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Jul
24
2025

AVIDYNE ANNOUNCES CERTIFICATION OF VANTAGE 12 FOR CIRRUS

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Melbourne, FL. – July 24, 2025 – Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated avionics systems announced Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of the Vantage 12 Flight Display System for retrofit in Cirrus aircraft. The Vantage 12 upgrade is initially targeted for retrofit in the more than 4,000 Entegra-equipped and pre-Entegra Cirrus SR20/22 Series aircraft.

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Jun
13
2025

FAA Drone Detection Testing

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The FAA will conduct drone-detection testing near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, from June 16-27. 

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Jun
12
2025

FAA Statement on Updated DCA Helicopter Charts

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Thursday, June 12, 2025 - As part of the FAA’s continuous efforts to improve safety in the National Capital Region, the agency has published modifications to helicopter zones and routes around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). 

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Apr
28
2025

VAI Applauds FAA Decision on Improvement to Medical Certification

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Alexandria, VA (Apr. 28, 2025) -- Vertical Aviation International (VAI) commends the FAA for its decision to halt implementation of a controversial policy that would have classified pilots’ incomplete medical certification applications as denied, the same category occupied by pilots who have been evaluated as unfit to fly.

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Apr
23
2025

Rotorcraft Safety Roundtable Media Readout

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The tragic January 29 midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport exposed hazards from the mix of helicopters and fixed-winged aircraft in the surrounding airspace. We took swift action by permanently restricting non-essential helicopter operations and eliminating helicopter and fixed-wing mixed traffic around the airport. 

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Tags: FAA Reagan Washington National Airport
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Apr
15
2025

FAA Issues Grounding Order for New York Helicopter Charter Inc. and Begins Comprehensive Review of Company's Operations

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The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter, Inc., which operated the Bell 206 helicopter that crashed Thursday in the Hudson River. The FAA is taking this action in part because after the company’s director of operations voluntarily shut down flights, he was fired. 

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Tags: Bell 206 FAA Hudson River
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Apr
14
2025

FAA Drone Detection Testing

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The FAA will conduct drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, between April 14-25. 

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Mar
28
2025

FAA Moves to Protect Aircraft Owners’ Private Information

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Friday, March 28, 2025 - WASHINGTON – As required by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118-63), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented Section 803 Data Privacy, that allows private aircraft owners to request to keep certain ownership information, like their name and address, private and not publicly available on FAA websites. 

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Mar
26
2025

Laser Strikes on Aircraft Continue to be Dangerously High

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - WASHINGTON -- Pilots reported 12,840 laser strikes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last year. While that is a 3 percent decrease from 2023, the numbers are still too high. 

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Mar
12
2025

US FAA APPROVES STC FOR RECOIL’S UH-60 BLACK HAWK AERIAL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TANK

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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, March. 11, 2025  Recoil Aerospace Inc. (Recoil), designer of the world’s most advanced aerial fire suppression systems (AFSS), proudly announces U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of its Tsunami AFSS tank system for the UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopters. 

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Tags: AFSS Black Hawk FAA Recoil Aerospace Tsunami AFSS tank system UH-60
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