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VAI Daily

Aug. 28, 2024

FAA proposes special conditions for Skyryse-modified Robinson R66

The FAA is seeking public comments through Oct. 15, 2024, on the special conditions, which contain additional standards to establish a level of safety equivalent to existing airworthiness standards. The control input and fly-by-wire system on the Skyryse variant of the Robinson R66 are not covered under current FAA standards.

VAI Daily

Aug. 28, 2024

Proposed FAA AD: MD 369 series, 500N, and 600N helicopters

The FAA is accepting comments through Oct. 15, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD) that would require repetitively inspecting (and replacing, if necessary) certain part-numbered tail-rotor pedal support brackets. It would also prohibit installing certain tail-rotor pedal support brackets.

VAI Daily

Aug. 28, 2024

Aurora Flight Sciences completes sUAS endurance flight

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has conducted a seven-hour endurance test flight of its SKIRON-XLE small uncrewed aircraft system (sUAS) with hydrogen fuel tanks.

VAI Daily

Aug. 28, 2024

FlyOnE to build electric aircraft training center in Australia

(EIN Presswire) – FlyOnE Sustainable Aviation is planning to establish a large-scale training facility for electric aircraft pilots near Traralgon in Victoria.

VAI Daily

Aug. 28, 2024

AAM Institute releases report on global AAM priorities

(Urban Air Mobility) – The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Institute has published the results of a survey of AAM industry representatives from 48 countries on issues including public safety, air medical transport, agricultural operations, and cargo delivery.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

NAAA 2024 Ag Aviation Expo

Nov. 18–21, 2024, Fort Worth, Texas

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

77th Annual International Aviation Safety Summit

Nov. 5–7, 2024, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

NAAA Fly Safe campaign urges ag pilots to avoid complacency

The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is reminding agricultural pilots to avoid letting complacency set in—including while conducting repetitive tasks and during long stretches of intense workloads—as part of its Fly Safe campaign, which seeks to help reduce controlled-flight-into-terrain accidents, including wire strikes.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

Cal Fire expands firefighting operations at night

(Firehouse) – Helicopter pilots for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) have started night training as the organization prepares to add around-the-clock aircraft operations to its wildfire response arsenal.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

NASA develops pod to advance autonomous aircraft research

The Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE) helicopter pod will allow National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers to collect data about weather and obstacles for air taxis, drones, and other uncrewed aircraft operations.