Content Archive: May 2021

Bizav OEMs Optimistic about New Customers

During EBAA Connect, bizav OEM heads agreed the market has attracted new buyers, but they still worry about pandemic, supply chain, and workforce issues.
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Environment

Scientists Leave No Stone Unturned in Bid for Sustainability

The EBACE Connect webinar heard how Airbus scientists are looking at options such as microbes and enzymes as ways to develop new aviation fuels.
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Regulations and Government

Europe's Reg Framework Enables Innovation, but Capacity Needed

An EBACE Connect panel discussion suggests an existing regulatory framework allows for aviation innovation, but capacity is a concern.
Aircraft

DALaviation Named First CJ4 Gen2 Customer in Europe

DALaviation Switzerland will add the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2 to its CJ2+ and CJ1 fleet.
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Aircraft

How Battery and Electric Motor Tech Is Transforming Aviation

How Battery and Electric Motor Tech Is Transforming Aviation
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Rotorcraft

Insurer Seeks Removal from Bryant Crash Lawsuit

OC Helicopter insurer Endurance claims $10 million policy does not cover rotorcraft.
Rotorcraft

Airbus H160 Earns JCAB Approval

Airbus Helicopters’ H160 medium twin has been granted type certification by Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau.
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Airlines

IATA Applauds Opening Borders to Vaccinated Travelers

Germany becomes one of the latest countries to relax quarantine mandates, drawing praise from IATA.
Accidents

NTSB: Wrong Rudder Input Led To King Air Fatal Crash

The NTSB said the pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control following reduced thrust in the left engine on takeoff resulted in a fatal King Air crash.
Rotorcraft

Ruggedness, Reliability Keep Russian VIP helicopters in Vogue

The Mi-8/17 series helicopters remain in widespread use worldwide.
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