Articles and news reports by Blair Watson

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U.S. Air Traffic Controller Force in Crisis

Mountain High Heli-skiing

Australia Builds Antarctic Ice Runway

The Jet Card: The Perfect Gift for the Well-to-do Traveler

More Airports Using Body-revealing Scanners

NORAD: Watching the Skies for 50 Years

VLJ Air Taxi Operator DayJet Downsizes

Private Aviation Climbs Above Economic Turbulence

Very Light Jet Manufacturer Ceases Operations

Lasers Pose an Increasing Danger to Aircraft

Your Private Air Travel Options Are Growing

Sikorsky’s X-2: Developing a Faster Helicopter

Navigation Errors a Key Business Jet Safety Concern

Private Jet Interiors Are Big Business

How the NTSB Makes Air Travel Safer

Heliports by Design: Ensuring a Safe Landing

Night Vision Equipment: The Illuminating Work of NRC Aerospace

Cougar Helicopters: A Canadian Aviation Success Going Global

VTOL UAVs: Pilotless Rotary-Wing Aircraft

Helicopter Pilot Training: Learning at Boundary Bay

Royal Turbine Transformations

The Twin Otter: A Legend Worth Repeating

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Air Services: A Timeline of Service

Aerial Survey in Canada: Photography from Coast to Coast to Coast

Feathered and Furry Aviation Dangers

Kokanee Helicopters: Making it Work the Kokanee Way

Pacific Western Helicopters: Doing It All Through Innovation

Aerial Firefighting: The Dynamic Role of Helicopters

Bird-Dogs and Tankers

Keeping An Eye On Canada’s Oceans: Airborne Maritime Surveillance

BCIT: 50 Years of Aerospace Excellence

Developing the Engines of Tomorrow

The Fine Art of Fuel Hedging

The Transportation Safety Board

Aerial Firefighting Ingenuity: The AFS Fast Bucket

High Crimes: Treating Aviation Pros as Felons

Personal Jets: Private Aviation on a Budget

Synthetic Vision: Seeing What Pilots Can't

Fighting Wildfires with Aircraft

The Civil Air Patrol: Performing Vital Missions

New System Makes Bad-Weather Flying Easier for Pilots

The WiFi Skies: Airlines Embrace Broadband

FAST Technology Advances Wildland Firefighting

Hands-on Training: Airport Fire Trainer First in Canada

High-Flying Accomplices: Fighting Canada's Wildfires a Coordinated Effort

Striking Back with Avian Radar

Peak Performance: Alpine Helicopters Stays at the Top

Keeping Up Maintenance Standards: CAMC Supports Professionalism

Fire and Ice: Suppressing Hailstorms in Alberta

Pilots NextGen: Real World Training at Seneca College

Responding to Industry: The AME Program at Northern Lights College

Navigating the Ring of Fire: Wisk Air Goes for the Gold

Peak Partnership: CHL and Eurocopter Credit Card Fraud and Security

Canada-US Border: No Longer Undefended

Canadian Forces Base Shearwater: The Next Chapter

Peak Oil, Fuel Hedging, National Debt and Canada's Military

CF Budget "Adjustments": Discontinued Reserves Training and Other Cutbacks Shiprider: Joint RCMP-US Coast Guard Marine Policing History-Making Security Operation:   Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
   
Supporting the Status Quo in Afghanistan?: A Nation Plagued by Corruption and an "Erratic" President