Version 12.1 Adds Helicopter Mode and Checklists  

McKinny, Texas-based Adventure Pilot LLC is a provider of Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) products designed to enhance pilot productivity and flight safety. The company’s iFly EFB app features navigation, flight planning, aeronautical charts, and weather integration capabilities. Adventure Pilot announced the release of version 12.1 of iFly EFB. In addition to the full complement of the product’s legacy features, the update introduces Helicopter Mode and Checklists--addenda designed to meet the unique needs of rotary-wing pilots.

5th Annual National Aviation Day to be Held at Dare County Regional

The First Flight Society will be celebrating the 5th annual National Aviation Day on August 19th, 2023. The event will be held at Dare County Regional Airport in North Carolina, with exhibitors, aircraft displays, and food in celebration of the Wright Brothers’ first flight more than a century ago. National Aviation Day is a free event for all, suitable for the whole family. This year's keynote speaker will be Larry Tise, historian, scholar, and author of Conquering the Sky.

Work on Georgia Manufacturing Facility Underway

On 19 June 2023, Archer Aviation, the California-based designer of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and Stellantis, the multinational automotive manufacturing concern born of the merger of Italian-American Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group—jointly announced at the Paris Air-Show that significant progress had been made on the two-companies’ strategic manufacturing partnership. With construction of Archer’s Covington, Georgia high-volume eVTOL aircraft manufacturing facility well underway, Stellantis has increased its strategic shareholding in the enterprise by dint of a series of open-market purchases of Archer stock.

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