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Things that could be in this article or maybe Aviation in Canada[edit]

Some modern and historical statistics would be good, too.

Airlines deregulation[edit]

Deregulation in 1985
- Open skies to US agreement in 1995
WestJet, Royal Airlines, Canada 3000, Canadian Airlines, Wardair came (and went)
Nav Canada founded 1996 to take over the air navigation services previously provided by taxpayer-supported Transport Canada. Nav Canada charges fees to air navigation service users.

Modern aviation[edit]

Civil scheduled airlines,
Charters and cargo
General aviation, business and personal use
Aviation in agriculture
Medevac
Police
Water bomber Canadair CL-215
Passenger and freight traffic by year, summary

Issues
- Profitability
- Bilingual ATC
- Privatized ATC
- Airport "rentals"
- Cabotage, US border problems, no-fly list

Air sports
- Soaring
- Ultralight aircraft
- Hot air balloons
- Parachuting
- Model aviation and rocketry

Air safety[edit]

Statistics
Notable incidents

--Wtshymanski (talk) 18:30, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can think of a few things I'd like to see more of:

Expand WWII. It notes the training, but there ought to be more content possible here, certainly an image.
Cold War. How about BOMARC?
Cold War procurement. Surely more about the Arrow, and the great capacity that Canada's aviation industry seemed to develop, only to have it knocked back by government procurement decisions.

Thanks for the article though. 12 hits today. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:43, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Time to hit the library for another armload of books; Mr. Ellis' wonderful book stops at 1961 or thereabouts. I suppose since BOMARC had wings, it's kind-of "aviation" and worth at least a pointer here, but really belongs more in a military context. Finding PD images for WWII will be exercising skills I've not developed to this point; I've had better luck taking my own snaps instead of searching Flickr, etc. --Wtshymanski (talk) 13:42, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think aviation stopped having a military/non-military distinction some time around the jet age. Now it's all just the military industrial complex chasing the warbucks. Have you seen the UK ruckus over a merger between De Havilland and Messerschmitt? (BAE / EADS) Tell that one to Bomber Harris!

WWII PD images aren't so bad, as in-service photos (UK at least) are Crown Copyright, and now safely PD. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:18, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

When was McKee born?[edit]

Piggot's book says James Dalzell McKee was born in 1893 and literally says that McKee was 33 years old in 1926. The Feb. 1959 issue of "Flying" says McKee was born in 1885. And the April 4, 1902 issue of the Pittsburgh Press [1] says McKee was given a cotillion by his mother. You wouldn't be hosting a cotillion at 9 years old, would you? Wouldn't 17 be a more likely age? I thought only girls had cotillions? --Wtshymanski (talk) 19:57, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Victory Aircraft[edit]

Could there have been two "Victory Aircraft" companies? I think one of the Piggot books talks about a Curtis engine factory being taken over as "Victory Aircraft" in WWi - but this is not related the the WWII "Victory Aircraft" that took over canadian Car ? The research continues....--Wtshymanski (talk) 23:39, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]