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Bombardier.  A dream with international reach.  Montreal: Bombardier Inc, 1992.

Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aerodrome Standards and Recommended Practices; 4th Edition.  (TP 312E).  Ottawa, 1993.

Contains the minimum characteristic for the design and operation of aerodromes.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aeronautics Act.  Ottawa, 1985 - .  [Online].  9 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/acts-regulations/GENERAL/A/aa/act/menu.html

The Aeronautics Act (Act) is an act of Parliament providing the basis for the regulation of aeronautics.  The existing powers as set out in the Act provide for the making and repealing of regulations.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aircraft Certification Policy Letters.  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  15 July 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/certification/guidance/menu.htm.

Aircraft Certification Policy Letters provide airworthiness personnel, including delegates, with instructions and directives required to ensure consistency and standardization in the application of regulations, standards, policies and procedures.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aircraft Certification Staff Instructions.  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  15 July 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/certification/guidance/menu.htm.

Aircraft Certification Staff Instructions provide airworthiness personnel, including delegates, with guidelines on the applicability of existing or new regulations, standards or procedures, or specify interim policies pending a required revision to be made to a given airworthiness document.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aircraft Maintenance and Manufacturing Policy Letters (MPL).  Ottawa. 1996 - .  [Online].  19 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/maintenance/AARPC/mpl/menu.htm

Maintenance and Manufacturing Policy Letters are internal working documents for use by Transport Canada staff and apply only to aircraft that are operated subject to Canadian regulations.  Foreign operators of Canadian products should refer to their own national regulations.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aircraft Maintenance and Manufacturing Staff Instructions.  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  14 July 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from  http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilAviation/maintenance/AARPC/msi/menu.htm.

Maintenance and Manufacturing Staff Instructions are internal working documents for use by Transport Canada staff and apply only to aircraft that are operated subject to Canadian regulations.  Foreign operators of Canadian products should refer to their own national regulations.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Air Operator Certification Manual.  (TP 4711).  Ottawa, 1999.

Guidance material on air operator certification process.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Airworthiness Directives.  (TP 6214).  Ottawa, 1933 - .  [Online].  25 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/certification/continuing/ad.htm.

Airworthiness Directives specify corrective action to be carried out on a given type of aircraft in order to restore these aircraft to an airworthy condition.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Airworthiness Manual.  (TP 6197).  Ottawa, 1986 - .

Canadian Airworthiness Standards are an integral part of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) and are published in the Airworthiness Manual.  The Airworthiness Manual contains Design and Maintenance Standards as well as procedural chapters.  Many parts of the Airworthiness Manual are incorporated in the CARs, although some are still published separately.  Airworthiness Manual Advisory material (AMA) is incorporated in the Airworthiness Manual.  Revised in conjunction with Canadian Aviation Regulations.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Airworthiness Notices.  Ottawa, 1993 - .  [Online].  22 June 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/maintenance/aarpc/ans/menu.htm.

Airworthiness Notices provide a means of conveying general information to the aviation public.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  25 March 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from  http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/regserv/affairs/cars/menu.htm.

The Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) provide the regulations that apply to civil aviation in Canada, including both offence-creating provisions and administrative provisions.  Numerous standards publications have been incorporated by reference in the CARs.  Some standards continue to exist as separately published documents; other standards are included in the CARs themselves.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Human Factors for Aviation - Advanced Handbook.  ( TP 12934).  Ottawa, 1997.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Human Factors for Aviation - Basic Handbook.  (TP 12934).  Ottawa, 1997.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Human Factors for Aviation - Instructor’s Guide.  (TP 12934).  Ottawa, 1997.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Index of Airworthiness Directives Applicable in Canada.  (TP 9857).  Ottawa.  [Online].  25 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/certification/continuing/ad.htm.

Listing of all Airworthiness Directives and mandatory service bulletins currently applicable to Canadian aeronautical products.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Safety Criteria for Approval of Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations (ETOPS).  (TP 6327E).  Ottawa, 2000 edition.  [Online].  8 March 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/commerce/manuals/tp6327v00a/menu.htm.

For use and guidance of Canadian airline operators operating, or seeking authority to operate, two-engine aeroplanes more than 60 minutes at single engine cruise speed, from an adequate airport on routes that are not wholly within Canadian Domestic Airspace.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Service Difficulty Advisory.  Ottawa, 1986 - .

Non-mandatory notice of a service difficulty constituting a potential airworthiness problem.  Restricted to affected owners and all Aircraft Maintenance Engineers.  On request to Aircraft Maintenance Operators, delegates, schools and others.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Service Difficulty Alert.  Ottawa, 1985 - .

Non-mandatory notice of a service difficulty constituting a potential airworthiness problem.  Restricted to affected owners and all Aircraft Maintenance Engineers.  On request to Aircraft Maintenance Operators, delegates, schools and others.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Supplemental Type Approvals/Certificates.  Ottawa, 1959 - .  [Online].  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/stc/intro_e.html.

Approvals relating to design engineering data which define a modification or repair to an aircraft, engine, propeller or appliance.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Type  Certificates.  Ottawa, 1952 - .  [Online].  [cited 20 July 2004; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/stc/intro_e.html.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  A.I.P.  Aeronautical Information Publication.  Ottawa.

This is a consolidation of preflight reference information of a lasting nature and provides a single source of information concerning rules of the air and procedures for aircraft operation in Canadian airspace.  Includes those sections of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) of interest to pilots.


Donald, David, ed.  The Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft.  Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1999.

Profiles, specifications and illustrations for civil aircraft from the 1920s to the date of publication.


Donald, David, ed.  The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft.  Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997.

Development history, specifications and illustrations of over 2500 civil and military aircraft. 


Dueck, D.  Aircraft regulations simplified.  Calgary, 1999.


Fuller, G. A., J. A.  Griffin and K. M. Molson.  125 Years of Canadian Aeronautics: A Chronology, 1840-1965.  Willowdale, Ontario: Canadian Aviation Historical Society, 1983.


MacKenzie, David.  Canada and International Aviation; 1932-1948.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989.


Milberry, Larry.  Air Transport in Canada.  Toronto: Canav Books, 1997, 2 vols.


Milberry, Larry.  Aviation in Canada.  Toronto:  McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1979.


Molson, K.M. and H. A. Taylor.  Canadian Aircraft since 1909.  London, England: Putnam, 1982.

 

Reference

Canada.  Department of National Defence.  Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee.  Flight Operations Lexicon.  (TP 2401).  Air Canada, National Defence Department, Secretary of State, Transport Canada, Ottawa, 1980.

English-French, French-English lexicon.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.  (TP 220).  1999 - .  [Online].  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from  http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activepages/ccarcs/en/default_e.asp?x_lang=e.

Contains names and addresses of all registered aircraft owners in Canada.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Civil Aviation Offices and Service Centres.  (TP 13165).  1998. 


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel.  (TP 1158E).  Ottawa, 1994 - .  [Online].  16 July 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/regserv/terminology/Glossary/menu.htm


Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.  Directory of Members.  1999. 

Periodicals

Canada.  Transport Canada.  Aviation Group.  Airworthiness.  Feed-back.  (TP 6980E).  Ottawa, 1989 - .

Magazine format compilation of recent service difficulty reports.


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aviation Safety Letter.  (TP 185).  Ottawa. 1996 - .  [Online].  27 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/SystemSafety/Newsletters/tp185/menu.htm


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aviation Safety Maintainer.  (TP 3658).  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  27 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/systemsafety/newsletters/tp3658/menu.htm


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aviation Safety Ultralight and Balloon.  (TP 7317).  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  27 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/systemsafety/newsletters/tp7317/menu.htm


Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Aviation Safety Vortex.  (TP 202).  Ottawa, 1996 - .  [Online].  27 May 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/systemsafety/newsletters/tp202/menu.htm


Canada.  Transportation Safety Board.  Aviation Safety Reflexions.  Hull, Quebec: 1993 - 2000.


Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.  Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal.  Ottawa, 1954 - .  [Online].  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.casi.ca/.


Canadian Aviation News.  Canadian Aviation News.  Calgary: Canadian Aviation News Ltd., 1975 - .


Lloyd's of London Press.  The Aviation Quarterly.  Ottawa, Ontario: Aviation Quarterly Inc., 1999 - .

Issued as a supplement to Aerospace risk.


The Recreational Flyer
.  Cheltenham, Ontario: Recreational Aircraft Association Publishing Company.

Selected articles available at : http://www.raa.ca/search.php?query=&topic=5A subscription is required to view the complete contents of the magazine.

 

Statistics

Canada.  Transport Canada.  CATA.  Aviation Statistics Centre.  Civil Aircraft Activity in Canada.  (TP 2468).  Ottawa, 1976 - .

Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Handbook of accidents to Canadian registered aircraft worldwide.  (TP 10721).  Ottawa, 1990-.

 

Conference Proceedings

Canada.  Transport Canada.  Safety and Security.  2nd Biennial Airworthiness Engineering and Flight Test Delegates Conference.  Cornwall, Ontario, June 19-21, 1996. 

Symposia : Flight Operations/Flight Test, 10th Propulsion, 11th Structures and Materials, 12th Navigation, held in conjunction with the 45th Annual CASI Conference.  Calgary, Alberta, May 10 - 13, 1998.

 

Bibliographies

Canada.  Transport Canada.  Civil Aviation.  Civil Aviation Publications.  Ottawa.  [Online].  19 January 2004.  [cited 20 July 2004]; available from http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Publications/menu.htm

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