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July 02, 2015

First Flight: Bell 525 Relentless

World’s First Commercial Fly-By-Wire Helicopter Achieves Highly Anticipated Milestone

The new Bell 525 Relentless has achieved its first flight. Textron said in a news release that the maiden flight of the super-medium helicopter took place at the company’s aircraft assembly center in Amarillo, Texas.

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FAA InFO Warns Of Gates Products Not Designed Or Intended For Aircraft Use

Cites Main Rotor Belt On Amateur Built Helicopter Which Failed In 2003

The FAA has issued an InFO to inform operators and repair facilities of potential failures of Gates products that are not designed for aviation use and are currently being used in multiple aviation applications.

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PlaneSense Adds 400XTi Jet To Its Fleet

First Of Five That Are Being Acquired By The Company

Fractional aircraft ownership company PlaneSense has added its first Nextant Aerospace 400XTi jet to the fleet.

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Teenager, Not Child, Likely Started Mayo Helicopter At Air Show

FAA Says A 17-Year-Old Person Was In The Helicopter's Cockpit

It would appear that a six-year-old boy was not responsible for the unauthorized startup of a Mayo Clinic EC145 at an airshow in Mankato, MN over the weekend.

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California Cop Tells UAV Owner That His Aircraft Creates 'Suspicion Of A Crime'

Had Been Capturing Images Of The Orange County Sheriff's Department Station

The creator of the YouTube channel The Junkyard News was capturing images of the Orange County Sheriff's Department station in Lake Forest, CA recently, and he had happened to bring along his UAV to the shoot.

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FAA: Washington DC Is A 'No Drone Zone'

Video Message Goes Out Prior To July 4th Festivities

One of the most spectacular UAV shots that hit the Internet last year was a video of fireworks captured using a quadcopter flying through the display. And while you may be able to capture similar images at your local July 4 celebration, don't try it at the National Mall in Washington, DC ... or pretty much anywhere else in the area.

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