Content Archive: January 2025

Aircraft

Ascendance Plans to Fly Hybrid eVTOL Prototype This Year

First full-scale prototype of the hybrid-electric Atea aircraft is “in the production phase”
Ascendance's iron bird
Avionics

Avilution’s XFS Software Achieves First FAA Approval

Product is a replacement for unreliable Eclipse 500 air data computers
Mark Spencer Avilution founder
ATC

FAA Gearing Up for Super Bowl Traffic in New Orleans

The NFL championship game represents a major logistics puzzle for business aviation
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Regulations and Government

Troy Nehls Takes Helm of House Aviation Subcommittee

Nehls will examine implementation of FAA bill
House aviation subcommittee Chairman Troy Nehls (R-Texas)
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Cirrus SR22T G7 to Vision Jet Transition

Making a move to the jet starts with piston power
piston-powered SR22T G7
Aircraft

EHang and Partners Lay Plans for eVTOL Air Services in Shanghai

Demonstration flights have been conducted from the city's historic Longhua Airfield
EHang EH216-S eVTOL flying in Shanghai
Regulations and Government

FCC Proposes Spectrum Rule Changes for Advanced Air Mobility

Proposed U.S. regulatory changes support eVTOL operations and target drone threats
Aura Network Systems
Rotorcraft

Airbus Delivers H225M Helicopters to French Military

Pair of H225M twins are part of a batch of eight ordered in 2021
Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters
Accidents

Cessna Citation CJ1+ Overruns Runway in Brazil, Killing Pilot

Wet runway surface, short available landing space may be factors
Google Earth image of Ubataba airport with distance markings
Security

New Israel Entry Procedures Now in Effect

Added protocols involve electronic approvals ahead of flights