The path to powered-lift operations: FAA publishes final SFAR rule news Yves Le Marquand 22 Oct 24 0 The FAA has published its Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) for powered-lift aircraft such as air taxis and cargo delivery. Passed in less than 18… Read more
BETA and Bristow bring electric flight to Louisiana news Yves Le Marquand 7 Feb 24 0 BETA Technologies in partnership with Bristow has demonstrated the flight capabilities of its conventional aircraft in Louisiana. The all-electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) aircraft,… Read more
Bristow secures five early delivery positions for Electra.aero aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 29 Nov 23 0 Electra.aero has received deposit payments for five early delivery positions for its eSTOL production aircraft from Bristow. Bristow signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with… Read more
Bristow pilots BETA’s ALIA on qualitative evaluation flight news Yves Le Marquand 23 Aug 23 0 Bristow has flown BETA Technologies’ eighth qualitative evaluation flight as part of on site visit to BETA’s headquarters today. The ALIA was piloted by Bryan… Read more
Industry sheds light on challenges still remaining for FAA in devising powered-lift rules news Yves Le Marquand 18 Aug 23 0 Back in June the FAA published its 160-page Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), now the public comments are back in. The SFAR is intended to create… Read more
BETA Technologies unveils certification plans for eCTOL aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 14 Mar 23 0 BETA Technologies has revealed plans to certify an eCTOL model of its all-electric aircraft, known as the CX300. The aircraft is the company’s second all-electric… Read more
Short hoperations: What will day-to-day eVTOL ops look like? news Yves Le Marquand 7 Feb 23 0 Certifying an eVTOL is the tip of the iceberg. It is the years of operations and maintenance proceeding that to which the industry will be… Read more