How kingfisher inspired bullet trains? Bullet trains in Japan used to make a loud boom sound when they traveled through tunnels. A bird-watching engineer was able to fix the problem after he was ...

The mission involved Canada's newest fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft. The CC-295 Kingfisher carried out its first operational parachute jump on Wednesday after only three weeks on the job.

A woman was rescued from a plane crash near Prince George on Wednesday with help from a search and rescue (SAR) team from 19 Wing Comox, who parachuted out of the new Kingfisher SAR plane.

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The fixed-wing CC-295 Kingfisher officially took to the skies on Thursday. But the medium-range plane — which is equipped with sensors capable of spotting people and objects from about 40 kilometres ...

A CC-295 Kingfisher search and rescue plane at 19 Wing Comox. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE The first of the Canadian military’s long-awaited new search-and-rescue aircraft is now on duty in B.C.

The first of a long awaited line of new search and rescue (SAR) planes has entered service at 19 Wing Comox, plugging a gap in military SAR service in Western Canada.

19 Wing Comox has been without Search and Rescue (SAR) airplanes since the beginning of 2025, when the last two Hercules aircraft, along with their crews, were removed from the base’s operations. The ...