Content Archive: May 2026

Aircraft

French Navy Takes Delivery of First of Three PC-24s

Aircraft delivered through contract with Jet Aviation
Pilatus PC-24
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Gets FAA Nod for Virtual Preflight Training

Pilots can conduct 3D virtual preflight inspections in their training programs
FlightSafety International Gulfstream G550 simulator
Aircraft

The 2026 Aero Friedrichshafen Show Had Its Largest Business Aviation Presence Yet

It has established itself as a significant aviation trade show in Europe.
Dassault Falcon 6X at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026
Sustainability and Environment

Modified R44 Flies Hydrogen-electric Helicopter Circuit

Unither Bioélectronique expands envelope of experimental aircraft
R44 Helicopter hovering
FBOs

Sheltair Boosts Hangars at North Florida Gulf Airport

The projects added shelter at panhandle gateway KECP
New Hangar 3 at Sheltair KECP
Safety

Mountain Wave Turbulence Added to AWC Products

First G-Airmet with mountain wave tag issued May 4
AWC graphical chart showing mountain wave G-Airmet
Rotorcraft

Airbus and Lindo Explore HEMS Cabin Disinfection

Medical helicopters could adopt antimicrobial blue light technology
Signing partnership
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Updated DARPA Hybrid-Electric XRQ-73 Makes First Flight

Experimental aircraft to validate hybrid-electric propulsion technology
DARPA XRQ-73 in flight
Sustainability and Environment

UK’s FAAM Research Aircraft Formally Ceases Operations

Environmental research program had already used three quarters of previously agreed funding
FAAM BAe146 parked on the ground
Engines

P&WC Opens Morocco Engine Parts Manufacturing Facility

RTX business expects to create 200 new jobs by 2030
Pratt & Whitney Canada's Morocco facility