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Rotorcraft

Bell Finds Additional Opportunities with Wichita Office

Bell opened the Wichita site in August 2020 to support its efforts to win contracts on two substantial future vertical lift programs for the U.S. Army.
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Aircraft

New SAF from Food Waste Promises Net-Zero Emissions

Researchers in the U.S. have developed a process to make SAF from discarded food and sewage.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Pilot of the Year Robert McCabe Brought Lessons to USCG

HAI's Pilot of the Year, USCG Lt. Cdr. Robert McCabe, demonstrated his skills coaching a pilot through disorientation and shared the lessons learned.
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FutureFlight

Embraer Still Seeking Partners for Eve eVTOL Aircraft Venture

The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer incurred losses in 2020, mainly due to declining deliveries of its commercial airliners in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Patent Reveals Volocopter's Plans for a Larger, Longer-range eVTOL Aircraft

The German company filed a U.S. patent application in 2020 that was based on a June 2019 European application.
Avionics

Be A Touch Above the Rest with Collins Aerospace's Pro Line Fusion Avionics Upgrade

Be A Touch Above the Rest with Collins Aerospace's Pro Line Fusion Avionics Upgrade
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FutureFlight

Ampaire Takes Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrations to the UK

Funding from the UK government will support flight testing of Ampaire's Electric EEL and Eco Otter SX aircraft.
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FutureFlight

VerdeGo Aero Unveils VH-3 Generator For Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Powertrains

The 185 kW generator is being provided for the propulsion systems of several new electric aircraft being developed by Jaunt Air Mobility, XTI Aircraft, and Airflow.
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FBOs

Sky Harbour Plans Colorado Facility

Private hangar complex developer Sky Harbour expects to break ground at its latest location, Denver’s Centennial Airport in the third quarter of the year.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Wins Europe, Canada Approvals for ACA Installs

Duncan Aviation has secured STCs from Europe and Canada for an ACA ionization system installation package on Globals and Challenger 300s/350s.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell Recognizes Gulfstream's APU Repair Facility

Gulfstream Aerospace’s APU repair facility at the company’s Savannah, Georgia headquarters service center has been recognized as a center of excellence.

Bizav Activity Remains Mixed in North America, Europe

While operations were down in both North America and Europe, they strengthened in the former and dropped off in the latter, Argus reports.
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Charter & Fractional

Air Charter Scotland Establishes Home Airport Base

Following a 13-year absence, Air Charter Scotland positions a Cessna Citation II at its Glasgow Airport home.
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Charter & Fractional

AINsight: Impact of Aviation Management

Growth in aircraft management poses challenges for aspiring aviation leaders and business aviation as a whole
Rotorcraft

Hill Reveals More Features for HX50 Helicopter

Hill HX50 to have options including folding blades and landing gear skids.
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WAI Panel Highlights Need To Encourage Female Pilots

Boeings Jacqueline Davidson told a WAI conference session that scheduling, preconceived ideas, and lack of exposure keep down female pilot numbers.
Sustainability and Environment

Air Elite Member FBOs Become Carbon Neutral

World Fuel Services announced this week that 43 members of its sponsored Air Elite FBO Network achieved carbon neutrality in their operations for 2019.
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Rotorcraft

Hillsboro Aero Academy Keeps the Rotors Turning

Although flight hours dropped significantly during the Covid pandemic, Hillsboro Aero Academy has been able to keep its fleet busy.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Nears Milestones With 525, 505 Helos

Bell looks to wrap up certification flight testing of the 525 Relentless in the first half of 2021.
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Rotorcraft

U.S. AAM Market To Generate $115B Annually by 2035

The joint Deloitte/AIA study sees the AAM market, including flying taxis and cargo drones, to generate the equivalent of 0.5 percent of U.S. GDP by 2035.
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Airports

New Hotel To Land at London Biggin Hill Airport

London’s Biggin Hill Airport broke ground today on The Landing, an on-site luxury boutique hotel slated to open in 2022.
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Avionics

Mid-Continent Standby Unit STC'd for Falcon 900s

Mid-Continent Instruments’ Standby Attitude Module replaces the Falcon 900 series attitude horizon standby, altimeter, and standby Mach airspeed indicator.
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Sustainability and Environment

Another UK FBO To Offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Centreline Aviation at the UK’s Bristol Airport has inked a deal with Air BP to become the country’s first independent, non-network retailer of SAF.
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Airports

AOPA Unites Orgs in Push for Standard Airport Diagrams

AOPA, which brought together 300 groups in support of standard airport diagram parking labels, found 30 different references for the same type of ramp.
Aircraft

Broker Aerocor Unveils Annual Premier I/IA Fleet Update

Aerocor's Premier I/IA fleet update will be based in part on an annual survey of owners and operators of the out-of-production light twinjet.
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Regulations and Government

Treasury Outlines Steps for PSP3 Funding

NATA advised that the third round of the Payroll Support Program is available only to carriers who received the second round.
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Aircraft

Aerospace Partners To Test 100 Percent SAF in a Widebody

Airbus, DLR, Rolls-Royce, and Neste have launched a study into the benefits of flying a widebody airliner on 100 percent SAF.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Donation Helps Launch RedTail Academy

An anonymous donation of a Sikorsky helicopter is helping a chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen to launch RedTail Flight Academy.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Salutes Michael Hynes for Lifetime Achievement

Michael Hynes, HAI's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has had a 65-year career that has included Brantly helicopter production and as an educator.
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Rotorcraft

Used Helicopter Market Attains Shaky Hover

Pandemic, falling energy prices, overhang used helicopter market.
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