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”
Avionics

Avilution’s XFS Software Achieves First FAA Approval

Product is a replacement for unreliable Eclipse 500 air data computers
ATC

FAA Gearing Up for Super Bowl Traffic in New Orleans

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

Troy Nehls Takes Helm of House Aviation Subcommittee

Nehls will examine implementation of FAA bill
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Cirrus SR22T G7 to Vision Jet Transition

Making a move to the jet starts with piston power
Aircraft

EHang and Partners Lay Plans for eVTOL Air Services in Shanghai

Demonstration flights have been conducted from the city's historic Longhua Airfield
Regulations and Government

FCC Proposes Spectrum Rule Changes for Advanced Air Mobility

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

Airbus Delivers H225M Helicopters to French Military

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

Cessna Citation CJ1+ Overruns Runway in Brazil, Killing Pilot

Wet runway surface, short available landing space may be factors
Security

New Israel Entry Procedures Now in Effect

Added protocols involve electronic approvals ahead of flights