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VAI is now accepting applications through Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, for 2025 scholarships in aviation maintenance, commercial helicopter pilot ratings, and pilot safety.

(Axios) – The FAA has issued a Stage 2 G-1 issue paper for the Boeing subsidiary’s autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, one of many steps toward type certification.

(WBIR) – The University of Tennessee (UT) Lifestar program has flown more than 50,000 patients since launching in October 1984.

(Zag Daily) – A new study from Future Mobility Campus Ireland and consulting firm EA Maven concludes that Ireland’s compact size, mild climate, and transportation habits make the country an excellent use case for advanced air mobility operations, including electric air taxis.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced plans to expand the state’s Institute for Advanced Mobility and create a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Committee.

The in-person inspection authorization (IA) refresher training course takes place Feb. 1, 2025, at the Midlands Technical College campus in West Columbia.

The Nashua, New Hampshire–based company and Canadian navigation provider AG-NAV have conducted a demonstration of the Sprayhawk, which features AG-NAV’s Guia Platinum navigation system on an unmanned Robinson R44.

The manufacturer reports that a total of 56 Airbus helicopters, including several H145s, flew around 2,000 hours to assist people affected by storms and flooding in Brazil earlier this year.

EHang has secured more than $22 million in funding from Zhuhai Enpower Electric and an undisclosed investor in the United Arab Emirates.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) emergency airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Hub Sleeves–Inspection, takes effect Nov. 18, 2024.