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VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

Aiming for safer skies: TSB calls for change in helicopter operations

Continuing VFR into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)? You’ll strike out! Additional pilot training and technology can help save lives in the event of inadvertent entry into IMC, as Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) Chair Kathy Fox explains in this month’s Spotlight on Safety article.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

ResilienX to research autonomous aircraft safety for NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a contract to Syracuse, New York–based ResilienX to study the integration of uncrewed aircraft systems and advanced air mobility operations as part of NASA’s System-Wide Safety project.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

EASA AD: Airbus AS332 and EC225 helicopters

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53–Fuselage–Rear Main Gearbox Suspension Bar Fittings Attachment Screws–Replacement, becomes effective Jul. 31, 2024.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

Lilium reiterates 2026 target for eVTOL aircraft deliveries

Lilium has reaffirmed the timelines for its delivery schedule, with three Lilium Jet electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in production by the end of 2024 and first customer deliveries anticipated in 2026.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

Loft Dynamics delivers VR simulator to Sky Aviation

Italian helicopter services company Sky Aviation will install the Loft Dynamics Airbus H125 virtual reality (VR) flight training device at its base in Cossato, Biella.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

Final FAA AD: Bell Textron Canada 407 helicopters

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires operators to inspect certain fuel system parts and perform a fuel quantity gauging system calibration, takes effect Aug. 22, 2024.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

ARISE awards AAM readiness grant to North Carolina

(AIN) – North Carolina has received $500,000 in grant funding from the Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) to research aviation improvements in preparation for advanced air mobility (AAM) operations in the western part of the state.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

Bell updates aerospace companies, students in Mexico

Luis Azúa, Bell Mexico’s general manager, represented the company at the 2024 Altitude Congress in Monterrey, Nuevo León.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

Electric Power Systems seeks FAA TSO for lithium battery

(Business Wire) – Electric Power Systems has submitted a technical standard order (TSO) application with the FAA for its Epic 1.0 rechargeable lithium battery system.

VAI Daily

Jul. 18, 2024

California grants approval for Archer to expand power-train facilities

Archer Aviation has received approval from the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority for a sales-and-use-tax exclusion to expand its manufacturing facilities in the state.