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Editor's Note 
 
Today's newsletter highlights the role of aircraft in public safety, as our team prepares to host the Oct. 17 Canadian Wildfire Conference in Kelowna featuring a static display with an Airbus Super Puma, Sikorsky Firehawk and S-92, Bell 429 and more.
- Jon Robinson, Editor, Helicopters
 
News 
 
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RCMP use helicopter to rescue stranded trapper in northeastern Alberta

Mounties in northeastern Alberta say they used a helicopter to rescue a stranded trapper on the weekend.


Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says

Union representing Boeing factory workers said contract talks “broke off” after latest bargaining session.


Guangzhou Public Security Bureau takes delivery of its first Airbus H175 helicopter

Airbus delivered the first H175 helicopter to the aviation force of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau.


Passing grade so far for new airport terminal building in Rankin

Looking at the impact of the new airport terminal in Rankin Inlet.


Frefighters battle a deadly wildfire raging in southern Greece

More than 400 firefighters and 22 aircraft engage a wildfire Corinthia mountains.


Supplies arrive by aircraft and by mule as Helene's death toll tops 130

Aircraft assist after widespread devastation left by Hurricane Helene.


 
 
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Deadly Maui fire erupted from earlier blaze believed to have been extinguished, investigation finds

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Ceremonies across Canada mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

The smell of sage and sweetgrass floated in the air Monday over a mostly sombre ceremony in Ottawa to reflect on the legacy of residential schools and remember those who survived — and the thousands who didn't. » 
 
 
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News 
 

NAV Canada has no record of chemtrails conversation with Alberta government

Danielle Smith says province is being sprayed from above by chemtrails. » 

Safety board flags cloudy weather, time pressure in Alberta plane crash that killed 6

TSB says pilot of a small plane didn’t fully understand weather conditions. » 

Johannesburg considers naming a street after a Palestinian woman who hijacked a plane

Palestinian woman involved in a hijacking more than 50 years ago. » 

Dutch airline KLM plans ‘painful’ cost-cutting

Measures introduced to combat high costs and staff shortages. » 

A US bomb from World War II explodes at a Japanese airport

More than 80 flights cancelled after large crater created on taxiway. » 

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year

Two astronauts have been stuck at the ISS since June. » 

 
Events 
 
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Ontario Aircraft Maintenance Conference

October 2 – 3, 2024
Location: Mississauga, ON
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5th annual Canadian Wildfire Conference

October 17, 2024
Location: KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence, Kelowna, BC
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Careers in Aviation Expo, West

October 29, 2024
Location: Edmonton, AB
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2024 Helicopter Association of Canada Exhibition and Conference

October 30 – November 1, 2024
Location: Vancouver, BC
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