Content Archive: March 2025

Safety

Skyportz Tackles eVTOL Downwash and Outwash With Vertipad Design

Australian company plans to license its vertiport designs in other countries
Skyportz vertipad designs
Aircraft

U.S. Pushes For Air Dominance with F-47 Fighter Contract

$20 billion in Pentagon funding pledged to achieve first flights by 2029
Next Generation Air Dominance contract announcement
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Adds Line Maintenance Station in Perth

Facility is the company’s tenth and will be joined by one in Sydney
Bombardier line maintenance
Regulations and Government

Regent Submits Seaglider Approval Plan to U.S. Coast Guard

Sea trials with a prototype are underway in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay
Regent seaglider prototype
FBOs

St. Thomas Execujet FBO Opens New Terminal in USVI

The building replaces the old terminal, which was damaged by hurricanes in 2017
Execujet Flight Services new FBO terminal at TIST
Accidents

Investigators Note High Sink Rate in Toronto CRJ-900 Crash

Findings show ELT did not activate, winds gusting to 35 knots
TSB investigators are examining the occurrence aircraft while it is being moved to the GTAA hangar after the accident at Toronto Pearson Airport Ontario
Training and Workforce

AINsight: The Bizav Pilot Pipeline Predicament

Industry must be promoted as a long-term career, not just a stepping stone
Flexjet
Environment

Banyan Air Service Is Latest To Stock Permanent SAF Supplies

The service provider is among the first in South Florida to do so
Banyan fuel trucks on ramp
Environment

Farnborough Airport Ups Its SAF Game

A new deal will see the airport receive more than 3 million gallons of SAF a year
Farnborough Airport
Avionics

Astronics Launches SkyShow Server with FlightPath3D

The moving map solution, announced at AEA, was developed in partnership with FlightPath3D
Astronics display at AEA 2025