a Vital Community Asset

8 Newsline Incidents and Accidents

18 Plane Tech 37 flight bag tech 20 Learning From Others’ Mistakes Feature In-Flight Emergency

37 AVRO ARROW II 22 On The Horizon Few products of Canadian ingenuity provoke as much pride as the Avro CF-105 Mark Your Calendars Arrow did, and continues to do. In response to the post-war threat of Soviet 26 Regions aggression in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the RCAF called for a supersonic Local News and Member fighter that could match or outperform anything the Soviets might put forth. Alas, Activities the Diefenbaker government buckled under pressure and cancelled the program before it reached production and the prototypes were destroyed. Calgary’s Avro 40 Bookshelf Museum, however, plans for the Arrow to fly again, in the form of a manned 2/3 Books By Canadian Authors scale replica, the Arrow II. about Canadian Aviation

on the cover: Gracing our cover this month is a digital composition depicting one of the original Avro CF-105 Arrows in flight, created by Avro Museum team member and IT wizard Matt Rozema.

Doug Ronan Flight Southern (705) 327-4730, [email protected] COPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Clark Morawetz Southern Ontario editor BC & Yukon (905) 809-4835, [email protected] Steve Drinkwater ~ Vacant Position ~ Québec & [email protected] Jonathan Beauchesne, Trésorier / Treasurer 604.229.1629 David Black (514) 585-3959, [email protected] (604) 351-6851, [email protected] Contributing Editor Mathieu Delorme Russ Niles CAPTURE THE FEELING OF FLIGHT. L’ESSENTIEL, C’EST LE CIEL! Alberta & NWT (514) 248-5379, [email protected]

graphic designer Bram Tilroe, Western Vice-Chair Atlantic In Canada, the freedom to fly provides pilots Au Canada, cette vérité offre aux pilotes Shannon Swanson (780) 986-2601, [email protected] Bill Mahoney, Eastern Vice-Chair (709) 685-6885, [email protected] and aviation enthusiasts endless ways of et aux passionnés d’aviation plein de moyens display Advertising sales Larry Biever expressing our love for flight. pour exprimer leur amour de voler. Katherine Kjaer (403) 651-3048, [email protected] Maritimes 250.592.5331 Brian Pound [email protected] Saskatchewan (902) 652-2822, [email protected] Recognizing this, COPA and Red Canoe C’est pourquoi COPA et Red Canoe Shane Armstrong, Chair classified Advertising ~ Vacant Position ~ came together to create a high quality s’associent pour pour créer une collection (306) 370-1440, [email protected] sales & production coordinator Ex-Offic