California legislators introduce bill to enhance wildfire response The bipartisan state bill would reauthorize the FireGuard program, which uses US Department of Defense satellites to help detect wildfires. Continue reading →
Proposed FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters H160-B The FAA is accepting comments through Oct. 23 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revising the existing… Continue reading →
Chinook convoy flies over Kansas (VIDEO) (KMBC) – The US Army Reserve unit at New Century AirCenter (KIXD) conducted a final flyover with its fleet of… Continue reading →
EASA reminds pilots: Avoid ‘get-there-itis’ The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Community Network is sharing information about a December 2016 helicopter crash in Brazil… Continue reading →
Skyportz illustrates downwash, outwash reduction (VIDEO) A new Skyportz animation shows how vertipads can reduce downwash and outwash from electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at… Continue reading →
Helicopter crew finds hiker lost on survival challenge (VIDEO) (WXMI) – A Michigan State Police helicopter crew located a hiker Sep. 6 who was lost in Pigeon River Country… Continue reading →
SkyDrive exhibits eVTOL, rail routes in Japanese city The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker and the East Japan Railway Co. displayed future combined rail and… Continue reading →
Jetson delivers personal eVTOL aircraft to California (VIDEO) Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, completed ground training and flew the Jetson One electric vertical takeoff and landing… Continue reading →
ICYMI: VAI Webinars—Prepare for Your FAA Medical Like It’s a Checkride During our most recent VAI Webinar, AME and Wingman Med Operations Director Keith Roxo, MD, explained how an AME determines your… Continue reading →
GE Aerospace, BETA Technologies to develop AAM turbogenerator The companies will partner to develop a hybrid-electric turbogenerator for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications. The agreement includes GE Aerospace… Continue reading →
