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Pilot’s near miss with drone in Vernon prompts warning
VERNON – The City of Vernon is reminding people not to use drones or model…
Above the Okanagan: The view from a unique powerglider
KELOWNA – When diehard aircraft fans hear there’s going to be a Stemme at their…
Local man finds pilot of crashed float plane
VERNON - First, Ed Rougeau heard a plane engine thrumming in the sky over his home on the rural, west side of Okanagan Lake. Then the engine cut, and over his shoulder Rougeau saw the Cessna 180 float plane crash into the forest. It was loud as the plane knocked its way through the trees,...
Engine failure possible cause of plane crash
VERNON - A mechanical failure may have sent a float plane crashing into the woods off Westside Road. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says early information is the plane’s engine failed. Residents in the area heard the plane go down near Six Mile Creek road off the west side of Okanagan Lake around 6:45 p.m. Monday....
Pilot of downed plane walks from crash site
VERNON - The pilot of a plane that crashed somewhere in the woods off Westside Road has been taken to hospital with undetermined injuries. Reports of a downed aircraft in the Six Mile Creek area on the west side of Okanagan Lake came in around 6:45 p.m. Monday. Emergency officials, and several nearby residents who...