Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Bombardier canceled the midnight and morning shifts at its Downsview, Ontario factory today to clean up debris from an explosion at a nearby north Toronto propane factory yesterday morning. A Bombardier spokesman told AIN that the blast broke factory windows, buckled doors and caused sporadic electrical interruption; however, none of the estimated 20 security and customer support employees in the Bombardier plant at the time of the 3:50 a.m. blast sustained injuries.
The explosion happened at Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases, located on Murray Road, roughly a block from the Bombardier plant on Garratt Boulevard. Police evacuated residents within a one-mile radius of the explosion and ordered the closure of area highways. As of this morning, residents had begun returning home and the highways had reopened. Bombardier’s Downsview plant builds the Q400 turboprop, the Global Express and 5000 and wings for various Learjets.

Propane Blast Closes Bombardier Plant

Bombardier canceled the midnight and morning shifts at its Downsview, Ontario factory today to clean up debris from an explosion at a nearby north Toronto 

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