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VAI members can receive a significant discount on mentoring, coaching, and management associated with the FAA’s Aviation Safety Action Program through the association’s partnership with the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

(AIN) – A pair of former GKN Aerospace engineers who founded United Kingdom–based start-up Sora Aviation are leading an effort to secure funding for the S-1, an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that would primarily serve as a passenger shuttle for airports.

(ZimLive.com) – A helicopter pilot made an emergency landing after the engine failed on Aug. 20 near Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park outside Livingstone.

(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.