Build a case for aviation safety with the ACSF Safety ROI Calculator The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) Safety ROI Calculator lets you show decision makers how upgrades to operations, equipment, personnel,… Continue reading →
When help crowds the sky: Operational safety lessons from disaster-zone drone saturation (Autonomy Global) – In the first hours after a natural disaster, drones are among the most valuable tools available to… Continue reading →
Proposed FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters, certain H160-B helicopters The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Helicopters Model H160-B helicopters. This proposed AD… Continue reading →
Penn State Health Life Lion adds new helicopter The newest aircraft will be stationed at the critical-care transport service’s Lancaster, Pennsylvania, base, joining two other Airbus H155 aircraft. Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters, certain Model EC130 T2 helicopters The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-25-14, which applied to certain Airbus Helicopters Model EC130 T2 helicopters. That AD… Continue reading →
Indonesia’s Whitesky signs for 60 AutoFlight eVTOLs (Urban Air Mobility) – Indonesia’s Whitesky Aviation on Aug. 12 ordered 60 AutoFlight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft,… Continue reading →
NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopters will wear tiny capes (Space.com) – The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) SkyFall mission will send a trio of mini rotorcraft to… Continue reading →
Florida county program uses drones to bring whole blood to trauma scenes (DroneLife) – Archer First Response Systems is supporting a drone program designed to deliver whole blood directly to emergency scenes… Continue reading →
Air Zermatt and the Bell 429: High-altitude rescue experts (VIDEO) Bell profiles customer Air Zermatt, illustrating how the Swiss operator employs a Bell 429 for rescue missions varying from performing… Continue reading →
Final BIS rule: Streamlining export controls for drone exports The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is easing export controls on certain unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones)… Continue reading →
