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FAA’s Innovate28 vision: Clear high-level view but uncertainty over local responsibilities

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Implementation Plan Near-term (Innovate28) Focus with an Eye on the Future of AAM report, which sets out a high-level view on how […]

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European funding for innovative air mobility (IAM)

Reproduced with the kind permission of the author, Veruska Mazza Rodrigues Dias, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) & Unmanned Aerial Systems Consultant, Lecturer and PhD Researcher. The original can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/european-funding-innovative-air-mobility-iam-mazza-rodrigues-dias/?trackingId=ap4e9VXqT0KuTdTuqYtavw%3D%3D In today’s article […]

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Vertical Flight Society’s Hirschberg: “concerns over FAA change of plans for eVTOL certification”

Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, the Vertical Flight Society, has written a powerful article highlighting the challenges facing US eVTOL manufacturers following the decision by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that winged eVTOLs that met […]

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Draft vertiport design standards “show marked differences to ICAO helipad requirements”

The FAA’s initial vertiport design brief shows some marked differences from conventional helipad design standards, according to Toby Enzerink, Drone Consultant at AirHub Vertiport designs based upon ICAO Annex 14 (heliports) differ widely from the […]