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Famed trial attorney and aviator F. Lee Bailey guided Enstrom Helicopter through a decade of achievement.

Sully Sullenberger selected for ICAO post, Hansueli Loosli takes helm at Pilatus, John Foster is chairman/CEO of Skytech, and APG's Mike Caflisch retires.

Preliminary and final accident reports, August 2021

Azul has provisionally agreed to buy 220 of Lilium's six-passenger eVTOL aircraft for $1 billion and is working with the manufacturer to launch commercial services from 2025.

During the "Cleaner Skies" event at Valkenburg Airport in the Netherlands, the Delft University of Technology's AeroDelft team gave an update on their plans to develop hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Rolls-Royce will expand its research and development footprint at Purdue University in a multi-million-dollar partnership with the university and the Purdue Research Foundation.

The long-serving variable-stability testbed and research platform is being recruited to the Skyborg autonomous low-cost air vehicle development effort.

NTSB was on scene of the crash site near Truckee-Tahoe Airport for five days as they gathered information on a Challenger 605 accident that killed six.

The labor strike at Bombardier’s Toronto manufacturing facility was apparently short-lived, as the airframer announced it has reached a settlement.

GE Aviation says its next-generation primary and solid-state secondary electrical power distribution and control system offers weight savings.

Gulfstream is the first company to receive the National Aeronautic Association’s “Sustainable Wings” certification for an SAF-fueled record-setting flight.

Operations are expected to approach 300,000 in July, Argus predicted peaks in August and October that surpass that demarcation, the most in its database.

FAA's chief says the agency is working on a new rule to clarify instruction requirements in certain category aircraft, but the industry isn't satisfied.

The first EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show since the last one in 2019 attracted huge crowds and record-breaking numbers of aircraft.

The effort of the aviation companies, including Pratt & Whitney and Collins, is aimed at providing Covid-19 vaccines to 92 low-income countries.

Bell's profit in the second quarter of 2021 declined largely because of costs related to its Army Future Vertical Lift competition offerings.

Volocopter made the first FAA-approved flight of a manned, eVTOL aircraft in a public environment in the U.S. during the EAA AirVenture show.

Joby plans to operate conventional aircraft once it obtains its Part 135 certificate as it works toward certification of its eVTOL.

The company is testing subscale eVTOL and eSTOL versions of its eStarling aircraft, with recent trials having focused on validating the flight control system.

Every minute that an eVTOL aircraft saves in getting emergency medical support to a patient increases the chance of survival, and this application also demonstrates clear societal benefits for the new mode of transportation.

Advanced communications technology is a key part of the urban air mobility equation because the new sector will greedily consume data, which is why trade groups are calling for careful planning with service providers and technology experts.

Touchscreen flight displays, along with a synthetic vision system and compact fly-by-wire flight controls are all intended to reduce the workload for the single pilot flying Eviation's Alice electric aircraft.

The Transwing eVTOL design features folding wings that will allow the aircraft to operate from a much smaller ground area than similar-sized vehicles.

The company says that after suffering costly damage from a battery fire, it has developed a solution that guards against this danger and wants to offer it to other electric aircraft companies.

The company has begun the process to earn the FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate it needs to start eVTOL air taxi services by 2024, along with the required type and production certificates for its five-seat aircraft.

Johnson Matthey has acquired the assets and intellectual property of UK-based battery developer Oxis Energy and intends to use these as a platform to pursue its ambitions in the green hydrogen sector.

The A350 freighter derivative would enter service in 2025 though Airbus has not yet announced a launch customer.

Textron Aviation reported higher metrics in all key financial and delivery categories during the second quarter and first half of 2021.

L.J. Aviation was the first Air Charter Safety Foundation member to demonstrate it had met the updated Industry Audit Standard requirements.

Western FBO operator GateOne has increased its FBO count to three with the addition of Chandler Air Service.