Actor and pilot Harrison Ford has become a spokesperson for Airlink, a Washington DC-based rapid response relief nonprofit organization responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Electric-powered multi-copters could supplement traditional helicopters in the emergency medical service role, a study by Germany’s ADAC motoring association has detailed.
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive inspections of 14,653 U.S. registered single-engine Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207 and 210 models to check for cracks in the strut attach fittings at the forward cabin doorpost.
Jet It, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional ownership company, has placed an order for 10 HondaJet Elite aircraft with delivery over the next year.
With the second largest helicopter fleet in the world, Canada has launched a program to develop the technologies, supply chain and regulations for advanced air mobility, including urban and regional cargo and passenger transportation.
As Bombardier continues the expansion of its Singapore Service Centre, it is collaborating with Jetex to establish a fixed-base operator experience in Singapore, offering Jetex FBO and ground-handling systems.
The policy revision prevents grant funding from being used to purchase drones from “an entity that DOJ leadership has determined is subject or vulnerable to extrajudicial direction from a foreign government.”
The FAA should strengthen its oversight of avionics cybersecurity to protect against evolving risks to commercial aircraft, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advised in an Oct. 9 report to Congress.
The startup describes the flight from Camarillo to Hayward in California as “the longest flight to date for any commercially relevant aircraft employing electric propulsion.”
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and trade shows began canceling—such as the National Business Aviation Association’s annual convention and exhibition (NBAA-BACE)—Universal Avionics began asking what it could do to showcase its products to customers.
Irrational, “fear-based” concerns over drone safety and security are stifling the use of the technology in the U.S. after the initial progress that was made in 2016, leading drone manufacturer DJI says.
Major parts for the Racer, a high-speed compound helicopter demonstrator being developed under Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research program, have begun arriving at Airbus Helicopters for assembly.
Vertis Aviation, a charter specialist and private jet consultancy firm, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary of delivering charter services to an international set of customers.
Woolpert, an architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and consulting firm, is opening a new office in the National Aviation Research and Technology Park in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Finnoff Aviation Products has chosen True Blue Power’s TV44 (46 amp-hr.) main ship battery for a lithium-ion battery Supplemental Type Certification (STC) kit.
Starlite Aviation Training Academy of Durban and Mossel Bay, South Africa, has purchased an AL250 compact simulator from ALSIM to respond to the growing need for single and multi-engine simulator training at its Durban campus.
