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April 30, 2021

AUVSI's 'Hybrid' XPONENTIAL Convention Starts Next Week

The Series Begins May 4-6 With An Immersive Virtual Conference

Next Week should be chock full of unmanned aviation goodness. AUVSI's annual conference and trade show, AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021, starts off as an expanded hybrid event series. After the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a virtual staging of XPONENTIAL 2020 last October, the Association decided on a full virtual program this spring followed by an in-person event late in the summer. The series will support its mission to convene the unmanned and automated systems community to accelerate innovation and market adoption of the related technologies.

Offshore Helicopter Crew Recovers From Inadvertent Descent Near Sable Island, Nova Scotia

It really doesn't get much closer than this... In its investigation report (A19A0055), the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that, while conducting a visual approach to an offshore helideck platform in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter inadvertently entered a low-energy state descent. The pilots were able to stop the descent and regain control within approximately 13 feet of the water.