Ruling Would Include Drones Flown By Hobbyists As Well As Commercial Aircraft

Drone operators may soon be required to display a government-issued ID number on the exterior of their aircraft, according to the Acting Administrator of the FAA.

New Facility Expected To Open Early In 2019

Desert Jet Center has received a long-anticipated approval from Riverside County’s Board of Supervisors to resume construction of its upscale terminal facility.

DOT OIG Finds Operator Of Beech Aviation Defrauded Students, Illegally Operated As A Commercial Carrier For Hire

On May 16, 2018, Robert Charles Jones Brady, owner of Beech Aviation, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, West Palm Beach, Florida, to 7 years’ incarceration, 3 years’ supervised release, and a $400 special assessment fee for operating an aircraft without an airman’s certificate, wire fraud, and falsification of records in a Federal investigation.

ULC Robotics, Los Gatos Research Partner To Test New Aerial Gas Leak Detection Sensor At Stanford University Event

ULC Robotics and Los Gatos Research (LGR) participated in the Mobile Methane Monitoring Challenge hosted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Stanford University’s Natural Gas Initiative. ULC Robotics and LGR deployed their patented UAV-based sensor to identify the source of controlled methane leaks. The data obtained by the UAV and sensor will be compared to eleven other ground- and aerial-based technologies.

Will Oversee Company's Six Bases And Entire Air Medical Fleet

Guardian Flight Inc. has appointed Jared Sherman as Alaska Executive Director. As a member of Guardian Flight's Executive Management Team, he reports to Fred Buttrell, Guardian Flight President and President and CEO of Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH), which is Guardian's parent company.

Bell 407 Joins Ground-Based Ambulance At The Base

Leading air medical transport company Med-Trans Corporation has opened a new AeroCare medical helicopter base in Plainview, Texas, joining a ground ambulance already operating there. A medically-equipped Bell 407 helicopter is now available at Hale County Airport to serve patients in the Texas Panhandle and surrounding areas.

Held In Conjunction With EBACE2018 In Geneva, Switzerland

On May 28, an aviation industry Media Luncheon will be held to launch a plan to help advance the development and adoption of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuels (SAJF), reflecting the industry’s long-standing commitment to emissions reduction, including the stated objectives of achieving a 2-percent improvement in efficiency per year from 2010 until 2020, carbon-neutral growth from 2020 onwards, and a 50-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, relative to 2005.

Station, Contractor To Pay $40 Million To Two Men Injured On The Ground When The News Helicopter Went Down

A settlement agreement has been reached in a civil trial in Seattle, WA that followed an accident involving a helicopter operated by television station KOMO that fatally injured two people on the aircraft and seriously injured two people on the ground.

Says Airport Costs Are Disproportionately Carried By Commercial Operators

The Dallas City Council has passed an ordinance to begin charging landing fees to GA aircraft at Love Field in an effort to offset operations and maintenance costs.

Will Work Collaboratively With Other Air Medical Transport Services To Dispatch The Appropriate Aircraft

Life Link III has announced the opening of its new air medical helicopter base in Marshfield, Wisconsin. This new base is a 24-hour operation located at the Marshfield Clinic Medical Center campus, establishing Life Link III’s eighth base throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. Life Link III’s medically-configured helicopters and airplanes serve as flying intensive care units (ICUs) providing critical care prehospital services from accident scenes and from local hospitals to those that can provide specific expertise or higher level of care.