Content Archive: May 2020

SAE's AeroTech Joins Forces with ASM's AeroMat

Beginning in 2022, SAE's AeroTech will be cominbed with ASM's AeroMat, providing a single forum highlighting a range of aircraft and materials innovations.
Avionics

ForeFlight App Adds Multitasking

With iOS multitasking, ForeFlight adds new utility to its electronic flight bag app.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Covid-19 Forces Mx Schools To Seek New Ways To Instruct

With stay-at-home directives forcing their facilities to close, aircraft maintenance schools look to technology to continue instruction despite barriers.
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Aircraft

EHang's 216 eVTOL Cleared for Supply Flights in China

EHang is using its 216 autonomous eVTOL aircraft to carry freight for a hotel operator in southern China with approval from the CAAC.
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Aircraft

JSSI: Bizav Flight Ops Reach Record Low in April

JSSI's latest Business Aviation Index reports that business aircraft averaged 5.9 hours for the month in April and utilization dropped 77.5 percent y-o-y.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

New Venture Jettisons Parked Offshore Helos

A new venture has been formed to help lenders to the offshore rotorcraft industry dispose of under-utilized assets.
Maintenance and Modifications

AIM, Fulcrum Labs Recognized for Mx Training Successes

AIM and Fulcrum Las were honored for a collaboration that has helped boost FAA exam pass rates to more than 95 percent.
Aircraft

GAMA: 1Q genav Deliveries See Covid-19 Impact

Though the first quarter of the year started well for general aviation manufacturers, as the Covid pandemic took hold, deliveries fell.
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Aircraft

Covid Digs Deeper Hole for Airbus A380

With only three A380s operating in scheduled service, the future looks bleak for the big quadjet.
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Safety

Aviation Orgs Call on FCC To Reverse Course on Ligado

Ten aviation organizations petitioned the FCC, urging it to reconsider an approval of a Ligado network that uses frequencies near those used by aviation.