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(KSAZ) – The Peoria Police Department and the Peoria Fire-Medical Department have launched the city’s first Aviation Unit with a new Bell 505.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Sep. 18, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 32–Landing Gear–Nose Landing Gear A-Frame/Airframe Junctions–Inspection/Modification.

The FAA is seeking applications through Sep. 18, 2024, for its FY 2025 Airport Infrastructure Grant program, which will provide $20 million for air traffic control tower improvement projects across the United States.

The special conditions contain additional standards to establish a level of safety equivalent to existing airworthiness standards, as the Bell 525’s digital fly-by-wire flight control system is not covered under current FAA standards.

(AIN) – The company recently started test flights with a second VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) prototype with partners that include Honeywell, GKN Aerospace, and Leonardo.

This FAA final rule, which takes effect Oct. 21, 2024, prohibits the use of supplemental restraint systems in civil aircraft unless operators meet certain requirements for ensuring passenger and crew member safety during all phases of the operation.

(National Parks Traveler) – The FAA and US National Park Service (NPS) have announced the completion of a commercial air tour management voluntary agreement for Lake Mead in Arizona and Nevada.

(Revolution.aero) – Helicopter and fixed-wing pilots from Unither Bioelectronics have completed training for air ambulance operations using the Beta Technologies Alia CX300 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) electric aircraft prototype.

Lilium has conducted the first phase of integration testing for the electrical power system on its Lilium Jet electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at its laboratory in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Bell Textron has delivered a new Bell 429 to the Chicago (Illinois) Police Department, which has placed an order for two Bell 407GXis.