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The US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) is launching the Peer Pilot Program, aimed at providing helicopter pilots and crew members a safe and confidential space to navigate personal challenges. To support the program, the USHST is actively seeking pilots and crew members to become trained Peer Pilot volunteers.

The Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative has released an update about its efforts to find a safe and reliable unleaded aviation fuel by the end of 2030. The update emphasizes the role aircraft owners will play in the transition.

(Commercial UAV News) – Wright State University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has received a one-year grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education to investigate how to improve the performance of advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft.

In this FAA Pilot Minute, Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup explains the path to certification for pilots who are cited for driving under the influence (DUI) and the information they are required to submit to an aviation medical examiner (AME).

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires determining the recalculated service life of certain critical parts and replacing them, if necessary, while specifying conditions for installing the parts, takes effect Nov. 26, 2024.

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has purchased carbon credits under the Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE) program to offset its staff travel to this week’s National Business Aviation Association 2024 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(Urban Air Mobility News) – Under a new five-year agreement, Clay Lacy Aviation will supply fixed-base operator (FBO) services for Supernal electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Supernal and Blade Urban Air Mobility are teaming up on the development of advanced air mobility (AAM) networks and fleet management operations using Supernal’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the companies announced at this week’s National Business Aviation Association 2024 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(DroneDJ) – The FAA has granted the Campbell Police Department in Santa Clara County the first waiver for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations as part of the department’s Drone as a First Responder program.

Helicopter Institute has added a Bell 429 helicopter and a new Level 5 flight training device (FTD) to its training fleet in support of its Beyond Factory Training initiative.