Elliot Gives An Interesting, In-Depth, Perspective On The EEL, E-Flight As Only Few Can

By Anthony J. Liberatore Q: So Elliot, tell me about your amazing journey here in the Ampaire EEL from California. A: We call it the EEL, the electric EEL. So yes, the airplane was configured for a short duration, like airline hops, the islands, Scotland, Hawaii, where other airlines regularly running that only go maybe 20 minutes out and 20 minutes back. When you think about it, the goal has always been electric coast to coast, on electric, across the Pacific and while that's beautiful, we're not going to start there, and we sort of start at the other end.

From 2014 (YouTube Version): Quadrotor Technology Adapted To A Fixed Wing UAV...

In this video you’re going to see an airplane that can take off and land vertically and transition to winged high flight. Okay, it must be the V-22 Osprey or possibly the F-35B Lightning ll or, of course, there’s the Arcturus UAV....The what? ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell attended the 2014 convention of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and talked with the D’Milo Hallerberg, the president of Arcturus UAV. Their unique unmanned aerial vehicle has all the appearance of being configured as a conventional airplane except it also has 4 horizontal rotors that allow it to takeoff and land vertically.

Had Been Flying Firefighting Missions In Support Of The U.S. Forest Service

On July 16, 2022, about 1920 mountain daylight time, a Bell UH-1H, N911SZ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Chapelle, New Mexico. The pilot, two tactical flight observers, and the rescue specialist sustained fatal injuries. The helicopter was operated as a Title 41 United States Code public aircraft flight. After several firefighting missions were flown in support of the U.S. Forest Service, the helicopter was fueled at Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS), Las Vegas, New Mexico.

AD 2022-16-04 Requires Inspecting The Horizontal Stabilizer Lower Skin...

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GV and GV-SP airplanes. This AD was prompted by corrosion of the horizontal stabilizer lower bonded skin assemblies. This AD requires inspecting the horizontal stabilizer lower skin and associated bonded doublers and bonded stringers, repairing any area with corrosion beyond allowable damage limits, and incorporating revisions to the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) in the existing aircraft maintenance manual (AMM) or progressive maintenance program.

Improved Hot/High Performance Results in 5th 407 for the Air One Fleet

Bell Textron continued its run of LE and government contracts with the sale of 2 Bell 407GXi helicopters to Volusia County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit, bringing their total to 5 of the type among its multimission special ops fleet. The Sheriff’s Aviation Unit, as so many do once they attain a critical fleet mass, have imbued their unit with the moniker “Air One”, operating out of DeLand Municipal Airport in Orlando, Florida. Their mission sees constant duty, 24/7/365 as they stay ready to support the agency’s mission throughout the Volusia area.