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Feb
06
2025
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Madrid, February 6th, 2025 - Entrol, the manufacturer of EASA and FAA certified FNPT, FTD, and FFS flight simulators, proudly announces the sale of a Bell 429 FTD Level 5 simulator to Meridian Helicopters, based in Townsville, Australia. Scheduled for installation in Summer 2025, this state-of-the-art simulator represents Entrol’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions for pilot training.
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Bell 429
EASA
Entrol
Meridian Helicopters
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Mar
03
2025
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The pilot reported that after returning from a local flight, he entered an in-ground effect hover taxi directly into the wind at the airport. While in the hover the pilot started a right pedal turn when he encountered a sudden right quartering tailwind. The pilot attempted to correct for the sudden wind; however, directional control was immediately lost, and the helicopter impacted the runway upright which resulted in substantial damage to the main rotor system, the fuselage, and tail rotor system.
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Buras
LA
NTSB Report
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Mar
11
2025
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ASHBURN, Va. – March 11, 2025 – Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division today announced it has been awarded an approximately $50 million firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by Naval Air Systems Command to provide its high-speed data acquisition systems hardware and associated repair services in support of the Naval Air Systems Command Special Flight Test Instrumentation Pool. The contract, which is scheduled to run through January 2030, covers Curtiss-Wright's full line of flight test instrumentation products, including data acquisition units, network switches, data recorders, network gateways, Ethernet radios, RF transmitters, C-Band transponders, and high-speed cameras supporting fixed-wing and rotary military aircraft. This contract will support numerous platforms including the F-35, F-18, CH-53K, E-2D, EA-18, C-130, and future U.S. Navy development programs.
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Curtiss-Wright
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Mar
17
2025
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Fairfax, Virginia, USA, March 14, 2025 — The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight and advanced air mobility (AAM), is holding its 4th Annual H2-Aero Symposium on April 2–3, 2025, in Long Beach, California. This year’s event is in conjunction with the SAE International Hydrogen Airport Committee meeting on April 1, open for all. Both events will be at the Long Beach Hilton. Details can be found at www.vtol.org/h2symposium.
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Joby
Vertical Flight Society
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Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace Rafales will begin to be equipped with AI-enhanced TALIOS targeting
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26-31 DEC, 2024 Saint Croix , US VI
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A Holiday In The Desert Unlike I Had Ever Experienced Before Christmas, 1990Operation Desert
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Local media reports say the Patrulla Aguila is set to change its mount to the Pilatus PC-21 after 40
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The test is aimed at expanding the refueling envelope of the A400M to refuel a wide variety of NATO
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The B-2 bombers operating out of Diego Garcia have been reportedly using 30,000 lb GBU-57 Massive
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